Despite heavy advance publicity and editorial endorsement by the Asheville Citizen-Times, few attended the Let Asheville Vote rally on Monday evening.
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Grass-roots organizers challenge partisan elections plan for Asheville
The Let Asheville Vote petition-drive organizers commandeered the front corner of a Merrimon Avenue coffee shop June 21 for a noon strategizing session. They had a rally coming up in City/County Plaza in three days, and they were still collecting ideas for speakers, musicians and signs. Leader Charlie Hume, an electrical engineer by trade, was […]
“Let Asheville Vote” group forms
In the wake of City Council’s vote in favor of partisan elections, a nonpartisan coalition is pressing for a public referendum on the matter.