“Given that Asheville is a blue wavelet in a red congressional sea (N.C. Districts Nos. 10 and 11), I’m surprised Rep. Patrick McHenry still holds town hall meetings in Asheville.”
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Letter: Look south for right-leaning havens
“As a New York-born, 25-year resident of Asheville, I would like to tell Mr. Gilmore that if he moved here because of his disgust with ‘left-leaning politicians,’ he didn’t move far enough south.”
The money race: Democrats outgunned in WNC congressional contests
Both WNC congressmen, Reps. Patrick McHenry and Mark Meadows, represent districts that are staunchly Republican. But most of the money they used to run their campaigns and boost GOP candidates in more competitive races came from outside of North Carolina.
Letter: Meadows is a breath of fresh air
“I am thrilled that he stands with our president and hope that he has a long tenure in Congress!”
Man of the hour: The rise of Mark Meadows
“Oddly enough, the future of the Republican stranglehold on North Carolina and the nation can be glimpsed through Meadows and the 11th District.”
Parsing the R-word: The Gospel According to Jerry
“I was shocked and dismayed by the optics when, while watching the Michael Cohen congressional hearing, Mark Meadows, our own 11th District representative, paraded an African-American lady before the assemblage like a life-size cardboard cutout.”
Letter: Meadows should focus on WNC flooding
“If [he] and [his] fellow North Carolina Republican politicians and President Trump ever get around to opening our federal government again, I hope [he] will consider doing something about the repeated flooding problems which put the lives of us here in North Carolina in danger year after year.”
Letter: Correct problems, but don’t close the VA
“Intense efforts need to be employed to correct problems at underperforming facilities. For those facilities that are performing well, they need to be provided the tools and financing to continue to strive for excellence.”
Letter: Advertising is not opinion
“Regardless of what you think about our presidential lapdog representing District 11, and whatever it is you think about our conservative court system, it seems to me that a local publication should not yield its opinion section to prepared advocacy statements from organizations outside of the state.”
WNC election night 2018 live coverage
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Letter: Support Price, the alternative to Meadows
“Because of these and many more of Mark Meadows’ positions that my wife and I disagree with, we are actively supporting the alternative for the 11th Congressional District, Democrat Phillip Price.”
Letter: WNC needs a check on Trump in Congress
“N.C. 11 must elect Phillip Price and other Democrats as a check on presidential power before Trump does any more damage to our great nation.”
Letter: Meadows — missing in action
“We do recall him voting for the doomed American Health Care Act and then crying crocodile tears about not having known of the impact it would have on poor and working families.”
Letter: Let us count the ways the GOP fails
“Just look at Mark Meadows aiding Trump! Does he bother to campaign here or debate Phillip Price? No.”
Letter: Meadows stands up to special interests in Farm Bill
“Congressman [Mark] Meadows deserves credit for standing up for taxpayers and against special interests in the Farm Bill.”
Candidates for U.S. House of Representatives District 11, 2018 general election voter guide
Clifton B. Ingram, Jr. Libertarian Website: facebook.com/clif4congress Occupation: General contractor Previous candidacy or offices held: Student Council president at East Surry High School Key endorsements (please list no more than five): Ephemeralization — doing more with less; non-intervention – doing less with war; individual liberty – doing want you want (within reason) Amount of money […]
Meadows confirms no FEMA aid for region at CIBO power lunch
Meadows noted that Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long’s letter on Aug. 20 denying Gov. Roy Cooper’s request for a federal disaster declaration was likely the final word on the matter. “I think that decision has been made,” he said. “Obviously, that’s a decision that they didn’t feel met the threshold [for supplemental federal assistance].”
Embattled county, city officials struggle to talk business
At the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce’s 13th annual Elected Officials Reception on Aug. 16, local politicians acknowledged that the intensity of recent city and county government scandals have sometimes pushed other issues to the side.
Trump administration’s trade war worries WNC businesses
Local farmers and manufacturers express concern about the impact retaliatory tariffs sparked by new Trump administration trade policies could have on their businesses.
Letter: Price will improve government, not destroy it
“He supports health care coverage for all, protecting the environment and public schools.”
Letter: Leaders should make peace in WNC and world
“Many mothers in Western North Carolina are telling our families that all we want for Mother’s Day is peace in our community and world.”