Statewide Out of Control tour stops in West Asheville

A coalition of groups critical of the North Carolina general assembly stopped by the West Asheville Public Library as part of its statewide Out of Control tour. Sponsored by Democracy North Carolina, the Institute for Southern Studies, the North Carolina branch of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, N.C. Policy Watch and Progress North Carolina, the tour’s stated goal is to “stop out-of-control right wing extremist lawmakers from ruining North Carolina before it’s too late,” according to the event’s website.