Hundreds of people gathered at the steps of the Buncombe County Courthouse on Saturday to protest government spending and lament what they called out-of-control government spending and a move away from the values embedded in the U.S. Constitution.
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Crowd turns out for Tax Day Tea Party
At Asheville’s version of the Tax Day Tea Party, they chanted. They cheered. They phoned the White House. And above all, the 500-plus protesters pledged to pull America back from the precipice of out-of-control taxation, spending and insurmountable debt.
Nurse-in ends in standoff
About 25 protesters, including several breastfeeding mothers, staged a protest Sunday outside the Denny’s restaurant in West Asheville.
Protesters plan to bring ‘breast is best’ message to Denny’s
Breast-feeding moms and activists plan to converge on the Denny’s restaurant off Patton Avenue on Sunday, Feb. 22, at 1 p.m. for a nurse-in.
Sit-in will protest removal of benches in Asheville ***UPDATED 4 P.M. FRIDAY***
A group of “concerned citizens” will hold a sit-in at noon this Sunday to protest the city’s removal of two park benches in front of Pack Memorial Library. The city has announced that the Asheville Police Department will remove protesters if they impede traffic on the sidewalk.
Proposition 8 protest Saturday in Pritchard Park
Supported by a slew of local LGBT rights groups, Asheville will see a protest at 1:30 p.m. this Saturday in support of same-sex marriage. The protest will target California’s recently passed Proposition 8, which stripped marriage rights from same-sex couples after a court decision had allowed it.
Abortion protesters found guilty of trespassing
Asheville activist Meredith Hunt and two of his children were guilty of trespassing on the campus of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College last October during an abortion protest, a jury decided after a trial in Buncombe County Superior Court on Wednesday.
Vandals hit Buncombe Dems’ headquarters to protest “oil drilling and war” **UPDATED 5:15 p.m.**
The Buncombe County Democratic Headquarters was vandalized last night, and Xpress has received an e-mail from a group taking credit for it.
For the record: Mayor Bellamy on protesting in Asheville
Maybe you’ve heard the rumors. But what exactly did Mayor Bellamy say about that Bank of America protest and similar demonstrations?
Climate change culture clash
With chants of “Stop mountaintop removal, it kills!” and “No more coal!” some 40 protesters—some dressed as canaries and polar bears—swarmed around the Bank of America on Patton Avenue around 2 p.m. on Aug. 13. A handful of the young activists entered the bank, where they dumped coal on the floor and locked themselves together […]
Dog day afternoon
Like a bank officer turning down a loan, Doug Stachura sat behind his desk late last week in his office at Bank of America’s main local branch, at 68 Patton Ave., with arms crossed resolutely. His gaze, while not unfriendly, spoke volumes. With two acts of protest against the Charlotte-based bank’s financing of coal companies […]
Policing the protest
At 2:10 p.m. on Aug. 13, the Asheville Police Department received a call about the protest at Bank of America. Later in the afternoon, they announced the arrests of five protesters inside the bank on charges of trespassing, failure to disperse and resisting arrest. photo by Jon Elliston Sgt. Lizz Budd was the first to […]
Sticking their necks out
The day before the demonstration at Bank of America, the activists gathered at the Southeast Convergence for Climate Action were feeling stressed out. Despite the tranquil wooded surroundings at their camp near Brevard, the solar-powered van providing their electricity and the spicy rice and vegetables being served up for lunch, the air crackled with tension. […]
ACLU sues city over We Are One America march
The price of a parade: The city of Asheville charged the organizers of this May 1 rally $1,500 in fees — a sum challenged in a new federal lawsuit. The American Civil Liberties Union is going head to head with the city of Asheville in a dispute over parade permit fees. The ACLU maintains that […]