Asheville Pushing Volunteers of America to Limits
As Buncombe County is about to ask voters to approve a bond referendum to help the government grow its vertically-integrated, not-for-profit real estate business, the Asheville City Council is trying to figure out ways to drive costs up so that subsidies may abound.
City Council & the Jones Park Situation
A simple request to have funds raised by a community accepted for a public playground on school property resulted in a tripartite agreement and morphed into a life celebration highlighting minority victims of domestic abuse.
Is This How We Build a Free Society?
On the agenda for the Buncombe County Commissioners' September 20 meeting were a few items that unabashedly pushed forward those trends that give government its reputation as a power that bites the hand that feeds it, using tax dollars on campaigns to sell programs that foster dependencies, doing for others what they can do for themselves, and also draining its own tax base.
Asheville’s Fentanyl Response Bordering On Absurd
Local government's response to the fentanyl crisis, in which 150 people are dying each day in this country, is to drag its feet about deferring the responsibility of how to spend funds.
A Decision King Soloman Might Find Difficult
The Weaverville Town Council is about to make a tough decision next month. One I would not look forward to if I was in their shoes. One that will make them “put their money where their mouth is,” so to speak. I’m talking about whether or not to provide water to a low-income housing project […]
Buncombe GOP Picks Former Democrat, Replacing Their Sheriff Candidate
Buncombe GOP picks former Democrat to run in Jeff Worley's place. Worley dropped out due to what he said were health reasons.
Tax Inequity: Designer “Urban3” Demanding Explanations
Joe Minicozzi and Ori Baber presented to the Buncombe County Commissioners a dissenting opinion directed at the recommendations the county was going to receive from its ad hoc committee.
If a Tree Falls in the Forest, Does it Make a Sound?
If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it fall, does it make a sound? I think we all know the answer to this question. Just because no one is there to hear it doesn’t change the characteristics of the falling tree. The same goes for Weaverville Town Councilwoman […]
City and County Suing Mission Hospital
Litigation filed by high-power attorneys working on behalf of the City of Asheville and Buncombe County against HCA Mission reads rather light-weight and undirected.
Woodfin Hears Presentation Asking Support of $70M in Bond Referendums
Anna Zuevskaya and Marc Hunt made representations at the Woodfin Town Commissioners' monthly meeting.