Is the Council Asking the Wrong Question?
Why is it that so many weakly educated, well-intended people seem to always think that the solution to any perceived problem is to throw more money at it? Even when there is no problem, these folks like to throw more money at their perceived problems as though that will somehow improve and blow away the […]
300% Increase Justified Because of Council’s Privileged Past
As a member of the Woodfin Town Council, it is my sincere hope that our citizens take pride in the many superlatives that are correctly applied to our town. Woodfin is undoubtedly one of the safest and most naturally beautiful municipalities that one can find across the state. I suspect, however, that the average resident […]
Voting For a 300 % Pay Raise: Political Suicide or Strategy?
At the prompting of Woodfin Vice Mayor Jim McAllister and Councilman Eric Edgerton, a discussion about increasing the pay for the mayor and the council members was placed on October’s council agenda. Before the meeting concluded, the two, along with their female counterparts on the board, voted to give the mayor and council a 300 […]
Gigantic Pay Raise ‘Approved’ by Hurried Council
Along with holding four public hearings during their monthly meeting, the council also voted for a 300% increase in the mayor's and council's pay.
Town Passes $7.2M Budget, Annex’s Planned 202-Unit Project
The annexation of 25 acres with a 202-unit development planned, and more consisted of Weaverville Council's July agenda.
Councilman Offers Twist to Firefighter Pay Issue
After a long meeting part of which was about how much firefighters get paid, councilman reverse course and offer a twist to end meeting.
Transit Dominating Budget Discussion
Asheville City Councilwoman Kim Roney dominated the budget discussion with demands for more funding for transit and reparations and a request to freeze ten positions in the police department.