The CRA, that great unelected taxing authority looking after your recreation needs in Buncombe County, agreed to to give the Asheville Art Museum $500,000. Claims of mismanagement and city corruption and who knows what all have been hefted about. John Miall even ran for mayor as a single-issue candidate to stop the funding. The CRA also thumbed their noses at Moogfest. Naysayers argued it was a great event, but its welfare should be more a function of general government operations than parks and recreation. Cliquez ici to see if your pet project got some of the lucre from your new tax.
by Leslee Kulba
Wild West blogger