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.