Please read the petition. Is it clear that by signing you are asking the City of Asheville to deny a request that the city ease up on its river buffers, and narrow them from thirty to ten or fifteen feet? Riverkeeper (That’s his official title.) Hartwell Carson says research says they should be at least fifty feet wide.
Former state senator R.L. Clark had this to say about the movement:
I’ve attempted during these last few months to somewhat back away from issues such as stream buffers (UNCONSTITUTIONAL private property confiscation!!!), but almost impossible for me. There may be people on this email list who are supporters of the current Governor of NC, the Honorable Beverley Perdue, but each of you should know she was the author of the Clean Water Act of 1997 which contained provisions for the unconstitutional confiscation of private property. I will at this point in time remind everyone I was the lone “NO” vote in the NC State Senate for this act.
