On a bright note, members of Asheville City Council are beginning to share sentiments with conservative think tankers on the causal correlation of centralized planning and detrimental economic impact. Here is Councilman Cecil Bothwell at the last meeting. He was talking about what to do with the land across from the St. Lawrence Basilica. That thing referenced out front is Pack Square, a renovation undertaken with no anticipation of a federal historical survey and who knew what-all.

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