My hat goes off to the Mountain Xpress’ Jake Frankel for getting an answer to the question I lodged with Buncombe County several days ago. The state announced it is giving the New Belgium beer joint $1 million to locate in Asheville. The city published it will give it $3.5 million in tax breaks and infrastructure. Now, Assistant County Manager Jon Creighton has shared that the county will contribute $8.45 million in grants. Perhaps county officials lost my email address while they were crunching the numbers, which remained hidden until now. Then again, maybe Creighton was trying to spare me the aneurism.