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Crime Surge in Asheville, Break-Ins Up 200%
Break-ins are up 200% in Asheville so far this year. This has left business owners frustrated to the point that many are not even reporting the crimes, as a lack of police…
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Asheville, Meet San Francisco
More than 80 police officers have left the Asheville police force since January 2020, so a few days ago, the city announced that Asheville residents are on their own when…
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Woman, Woman, Woman, Woman, Woman, . .
The local daily informs us that Asheville has a new police chief. After being Alexandria, Virginia’s first female police captain, she will become Asheville’s first female police chief, first woman…
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Prove Me Wrong Again!
Yesterday, I whined that the coverage of candidates hoping to become Asheville’s new police chief was more concerned about extraneous physical characteristics than competence. Little did I know an article…
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I’ve Got to Stop this Counting Colors #^@&
The local daily informs us that citizens may meet the four finalists vying for the title of Asheville Police Chief. The article tells us one is a woman, which means…
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The Matrix
Following media hysteria and allegations from one Jonathan Robert about problems with Asheville’s police chief, Matrix Consulting Group was brought in for a study. The consultants discovered a serious lack…
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The Latest in Who’s the Racist, Racist?
Since I’ve lived here, which is about thirty years now, there has always been an undercurrent of leftist, anarchist pig-bashing. The movement has gained ground. Under the leadership of Chief…
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Just a Few Idle Thoughts
Headlineth the press release: City of Asheville seeks public input in selection of new police chief. OK. I would like him to be tall and fit, with blond hair, deep…
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50 Ways to Spurn a Cop
We’ve all been shoveled the nonsense about people being justified in not heeding any police officer who has less pigment in his skin than they. Believing otherwise is racist. Now,…
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Public Service or Sensational Storyselling?
Headlining the local daily today is more muckraking with the Asheville Police Department. I would suggest the editors attend a Citizens’ Police Academy. Granted, it is propaganda put out by…
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All Wound up Like a Clock
The US DOJ’s Office of Community Oriented Policing wants people to consume coffee with cops. Asheville citizens will have a chance Saturday, January 24, at the Bojangles on Merrimon. Coffee…
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Calling Sephora
There is governance and leadership for goodwill and order, and then there’s just plain nonsense. A meeting of members of the faith and police communities (Is that how we say…