Biltmore Lake

Something There Is That Doesn’t Love a Wall

In that Biltmore Lake was not annexed into City limits, a fire station in this location is no longer needed.

Moffitt Saves Biltmore Lake

Thanks to new legislation, Biltmore Lake will avoid being annexed by the City of Asheville. Residents will thus avoid a $2100 average increase in municipal taxes, supplanting a wee bit…

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Legislative Update

Asheville City Attorney Bob Oast has shared that two bills intended to make Asheville forfeit substantial holdings have survived the crossover deadline. HB925, originally requiring the city to turn its…

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Machiavellian

One way to get profligate progressives under control is to seize their assets. That appears to be what Representative Tim Moffitt (R-Buncombe) is doing to Asheville. If government were to…

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Council Discusses Raleigh

The hot topic at last night’s city council meeting was the General Assembly’s runaway, anti-Asheville bill-making. The mayor was perhaps even outraged that the legislators would craft bills affecting Asheville…

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Distraction

Two state legislators are fighting over annexation strategies, with the appearance of micromanaging people in each other’s district. A measure to make part of Leicester into an incorporated town may…

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City Council Drama

During meetings of Asheville City Council last night, Mayor Terry Bellamy noted a lot of state bills had been introduced that impacted Asheville. Unfortunately, the city had not been consulted…

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Biweekly Anxiety Attack

For the last ten years or so, I have suffered a chronic condition that causes me to think the world gets worse with each successive Asheville City Council meeting. Here’s…

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Property Rights Still Financially Accessible to Some

It is still fair to say whatever Biltmore wants Biltmore gets. That is not to disparage Biltmore Farms; rather, it is a wish that everybody else could navigate the law…

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Acorns & Dead Indians Make Life Tough

Biltmore Lake lost the latest round in court as it attempts to avoid being annexed by the City of Asheville. City council voted to annex the territory in 2007, at…

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On Forced Annexation

Western North Carolina made the Carolina Journal for citizen opposition to forced annexation. Woodfin and Asheville, as a proclaimed defensive measure, staked out territories in the county for annexation. Students…

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Red Shirts Keep Word

Citizens of Biltmore Lake are suing the City of Asheville for involuntarily annexing them. The case is based on flimsy arguments, technicalities about the annexation process. The real problem is…