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ADD Moment
Blessed are the peacemakers, unless they throw the first punch, which Mom never sees . . . I hate protests, but I can certainly relate to how it feels when…
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Also from the Asheville Consent Agenda . . .
Here is a list of things from the current city council agenda that make me go hmmmm. They are hiring another security guard for city hall. Our fatally-conceited leaders already…
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Creating Jobs for the Anti-Gentrification League
Some days, I feel it is but an evil plot to make me sound like a broken record, but here goes: Planners want to avoid gentrification in the East of…
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Pithy
Asheville’s Dr. Carl Mumpower had an editorial in this weekend’s edition of the local daily. Among other insights, he notes: “Fracking humans is far more sinister than fracking rocks.” Some…
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Night Crawlers for the Little Fishy?
Remember the old CIA stories of how to get somebody under your thumb? You bait them with a little cash they don’t need, provide disbursements regularly, and slowly increase the…
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Re: Fox’s golden parachute
All the years of watching Guilford County commission meetings, I never understood why Billy Yow and Steve Arnold always voted against approving the consent agenda. This might have something to…
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Signs
Once again, the DOT appears to be the group most interested in campaigning by way of yard signs. They might have a greater impact if they could decide which candidate…
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Step Right Up
Our hero, former Asheville City Councilman Dr. Carl Mumpower, used to refer to corporate welfare as a rigged lottery. This made sense because all taxpayers contributed, but only those hand-selected…
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Serving in One Branch while Making a Living in Another
Dr. Carl Mumpower will be calling attention to Asheville’s open air drug market at Tuesday’s city council meeting. A valid point he will raise is that the state’s inefficient courts,…
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How’s This for Asheville City Council?
City Council did not approve a resolution advocating for the creation of an “independent energy efficiency administrator for the State of North Carolina.” Dr. Carl Mumpower said the measure represented…
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Blood Type R, D, or U
You may recall June 27 has been declared a National Healthcare Day of Service. People are expected to help the president raise awareness about the need for healthcare reform by…
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Perspective
At the last Asheville City Council meeting, Dr. Carl Mumpower raised a good point about governments needing to function within their proscribed jurisdictions. In one example, the city was trying…