American politician in North Carolina (born 1950)
Per the Asheville-Citizen Times: One of the city’s most outspoken Democrats, Cecil Bothwell, says he’s left the party over its choice of presidential candidates, leveling strong criticism at Hillary Clinton…
I have long praised the City of Asheville for its transparency. An exception was when I complained because staff reports numbered at least 300 pages for a long while. Avid…
• In the Democratic primary battle for lieutenant governor, Buncombe County Commissioner Holly Jones has lined up endorsements from the Winston-Salem Journal, Indy Week, and former UNC-Chapel Hill and NBA star…
Last night, Asheville City Council gave John McKibbon permission to go ahead with revamping the BB&T building downtown. The building is described by experts as ugly, but I’ve always found…
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…
The results from the Asheville City Council election are in. The winners are Julie Mayfield, Keith Young, and Brian Haynes. I really don’t have any comment.
Tuesday’s Asheville City Council meeting included approval of spending an additional $250,000 on paying all city employees a living wage. Outgoing Councilman Jan Davis objected, saying department directors will be…
My latest column for Carolina Journal: RALEIGH — Technological innovation changes industries. How fast such better ideas take hold often depends on government actions. And while new technologies raise difficult…
There wasn’t much news today, so I was hoping something would come out of the Asheville City Council meeting. About the only thing that came out of that was increased…
Last night’s Asheville City Council meeting went by lickety-split. In about eighteen minutes of business, council covered a consent agenda and decided whom they should interview for school board. In…
I take notes at local government meetings because my memory is near-nonexistent, and I’ve ruined in short order every handheld electronic device I’ve ever owned. I zone out when people…
There are two big stories in Asheville. Both pertain to allegations of wrongdoing that defendants refer to as “personal attacks.” In the first, 44 Asheville police officers signed a no-confidence…