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Slight Anachronism
Who should control Asheville’s water resources has become politicized along partisan lines. A demonstration has been organized for Saturday, when lots of Republicans in higher offices will be attending former…
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Lasting Value for Whom or What?
The president has a Great Outdoors Initiative to buy that silly investment, land, off property owners. The program, with a supposedly nonpartisan goal, is supposed to benefit anybody who still…
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More Greed?
The Pack Square Park Conservancy will soon receive a $500,000 anonymous donation for the completion of a pavilion. The park’s history has been marked by cost overruns and time delays,…
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Guv’s defense team
In case you missed it, the News & Observer‘s Andy Curliss reported that Gov. Bev Perdue has hired ace criminal defense attorneys Joe Cheshire V and Wade Smith to advise…
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Insatiable
As we all know, there are enough regulations that all businesses are in violation. If a principal makes an enemy, as politicians do, he can get in trouble with the…
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Quit the Clowning, and Protect Our Liberties for a Change
Dennis Justice resigned as webmaster for the Henderson County Republican Party. His reason, basically, is that he cannot support Charles Taylor in another run for Congress, a race Justice feels…
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Mountain values
Rep. Heath Shuler casts his vote for speaker of the house. Believe it or not, there seemed to be some doubt a while back: Shuler’s vote on Pelosi’s bid to…
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Appropriators Lose Again
With the defeat this week of Henry Bonilla five of 22 Republican US House incumbents who lost this year were on the Appropriations Committee, including WNC’s Charles Taylor, who ran…
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Grace for the District?
The Washington Post‘s Colbert King watched the races Tuesday night to learn the outcome of a few specific congressmen, because of their racial attitudes in general or their oversight of…
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WNC: 11th Congressional Dist.
Taylor has just conceded to Heath Shuler. On WLOS out of Asheville.
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Fred Barnes on Shuler
In his 11th hour election column, Weekly Standard executive editor Fred Barnes offers these thoughts about athletes-turned-politicians: Professional athletes sometimes make good candidates. Sometimes they don’t. Jack Kemp, the former…
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Voter Prognostication
Paul Chesser, on AmSpec Blog, reports that Charlie Cook thinks there’s “no ebb in the wave” for Democrats. Paul’s comments on this declaration illuminate a missing piece in the logical…