Regulation
The real cost of buying land
The real cost of buying land
David Gantt
Liberty
If You Feel the Urge to Zone, Why Not Listen to the Wee Peeps?
At tonight’s meeting of the Buncombe County Commissioners, some land was up for initial zoning. Commissioner Miranda DeBruhl established that the county was only zoning the property because new legislation…
Liberty
Feud Resolved Quietly
A tract of land that had caused great animosity to flame between Henderson County and City of Asheville leadership will now be sold to Buncombe County. Conflicting claims of ownership…
Liberty
Ha Ha Funny
I’ve been watching the Buncombe County Commissioners’ last meeting on YouTube. They have to build a health complex because state and federal requirements for certified personnel to handle their excessive…
Liberty
Interesting Use of the Phrase
Tonight, David Gantt, chair of the Buncombe County Commissioners, spoke about returns on investment as the sum donated to the county from the state or federal government. The local match…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
County offers employees early retirement and expects to save over $1 million
Buncombe County has offered early retirement to its employees as part of a plan to cut the county’s workforce and bring savings in the county’s budget in the future. Here…
Liberty
Transparent with X-Ray Glasses
Tonight, the Buncombe County Commissioners entered into an agreement that was described as “unprecedented, unprecedented!” With all due respect to transparency, the public was given one page of bullet stuff,…
Liberty
Try My Jelly Roll Diet
Once upon a time, it was argued that inexpensive and abundant “energy” allowed people to lift themselves from poverty. Nowadays, government puts the kibosh on inexpensive and abundant “energy” and…
Liberty
Live Free or Die
Free speech is grand. People may exercise it, and I am free to object to their viewpoints, and so on, and so on. In Tryon, we hear of a Memorial…
Liberty
Remembering Calcutta
At last night’s meeting of the Buncombe County Commissioners I went through the routine of turning my face red and flipping my pen. It’s something I do when people are…
Liberty
Vignette I
Process was maybe a little skewed. Chair David Gantt called on Kim MacQueen, and then he said he wanted to hear from people in the western district before hearing from…
Liberty
Vignette V
Lastly, the commissioners had gifts for those who took the time to show up. That was after Chair David Gantt made it clear there was no presumption on the part…