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The Power of Pull
UPM Raflatac announced it will expand in Henderson County and create fifty jobs that will pay more than the average local wages. You can guess the rest: The location of…
Fletcher
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Endoscopy – Tsk! Tsk!
The state is protecting the right of the Town of Fletcher not to have an endoscopy unit. Whatever benefits are anticipated by denying a Certificate of Need, state intervention is…
Liberty
Excuses Holding Water Like an Open Fire Hydrant
Articles in the Hendersonville Times-News and the Asheville Citizen-Times today, about the changes to state annexation law made by H845 and local bills, are replete with justifications for the opposition…
Liberty
New Businesses Can’t Shoulder Tax Burden. Hello?
Here we go again. An unnamed business is asking the Town of Fletcher for economic incentives. The company will invest $[fill in the blank] million in the local economy and…
Law & Public Safety
N.C. Supreme Court reverses lower court on case involving fired police officer’s legal representation
The N.C. Supreme Court has reversed a lower court ruling in a case involving a fired Fletcher police officer and his legal representation. The high court ruled that communications among…
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Strange Resolution
March 14, the Fletcher Town Council voted against a resolution supporting the legalization of medical marijuana. One wonders how the resolution even came before council, since marijuana is outlawed in…
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Corporate, Executive, & Judicial
The Town of Fletcher repealed an ordinance that went into effect last November prohibiting the discharge of firearms within its boundaries. According to Town Manager Mark Biberdorf, the company the…
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Senator Faces Public on Healthcare
Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) has been talking in the open about healthcare reform. He accepted a challenge to debate Kenneth Lewis and other Democrats who will be challenging him for…
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Annexation victory
Citizens under threat of a forced annexation by the town of Fletcher struck a victory last night when the Town Council voted 3 to 1 to give up their proposal…
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Fletcher Police Department
The drama of allegations of mistreatment of officers in Fletcher continues. I have no inside information.
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Deficit Spending on Mathemagic, Parallel Universes, and Mind-Bending Synergy
Pardon my lack of comprehension skills, but it appears the Blue Ridge Parkway will be receiving a $1.9 million increase in federal funding, bringing its budget to $16 million, including…