Gov. Josh Stein’s new Executive Order No. 36 is a welcome acknowledgment of a problem that has been growing for years: North Carolina does not have enough housing. The numbers…
The largest increase in Cooper's proposed state appropriations would be for employee salaries and benefits. Cooper's proposal does not provide price tags for Leandro or Medicaid expansion. Cooper would also…
In today’s lead editorial the Charlotte Observer reluctantly endorses $223 million in bond referendums on the November ballot. One is for $50 million toward affordable housing: Let’s tackle the trickiest…
Charlotte Observer headline reads: Charlotte spent $2 million for housing project. After 11 years, it hasn’t been built. Bad enough, right? But then the plot thickens—above-mentioned housing project is a…
In mid-February, the Charlotte Observer ran a long piece about “The little-known trend that’s hurting housing affordability in Charlotte.” And while it’s interesting, there’s nothing about the piece that’s actually…
I was sitting here looking over Asheville City Council’s agenda. Not much is going on in the final days of three moderate progressives on the board, who I shall dearly…
Presumably, work will soon resume on Eagle Market Place. The effort had been a continuing boondoggle, with allegations and insinuations on top of the absurdity of using all kinds of…
The City of Asheville is setting forth its legislative agenda. Some items are pragmatic, some seek excessive control of artistic taste, but the Economic Vitality “focus area” makes no economic…
Amazingly, the media has paid attention to an item on the Consent Agenda for the monopartisan Buncombe County Commissioners. One got the sense even the commissioners paid the bimonthly printout…
Asheville City Council’s consent agenda for Tuesday requests approval of an application for a HUD Sustainable Community Challenge Planning grant valued at $3 million. The funds are available for “preparing…
Sorry, folks. Last night was just another one where I was just plain sick of it. What is the point in blogging and writing when nothing changes? Asheville City Council…
The effect is wearing off, and only nine of fifteen headlines in the local daily pertain to the president’s visit to Asheville. And so I turn to another topic: The…