• The latest Gallup Poll of North Carolina attitudes shows Democrats and Republicans in a near dead-heat in the “generic” vote, with Democrats holding a 42-41 lead. Democrats had a…
It is now Asheville City Council’s turn to oppose subjecting spent brewers’ grain used as animal feed to “the same handling, records keeping, packaging, and analysis regulations as manufactured livestock…
Last night, the Buncombe County Commissioners approved the resolution begging for deregulation of the brewers’-grain-for-cattle industry. Whereas everybody would like some deregulation, this particular instance gained traction because (1) Representative…
The General Assembly wants to station the North Carolina Highway Patrol’s helicopter out of the mountains. Buncombe County Emergency Services Director Jerry VeHaun thinks that is not so swift a…
The City of Asheville has anxiously been waiting to see how pending legislation to create a regional parks authority would come down. It was hoped economies of scale could be…
How would you like a nice little story about how leadership is massaging hairline nuances while perps are running around the streets of Asheville and stealing cars out of garages,…
Representative Nathan Ramsey’s latest newsletter recounted his recent visit to Thermo Fisher Scientific. The company is complaining they cannot find enough people with high enough skills. I wager any job-seeker…
Representative Tim Moffitt has gone into business providing social media services for members of the General Assembly. If this is what Nathan Ramsey is using, I must say I like…
Why am I thinking of a Steely Dan song? The local daily reports the statehouse ran out of time before voting to fork Asheville’s water system over to a regional…
• Mudslinging. Republican Nathan Ramsey and Democrat Susan Wilson, battling for House District 115, are complaining about the ads in the race run by each other and outside groups. …
• On the podium. Western Piedmont Community College hosted a forum Tuesday for candidates for state Senate District 46, House Districts 86 and 112, and Burke County commission. •…
• 7th Congressional District nominee David Rouzer won a speaking slot at the Republican National Convention after all. He’ll join fellow GOP challengers Richard Hudson (8th District) and Mark Meadows…