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You’re Late
I’m sure it was properly noticed in those dry ads, but word of a public meeting the City of Asheville hosted June 17 hit the colorful parts of a local…
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Power to Silence the Opposition
History is the propaganda of the victors, and so, by definition, it is only right that former Polk County Commissioners were kicked out of a meeting where allegations were hefted…
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Sweet Dreams
Detractors are alleging it was bad taste to schedule a school board meeting at member Margaret McRae’s home. The public would be invited, and, frankly, I’d love to crawl into…
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Shadow Government
In today’s news, we have some interesting public meetings about town. They’re interesting because all three are being convened by private interests, more or less. In Haywood County, non-incumbent candidates…
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Imagine That
The Asheville Police Department has been on the receiving end of a lot of pot-stirring of late. Scandals, perhaps instigated by the media, have run rampant. In response, the city…
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The Buncombe County Commissioners’ Community Meeting
A good time was had at the Buncombe County Commissioners’ community meeting for residents in the western district tonight. The following vignettes summarize some of the funny-bone-tickling commentary that went…
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Edified
That is not how I felt after taking a few hours off work to listen to Asheville City Council explain to me things (1, 2) I do not understand and…
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If You Ever Get Annoyed, Look at Me, I’m Self-Employed
Thursday, the evermeeting Asheville City Council sent out an announcement that they would hold a town hall meeting at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 3. This is in addition to the…
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Hooray
Asheville City Council was supposed to have a touchy-feely retreat with the state legislators Friday. The public was given two days’ notice to arrange time off work if they wished…
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SQUUUUZE Me?
I seem to remember going to this meeting. My overwhelming memory was a barrage of complaints about the proposed Business Improvement District. Although I remember people talking about the topics…
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Weird Sidewalk Meeting
The sidewalk meeting did not go as anticipated. About 250 people filled all available seating, but the rest had to wait outside per orders from the fire marshal. On the…
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Video of Keith Sutton almost getting arrested at school board meeting
HT: Josh Ellis