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Imagine a car without an engine. It doesn’t need expensive gasoline. It can reach fairly high speeds — if it’s going down a steep and long enough grade. Now imagine…
This morning the North Carolina Senate Committee on Commerce and Insurance will hear a bill that would expand some freedoms for the otherwise shackled, state-run, and happy hour-less, liquor industry.…
This is one of those issues former Representative Tim Moffitt preferred to silence with the heavy hand of state government. It’s called exhausting the court system, and in this instance…
I’ve said before, Republicans and Democrats want the same things. They just have different means to their ends. This morning, I thought of something – more specific than love, peace,…
Clarke Morrison, who used to write for a different paper and maybe still does, has an article in the Mountain Xpress on leaders comparing and contrasting the new, extended Buncombe…
When last we heard anything about the $3.9 million in improvements to the road to the John B. Lewis Soccer Complex, it was just crazy talk. Asheville City Council approved…
On Asheville City Council’s agenda for next Tuesday is a request to authorize the mayor to sign the following: ENVIRONMENT AMERICA’S GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTIONS CAMPAIGN Global warming is hurting America.…
Today, people are counting wins and losses in terms of parties, and well they should. Personally, I’m licking the wounds for the loss of something else. I do not pretend…
Attacks against Asheville Police Chief William Anderson continue. Friday, State Representative Tim Moffitt requested AG Roy Cooper to investigate “possible corruption,” and the Mountain Chapter of the NC Police Benevolent…
Incumbent Republican Tim Moffitt and Democrat Brian Turner are competing for the privilege of representing Asheville in the N.C. House. The Republican is a product of public education. Rep. Moffitt…
• The Hill newspaper notes the “truancy war” brewing between Republican U.S. Senate candidates and Democratic incumbents nationally over attendance records. The story leads with the rhetorical fight between U.S.…
• One of the hallmarks of the Obama administration is the extent to which he has perfected the art of crony capitalism. Of course, that wouldn’t have been possible without…