The words were heartfelt. The concern was obvious. But the hard reality remained that there was nothing anyone could do to change the fact that the Buncombe County commissioners had adopted a tax rate for this fiscal year that slashed funding for public schools and yanked most of the money usually allocated to nonprofit agencies. … Read more
Street party/rally celebrates the passage of the N.C. Clean Smokestacks Act On June 29, nine days after Gov. Mike Easley signed the Clean Smokestacks Act into law, supporters gathered at Asheville’s City/County Plaza to celebrate the legislation –which requires North Carolina utility companies to significantly lower emissions at coal-fired power plants — and to call … Read more
More than 53 million Americans are currently diagnosed with one or more disabilities. The reasons run the gamut from the aftermath of violent crimes to accident-related injuries to degenerative diseases to congenital conditions — and that’s just the beginning. Many people experience multiple and mixed disabilities. Countless disabilities are invisible, as well. Every year, another … Read more
