Day: September 24, 2003
Fall: My short list
Still at it? Or if not, can I cajole you back into the garden? To be honest, if I didn’t have commitments to my CSA members and the Wednesday-night Downtown Farmers Market, I might have given in and bailed (pun not intended — or even noticed till the 10th reread!) myself this year. So if … Read more
Gentlemen, start your memories
Thomas Wolfe once wrote a book about his hometown — making fun of a lot of people and telling some tall tales in a language resembling English, thereby pleasing a bunch of Yankee literary types while pissing off the locals to the point that they ran him out of town. But time heals all wounds, … Read more
The big ride
This August marks Vasiliy Lebed‘s second anniversary as a driver for the Asheville Transit System. Lebed is well-qualified for his work: After driving a tank truck in his native Ukraine, he emigrated with his family to Seattle. There he had a tractor-trailer route, but not on the interstate — it was round and round, in … Read more
The option play
Only three of the 22 residents who spoke at the hearing supported the measure. It wasn’t even close. Meeting in the Council chamber immediately after the Sept. 16 work session, the Asheville City Council voted 6-1 to approve an option agreement with the Grove Park Inn governing the potential sale of publicly owned land in … Read more
Buzzworm news briefs
Spotlight: minority entrepreneurs Before you can move a mountain, you first need a dose of inspiration. Inspiring minority business owners — and future entrepreneurs — is one of the goals of Minority Enterprise Development Week, a national celebration that’s now in its 21st year locally. The local MED Week also seeks to highlight the vital … Read more
Buncombe County Commission
“It’s unconscionable.” — Assistant County Manager Jerome Jones For months, mental-health advocates have been pressuring the commissioners in Buncombe and seven other Western North Carolina counties to grant them equal representation on the new mental-health governing board. And they’ve insisted that state law backs them up. County officials, however, had argued that a state statute … Read more
Letters to the editor
In praise of the men and women in blue Like many, one of the highlights of my week is snatching spare moments with the Mountain Xpress. Today I caught David Lynch’s commentary “Who’s Watching the Police” [Sept. 17]. I appreciated his interest, clarity and succinct communication style. I had a little harder time with the … Read more
