Campaign Calendar • Sept. 21 community forum: The West Asheville Business Association is sponsoring an open community forum for candidates for Asheville City Council and mayor at 6:30 p.m. The forum will be held at the West Asheville Community Center, 970 Haywood Road, behind the fire station and West Asheville Library. • Sept. 21 pub … Read more
Novelty seems to have a fatal attraction for American consumers. In the voting booth, however, those same citizens tend to favor familiar names and faces. In Congress, for example, re-election rates for incumbents seeking another term have ranged from 95 to 98 percent in recent years, according to Jeffrey Bernstein, a political science professor at … Read more
Forum failed to fully inform public I attended the Sept. 8 forum on the Asheville Civic Center, presented by the Civic Center Commission, the League of Women Voters, and the Mountain Xpress. I was impressed by the large number of people who turned up for the debate and the earlier tour conducted by Center Director … Read more
