President Bush is threatening to veto health care for millions of uninsured kids. Millions of low-income kids will lose their health insurance unless the funding is renewed. The president is playing politics instead of helping sick kids. The new Democratic majority in Congress is working to fix our broken health-care system—starting with our children—but President … Read more
Forcing The Ellington development to adhere to a minimum LEED [Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design] certification is the correct course of action. There are costs to building in Asheville that far exceed any monetary investment [for] such a massive structure. Those costs include impacts on our air quality, traffic and new development pressure attracted … Read more
It is time for our City Council and citizens to make a clear choice. What is our highest vision of Asheville? Please reflect on this image: A downtown with three or four or more Ellington-size high-rises blocking out the views and the sunlight. Why are we handing over the future of our city to out-of-state … Read more
Serving on City Council is a hard job. Having to go through piles of paper every week, on and on. Friends/supporters [and] others all expect you to agree with them 100 percent on all subjects/issues. If you are associated with business interests/groups that are regulated by city government, it can make good business sense to … Read more
I was personally appalled by Carl Mumpower’s letter to the editor [“All This, and Council too?”, Sept. 26]. While it certainly must not be fun to be the target of satirists and cartoonists, [that] does not make it acceptable to lash out at his fellow Council members as a response. After all, each has been … Read more
Like other attractive cities around the country, Asheville is in a tug of war between those who want to build, build, build and those who want to preserve the wonderful attributes enjoyed by people who live and work in our community. As the pro-development forces grow stronger and more persuasive, it’s critical that those who … Read more
I saw the cover of [the recent] Mountain Xpress and looked forward to reading the story on eco-fashion [“Fall Color Forecast: Green,” Sept. 26]. I fully expected to see something in the article about Spiritex, Asheville’s own organic clothing store. Nothing. A strange omission when you consider that Daniel Sanders and his wife Mary Lou … Read more
On Earth Day, I visited Greenlife—and there was Elaine Lite in a booth marked “Save Our Slopes.” I stood there, incredulous, staring at giant photos of mudslides covering peoples’ homes, yards and streets. “Where the heck is that?” I asked, glad that it wasn’t my neighborhood. Since then, I know better. The super-rich build on … Read more
If you feel that developers have too much power in Asheville, then I urge you to vote for City Council candidate Elaine Lite (www.electelaine.org). If you want to know for certain that you have a representative on Council who will vote for clean water, local businesses, neighborhood values, strict enforcement of our development rules and … Read more
