Day: November 14, 2007
Police review board announcement tonight
Citizen’s Awareness Asheville, an activist group pushing for reform in local law enforcement, will hold a press conference at 7 p.m. tonight, Wednesday, Nov. 14, to announce the formation of a police-review board and Copwatch program. The event will be held in City/County Plaza — not at Eaties’ Cereal Bar, as was previously reported.
Who watches the watchers?
A group of citizen activists say they’ve had enough and are poised to establish a police-oversight board—whether or not the city approves. Eyes on the police: Community activist Gene Hampton will announce the formation of a review board and Copwatch program. Photo By Jonathan Welch At press time, Citizens Awareness Asheville was planning a Nov. … Read more
Buncombe County Commissioners
Buncombe County will consider all legal avenues as part of a push to get toxic chemicals cleaned up at the former CTS site on Mills Gap Road in Skyland, according to a motion approved at the Buncombe County Board of Comissioners’ Nov. 6 meeting. After emerging from a closed session with County Attorney Joe Connolly, … Read more
Change in the weather?
And now, they’re colleagues: New guy Bill Russell (left) and re-elected Asheville City Council member Jan Davis wait for elections results at Magnolia’s. Photo By Jonathan Welch It was hard to tell whether Bill Russell was more nervous before or after 9:36 p.m. on Election Day. Before that fateful hour, Russell—standing beside his wife, Alison, … Read more
Regressive progressives
The look on Council member Bryan Freeborn‘s face said it all. A scant hour after it had appeared he would fend off his closest challengers and preserve the progressive voting bloc on City Council, the world turned upside down. As supporters kept their eyes glued to a computer screen showing the latest results and Freeborn’s … Read more
Downtown Asheville lures uptown planners
The search for a consultant to help develop Asheville’s Downtown Master Plan has attracted what one local architect called “a veritable who’s who” in planning. By the Nov. 8 deadline, 33 mostly high-profile firms from across the United States and even Canada had responded to the city’s request for qualifications. A project of the Office … Read more
