I read, through teary eyes, Amy Rowling’s farewell to her family friend Bandit in the recent pet issue of your publication [“A Family Farewell: Saying Goodbye to Bandit,” Commentary, Jan. 23]. It was almost a perfect reenactment of my farewell to our family friend “Boss” (named after columnist Mike Royko’s biography, Boss, a book about … Read more
I wonder what local media feels is important enough to be deemed newsworthy any more? Wednesday night, Jan. 23, shortly after 10 o’clock, four black youths walked into the store at 495 Haywood Road on the corner of Burton Street. They were wearing ski masks, and two of them had handguns. They demanded the money … Read more
I have to congratulate Mountain Xpress on the Jan. 23 cover’s front-page juxtaposition of a sheriff’s department plagued by corruption (“Medford released from jail”) with a political establishment unwilling to confront a systemic lack of accountability (“APD Chief: No oversight needed”) paints a vivid picture for your readers. I am a member of Citizens’ Awareness, … Read more
Asheville’s 24-hour, complaint-based noise ordinance is so confining and open-ended that it is systematically shutting down some of Asheville’s most positive community events. As a local entertainer and DJ, I have seen the options for dance parties and music events reduced considerably over noise considerations. Call me crazy, but I consider holidays like Independence Day … Read more
To all of you who have been relegated to second-class-citizen status by the Republicans—Katrina victims, the poor and middle class, African-Americans, gays and lesbians and those who are not religious-right Christians: I suggest you treat them the way they have treated us. Ignore them. And the best way to do that is to ignore them … Read more
With The Ellington’s 23-story profile primed to redefine the Asheville skyline, now comes word that another downtown developer also has his eye on the sky. The owner of a 2-acre property consisting of the Haywood Park complex and adjacent parcels hopes to redevelop the site and add two 20+ story towers, according to those who’ve … Read more
Asheville Civitan Club, Inc. has been serving Asheville and Buncombe County since 1921 as “builders of good citizenship in the Land of the Sky.” Civitan is a worldwide community-service organization, founded by a small group of businessmen in 1917 who met weekly to consider how they could improve their community. Civitan International was established in … Read more
