Day: February 21, 2008
Irving Comer video-poker plea
In this plea agreement, Irving Comer, an employee of former Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford ally and Weaverville businessman Jackie Shepherd, agrees to plead guilty to running an illegal video poker ring, forfeit over $165,000 and testify against others in the case. Click here to download a PDF file of the document.
Tracy Bridges video-poker plea
In the following plea, former Buncombe County Sheriff’s Department Capt. Tracy Keith Bridges confesses to transporting and laundering money for former Sheriff Bobby Medford as part of Medford’s alleged protection operation for illegal video poker machine operators. Click here to download a PDF file of the document.
Listening Party: Jonathan Ammons & the Electric Ghost Collective, Suttree and The Chops
Here’s the idea: Each week, we pick three local musical acts, link to a site where you can listen to their songs for free, then ask you to spend a few moments of your time to tell us what you think about them. Some may be great, others may be middling or awful — that’s for you to decide. All we ask is that you listen with an open mind.
Fluoridation of Asheville’s water system
In these series of documents, local, state and federal officials state their case for the safety and effectiveness of fluoridating Asheville’s water supply. The first document comes from city Water Resources Director David Hanks in a memo to City Council outlining broadly how and why the city’s water is fluoridated and the pros and cons … Read more
