Day: June 3, 2009
A problem of money: Commissioners face mental-health shortfall, delay 911 agreement
At its meeting last night, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution condemning state attempts to raid local mental-health-fund balances to meet North Carolina’s own budget shortage. Such a loss would leave more mentally ill people in jails or hospitals for lack of proper treatment, county officials said.
Asheville City Council
Council still not ready for tethering ban Mumpower pitches his own solution to water stalemate Going into the Asheville City Council’s May 26 meeting, the big question was what sort of reception Council would give the long-awaited Downtown Master Plan. The team from consulting firm Goody Clancy had presented its work to Council members on … Read more
Smoked out
In January, something once considered unthinkable will come to pass. Across North Carolina—once the heartland of tobacco—smoking will be banned in bars and restaurants. Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em (for now): Hookah Joe’s owner Joseph McHugh and bartender Cara Diggins enjoy a puff. Hookahs fall under the new state smoking ban, which will take … Read more
