In this week’s Elitist Bastards Go To The Movies podcast, Mountain Xpress film critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther discuss current releases Source Code, Insidious and Hop. The duo also talk about next week’s Asheville Film Society screening, Blonde Venus, and upcoming releases Arthur, Hanna, Soul Surfer and Your Highness. And just to cap it off, the critics also give us a brief preview of this weekend’s ActionFest film festival.
The National Association of Realtors wants a $40 dues increase, noting that last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Citizens United offers new opportunities “to maintain and grow our political power in this new landscape.” That ruling opened the door to increased corporate spending for elections at all levels, including local ones. The Asheville Board of Realtors is asking its members to share their opinions on the dues increase.
Former Buncombe County Republican chair Chad Nesbitt says his attorneys may soon contact Paul Van Heden; Nesbitt claims the Asheville resident ran a Twitter account, @chadnesbitt, that resulted in the U.S. Secret Service investigating possible threats against Pres. Bill Clinton last year.
(On the left is the real Chad Nesbitt. On the right is an image from the fake @chadnesbitt’s Twitter account.)
And so it’s time for another ActionFest. Last year—its first year—the film festival so impressed Moviemaker magazine that it was selected as one of the “20 Coolest” festivals in the country. In itself, that’s pretty cool, but this year looks to be even cooler—at least to judge by the line-up of movies being screened.
In this week’s Local Matters podcast, Xpress News Editor Margaret Williams talks to reporter Jake Frankel about the election of Henry Mitchell as the new head of the Buncombe County Republican Party.
In 1981, Buncombe County, the city of Asheville and individual water districts in the county came together and created the Asheville/Buncombe Water Authority. In 1995, Henderson County joined in, creating a historic regional group. Here’s the 1996 “Restated and Amended Supplemental Agreement” to the previous year’s “Regional Water Supply and Water Service Agreement” adopted by Asheville, Buncombe and Henderson officials.
In 1981, Buncombe County, the city of Asheville and individual water districts in the county came together and created the Asheville/Buncombe Water Authority. In 1995, Henderson County joined in, creating a historic regional group: Here’s the Regional Water Supply and Water Service Agreement adopted by Asheville, Buncombe and Henderson officials in 1995.
