December 6, 2011 – mountainx.com

Council selects Esther Manheimer as Vice Mayor, new members sworn in

December 6, 2011 by David Forbes

Tonight, Dec. 6, Asheville City Council unanimously selected Council member Esther Manheimer as the new vice mayor, swore Marc Hunt, Chris Pelly and Jan Davis into its ranks and bid farewell to Vice Mayor Brownie Newman and Council member Bill Russell. (Photo by Bill Rhodes).

Buncombe Commissioners pass quarter-cent sales-tax increase

December 6, 2011 by Jake Frankel

Among other actions, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Dec. 6 to levy a quarter-cent sales-tax increase to fund capital improvements at A-B Tech.

Review of The 12 Dates of Christmas

December 6, 2011 by Kim Ruehl

We live in a world of two Christmases. One is a jingly, happy, merry, glass-clinking, snow-cavorting good time. The other is marred by a harsher reality.

Grim forecast overshadows WNC budget briefing

December 6, 2011 by Nelda Holder

Armed with grim statistics on a cloudy day in Western North Carolina, Alexandra Sirota of the N.C. Budget and Tax Center introduced herself on Tuesday morning, Dec. 6, by saying, “Hopefully by the end, we won’t leave you with too much discouragement.”

Smart bets web extra: FutureBirds and Digitalism

December 6, 2011 by Alli Marshall

Two very different shows, one at The Grey Eagle, one at The Orange Peel. Both on Wednesday, Dec. 7.

LIVE: Coverage of Dec. 6 Council organizational meeting

December 6, 2011 by David Forbes

Live Twitter coverage of Asheville City Council swearing-in Marc Hunt, Chris Pelly and Jan Davis, as well as selecting a Vice Mayor.

LIVE: Coverage of the Dec. 6 Buncombe Commissioners meeting

December 6, 2011 by Jake Frankel

Follow live Twitter coverage (using the hashtag #avlgov) of the Dec. 6 Buncombe County Board of Commissioners meeting beginning at about 4:30 p.m. Commissioners will vote on the controversial measure to levy a quarter-cent sales-tax increase to fund capital improvements at A-B Tech.

Buncombe County begins demolishing CTS building in Mills Gap

December 6, 2011 by Susan Andrew

While area residents applaud the CTS building demolition as a positive step, resident Tate MacQueen argues that Buncombe taxpayers will be picking up a tab that should rightfully be paid by the company responsible for contaminating the site and nearby ground water.

Cranky Hanke’s Weekly Reeler Dec. 7-13: Anonymous Descendants of the Sitter Into New Year’s Abyss

April 6, 2014December 6, 2011 by Ken Hanke

Even though we get two mainstream releases—New Year’s Eve and The Sitter—and two art titles—The Descendants and Into the Abyss—plus one impossible-to-classify offering—Anonymous—this week feels like the calm before the storm that is Christmas. And while I can’t say I’m quivering in anticipation for the mainstream titles, I’m pretty happy with the other ones.

Risqué Obelisqué

December 6, 2011 by Molton