Opinion
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Hotel Room – $250, Airbnb – $25, On the Street – Priceless
By Leslee Kulba- After working out of an out-of-town, affordable Airbnb for a week, it was not surprising to return…
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Community Might Not Make 100% Green Target
By Leslee Kulba- A draft of “Moving to 100 Percent: Renewable Energy Transition Pathways Analysis for Buncombe County and the…
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Will We Have Public Land Sunday Hunting?
By Don Mallicoat- In my work I have to cruise the internet looking for articles of interest on hunting and…
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The Other Health Insurance Gap
Mark Zimmerman, Senior Vice President of External Affairs, NC REALTORS®- The political discussion surrounding health care in Raleigh this year…
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A Conversation with Commissioner Joe Belcher
By Leslee Kulba- July is an unusual time for calling a strategic planning retreat for county government, but who could…
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Free the Homes! Legalize Affordable Housing
By Leslee Kulba- During a brief meeting of Asheville City Council, it appeared the city was on the same trajectory…
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Fryar Seeks Way to Mitigate Tax Avalanches
By Leslee Kulba- During a work session presentation by Buncombe County Tax Collector Jennifer Pike, Commissioner Mike Fryar took the…
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Thompson v. City of Asheville
By Leslee Kulba- At the last meeting of Asheville City Council, Joe Minicozzi, an urban planner who has been representing…
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Fighting Hotels as Poor People Die
By Leslee Kulba- The last meeting of Asheville City Council began with a last-minute addition to the consent agenda. The…
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Predator-Prey Models, Not Just for Ecology
By Leslee Kulba- An oversimplification would illustrate government in two polarities: Democrats who see only the demand side and Republicans…
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