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From Staff Reports
Asheville police arrested and handcuffed seven protesters — all of whom were white — who refused to abandon a sit-in for Black Lives Matter at the Asheville Police Department downtown on July 22 afternoon.
In the aftermath, a raci...
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Stray it forward
Q: I’m a single guy who started a “friends with benefits” thing two months ago with an unhappily married female co-worker. We’ve since developed feelings for each other and started talking about a future. I’m worried becau...
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By JOHN NORTH
john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com
The Council of Independent Business Owners heard an unusually critical legislative update during a July 15 breakfast meeting at Chick-fil-A restaurant in North Asheville.
Also presented was a review of Ashevi...
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From Staff Reports
Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer recently was selected by Hillary Clinton’s campaign to help get out the vote in North Carolina, which is recognized as one of the most important states in the Nov. 8 presidential election.
Manh...
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From Staff Reports
Asheville City Councilman Cecil Bothwell — one of the city’s most outspoken Democrats — recently announced his abrupt departure from the party over its choice of Hillary Clinton as its presidential candidate.
In leav...
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From Staff Reports
In what was widely termed a stunning defeat, a bill that would have resulted in district elections for Asheville City Council seats failed to pass July 1.
The North Carolina House of Representatives voted 47-59 against the measu...
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By JOHN NORTH
john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com
Among Asheville’s oft-cited strengths are its reputation for tolerance, open-mindedness, creativity, optimism, entrepreneurial zest, quirkiness and a rich confluence of subcultures — and t...
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District elections for Asheville?
Let’s put idea to a referendum
We think that former state Sen. Tom Apodaca’s proposal to impose district elections on Asheville for its City Council seats (but keeping the m...
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Tell governor concerns on threat from coal ash
I’ve lived in North Carolina since I was five years old; I’ve had plenty of time to fall in love with the beautiful open spaces within our state lines.
But after...
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By CARL MUMPOWER
Special to the Daily Planet
“Hatred, in the course of time, kills the unhappy wretch who delights in nursing it in his bosom.”
— Casanova
The Problem
I recently had a sharable adventure. It was a reminder t...
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By D.G. MARTIN
Special to the Daily Planet
CHAPEL HILL — North Carolinians of my generation have been blessed with two important Robert Morgans.
One is the mountain-born-and-raised and acclaimed writer who recently was featured on “North Caro...
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By LEE BALLARD
Special to the Daily Planet
The last column in this space included a quote about the whopping advantages that the top 0.5 percent have over the rest of us – tid-bits like borrowing at almost no interest, private wealth managers and infl...
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The Rev. Darlene Strickland, Sr. Minister of Unity of the Blue Ridge, Mills River, recently unveiled the original oil work entitled “The Blue Ridge“ painted and donated by David Berger. Berger will be honored in an Appreciate Ceremony on Su...
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From Staff Reports
The Leadership Asheville Summer Buzz Breakfast Series continues July 21, with a panel discussion, Asheville’s Direction, featuring Mayor Esther Manheimer, UNC Asheville Chancellor Mary K. Grant and The Collider CEO Bill Dea...
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From Staff Reports
Former N.C. Rep. Tim Moffitt was chosen June 2 by local Republican officials to fill the District 3 seat on the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners left vacant by Miranda DeBruhl, who resigned abruptly in May, citing a “business o...
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Unzipping your genes
Q: I’m increasingly frustrated by your views that women are attracted to men with status or wealth and don’t care much about men’s looks. Personally, I’m not attracted by men’s status or wealth, and I’m very aro...
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By JOHN NORTH
john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com
The “ongoing saga” of Asheville’s I-26 Connector was presented by David Brown, a board member of the North Carolina Department of Transportation, to the Council of Independent Business Owne...
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From Staff Reports
Asheville City Council on June 14 voted 7-0 to approve the proposed $161 million budget for the fiscal year starting July 1.
The spending plan keeps property taxes the same, but increases fees and rates for vehicles, garbage and...
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From Staff Reports
Asheville’s population growth slowed from 2014 to 2015, while some other municipalities in the Asheville metro area grew faster, according to recently released data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Asheville’s 0.8 percent popula...
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From Staff Reports
The aesthetically nondescript Bowen Bridge crossing the French Broad River in West Asheville may be replaced by a “signature bridge” as part of the I-26 Connector project that recently was approved after three decades...
