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• Getting it right

  Created: Thursday, 09 August 2012 17:47

  A review of a Bee Gees’ tribute show presented by Flat Rock Playhouse on its Hendersonville stage — appearing in last month’s edition of the Daily Planet — incorrectly stated that Maurice Gibb is the one surviving member of the Brothers Gibb group...

• City official wins top honor

  Created: Thursday, 09 August 2012 17:46

  Sam Powers, Asheville’s director of economic development, recently was named the 2012 Economic Developer of the Year during the annual banquet of the N.C. Economic Development Association in Raleigh. Regarding the award, Powers said that it was not abo...

• Democrat declines to endorse Obama, but later clarifies stance

  Created: Thursday, 09 August 2012 17:44

  Democratic congressional candidate Patsy Keever in mid-July said that, while she will vote for President Barack Obama, she will not endorse him.  She became one of a number of North Carolina Democrat congressional candidates who have said they would...

• Rogers pitches his candidacy as team-builder

  Created: Thursday, 09 August 2012 17:41

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com  When he was introduced, Hayden Rogers, the 11th District Democratic candidate for U.S. Congress, received light applause from members of the Council of Independent Business Owners during its July 13 meet...

• Lighting, regionalism questioned

  Created: Thursday, 09 August 2012 17:40

  From Staff Reports   Proposed changes to Asheville’s outdoor lighting ordinance were explained to the Council of Independence Business Owners, — prompting a torrent of questions later — during a July 13 breakfast meeting at Biltmore Square Ma...

• Jeb Bush revs up crowd in stumping for McCrory

  Created: Thursday, 09 August 2012 17:38

  From Staff Reports    Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush drew a crowd when he flew into Asheville on July 19 to stump for North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory during a women’s brunch fundraiser at the Double Tree by Hilton...

• Buncombe Forward backs 3 school board candidates

  Created: Thursday, 09 August 2012 17:37

  From Staff Reports   Buncombe Forward, a conservative polical action committee, endorsed three candidates who filed for seats on the Buncombe County Board of Education on July 20. The trio, which pledged to reform the “dysfunctional county schoo...

• Justice Roberts ripped for Obamacare ruling

  Created: Thursday, 09 August 2012 17:35

  By JOHN NORTH john@ashevilledailyplanet.com   Conservative Justice John Roberts’ surprising switch to join his liberal United States Supreme Court brethren in a recent ruling that narrowly upheld the key part of the Affordable Care Act (aka Obam...

• Collapse coming? Survival guru tailor tips to Carolinians

  Created: Thursday, 09 August 2012 17:32

  First in a series of three stories  By JOHN NORTH john@ashevilledailyplanet.com FORT MILL, S.C. —  A societal meltdown is very possible from a multitude of possible threats — and Americans need to prepare for the repercussions, James Wesl...

• Fracking proponent touts job possibilities, energy freedom for N.C.

  Created: Thursday, 09 August 2012 17:30

  From Staff Reports   ARDEN — Seeking to unleash all energy barriers in North Carolina, including hydraulic fracturing (aka “fracking”), Americans for Prosperity was successful in its massive campaign to urge state lawmakers to pass SB 820, AF...

• Time to buy electric cars, prof says

  Created: Thursday, 09 August 2012 17:27

  From Staff Reports  A UNC Asheville professor unveiled his case for buying an electric car now during a July 19 presentation in Robinson Hall. Dave Erb, a member of the mechatronic engineering faculty at UNCA, gave a presentation titled “Making a...

• New sheriff shares goals, fields questions

  Created: Thursday, 09 August 2012 17:25

  From Staff Reports    HENDERSONVILLE — The Hendersonville TEA Party featured a talk by new Henderson County Sheriff Charlie McDonald during its July 17 dinner meeting at Bay Breeze Seafood. McDonald was introduced by HCTP Chairman Don Kauff...

• Letters to the Editor: August 2012

  Created: Thursday, 09 August 2012 17:17

  Opponent of topless rally questions liberals’ motives As the gotopless.org people come back to Asheville, did liberal cartoonist David Cohen really mean to suggest (in the Asheville Citizen-Times) using a “gun” to impa...

• The Candid Conservative: Liberalism? It’s an easy sale

  Created: Thursday, 09 August 2012 17:15

  By CARL MUMPOWER Liberalism is winning in America because it’s an easy sale.  The promise of something for nothing, freedom from accountability, and unearned entitlement is music to the ears of any vulnerable person.  Unfortunately, most ever...

• Carolina in my mind in Nantucket

  Created: Thursday, 09 August 2012 17:12

  By D.G. MARTIN CHAPEL HILL — “Carolina in My Mind.” It was the closing hymn at my niece’s wedding a few days ago. Just before the benediction an a capella group stood up in the rear of the church and sang: “In my mind I’m goin’ to Carol...

• The Daily Planet's Opinion: Costly primary runoffs need to be reformed now

  Created: Thursday, 09 August 2012 17:09

  One of the most obvious — and fixable — problems in North Carolina is its ultra-costly primary runoff procedure that fewer than 10 states use. The situation became starkly clear on July 17, when only 3.6 percent of registered voters statewide cast ba...

• On the left: Why the BID is bad for Asheville

  Created: Thursday, 09 August 2012 16:11

  A small group of Asheville citizens are intent on creating a Business Improvement District. They cite the Downtown Master Plan which includes a general proposal for such an entity, and they’ve been working on the idea for years. They had hoped to put ...

• From the right: Professor Wiley is left AND wrong

  Created: Thursday, 09 August 2012 16:09

  By Ron Kauffman Chairman, Henderson County TEA Party  While I’m not a professor, if I were, Professor (Robert) Wiley would get an “F” for his assessment of the Right (in a story in July’s Asheville Daily Planet). How can he take something ...

• Social conservatives’ record shows they obstruct progress

  Created: Thursday, 09 August 2012 16:06

  By Lee Ballard The 19th Amendment — the one that gave women the right to vote — was passed by Congress in June 1919. Fourteen months later, enough states had voted “yes” to make it part of the Constitution.  But along the way...Virginia, M...

• Advice Goddess: Bitter homes and gardens — marriage remake mandated

  Created: Thursday, 09 August 2012 16:02

  By Amy Alkon If your wife says another man’s name while making love, what does that mean? It was her ex’s name -- my stepson’s dad. She apologized, saying it was only because she remembered needing to call him about problems their son’s having ...