Just who elected Mike Sule to Asheville City Council?

The answer, of course, is ... nobody did!

Sule is not an elected member of council, but he sure acts like one and ranks as a top influencer of what should be an independent body that, one only could hope (Ha! Ha!), puts the needs and best interests of the citizenry ahead of those of the executive director of Asheville on Bikes, and his fellow elitists, who want — and get — bike lanes everywhere they ask for them.

For non-cyclists, the bike lanes, of course, impede traffic, cut parking opportunities and generally inconvenience everyone — except Asheville’s smug, self-serving elitists on wheels.

By all accounts, Sule and many of his AoB club members aren’t hard-workers otherwise, but do work the system effectively — especially the “woke” City Council — with the exception of Vice Mayor Sandra Kilgore and, increasingly, Councilwoman Antanette Mosley— to get what they want. 

It appears that Sule and his dimwit disciples want to flex their political power in always getting approval from a council that generally is lacking in critical-thinking skills. Instead, council (with two exceptions) is guided by the national narrative of the far left Democrats, resulting in its approval of bike lanes seemingly everywhere.

And Sule and his devotees then indulge their narcissism by parading idiotically around Asheville on expensive prestige bicyles with gawdy-colored outfits and goofy-looking helmets, sometimes disobeying the laws of the road and too-often acting defiantly toward (in their view) the low-life working stiffs who drive cars, vans and trucks to and from their jobs. 

Sule and his ilk have ruined North Asheville, as Charlotte Street is a traffic quagmire backing up onto I-240 during rush hours and other times, while Merrimon Avenue — a key north-south traffic connector — is simply a nightmare that is to be avoided if other options exist. 

Certain congested streets in downtown Asheville and West Asheville are next on Sule’s wishlist for bike lanes, so we urge the citizenry to express to council — now — their vigorous opposition to these veritable boondoggles.