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11/2007: IRTV?
URTV, Asheville's first community access television station was headed
for greatness.
Click Here to find out how mismanagement by Pat Garlinghouse and a lazy board of directors are bringing this remarkable resource to it's knees.
10/2005: Deal Buick property on Merrimon
to be developed.
The new owners have already said, "The most important thing to all
of us is that it be beautiful and something Asheville can be proud of."
and are open to citizen's input.
Click Here for details
about the first community meeting to address this new development, organized
by Heather Rayburn. Thank you Heather!
Meeting Date: 10/18/05
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Location: Montford Community Center
Can't make the meeting?
Email us
and we'll post your suggestions
for the new owners to review.
Click Here for suggestions already proposed by local residents.
10/2005: OurAsheville.org City Council Anti-Endorsements
If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck...
Democrats Take Note:
Charles Worley votes just like Joe Dunn and Carl Mumpower on a majority
of issues. Just who does Worley represent these days anyhow?...Oh Right,
the Developers that Pay for his Campaign:
http://www.buncombecounty.org/common/boe/candidates_2005/Worley35DayReport.pdf
Click Here for a short list of good reasons to vote against Worley, Dunn, and Mumpower and see how city government with Mumpower, Dunn, and Worley is government without accountability.
10/2005: Ourasheville.org Endorses City Council Candidates
- Jones
- Cape
- Freeborn
- Bellamy
Click Here for Details:
Honest Representation
(2Mb quicktime Movie)
Not convinced we know what we're talking about? Have a look at the Mountain Express Primary Voter Guide.
09/2005 Proposed Parking Deck threatens Historic
Downtown
At $32,000.00/space, is this the right way for city
council to spend your tax dollars?
09/2005: Rezoning for Merrimon Burger
King sought by developer
After the development proposal's request for a variance
was rejected, Greg Edney and his agent, former Asheville "Planner"
Gerald Green, will petition the Planning and Zoning Commission for a rezoning
of the property in October.
05/2005: Greenlife Grocery--A bad
neighbor for local residents.
Finally a local grocery store that much of the North Central neighborhoods
of Asheville can walk to. Too bad they've chosen not to be a good neighbor
Click Here for Details:
UPDATED 10/09/05
THANK YOU:
Brownie Newman, Holly Jones, and Terry Bellamy for making the 08/20/05
public hearing a possibility! Let's follow through and have the UDO violations
enforced.
See the Mail Bag for Dunn,
Mumpower, and Worley's neglect of the problem.
02/2005: Public Comment on Rule Changes
for Development Procedures
A Group of developers has created a document to "streamline"
the development approval procedures used by the city.
The proposed rule changes are far reaching and could in some circumstances eliminate public comment on major development proposals within Asheville.
02/2005: Campus Crest Development
- Montford Neighborhood
Scott Shuford essentially guarantees the preservation of a large tract
of mature trees as a buffer, even after repeated inquiry by councilwoman
Terry Bellamy. The trees were subsequently clear cut. Shuford's response,
'they'll grow back.'
01/2003: Broadway Rezoning to the
so called "Neighborhood Corridor" designation.
This is where ourasheville.org got started, raising citizen awareness
about the impact of rezoning asheville's last undeveloped thorough fair
into the city.
These pages are of an old format:
Click Here for details
about the issue.
Click Here for the
outcome (City Attorney Bob Oast's "creative" interpretation
of the law was a huge blow to citizens)