The primary ballots are now ready to go! You can see what your ballot will look like by using Voter Search to look up your registration record. When you’ve found your record, scroll down and you’ll see your voting location and then a section called “Sample Ballots.” Click on the Primary Ballot link for a PDF…
This was not the comment I went to this March 22 City Council meeting intending to make. But I felt compelled to address the perils of seeking “cleanliness” at the cost of regarding some human beings as trash. Asheville has a huge challenge facing us in mitigating the suffering of our unhoused neighbors and addressing…
On March 23rd, I met with members of the AFL-CIO Western North Carolina Central Labor Council, to introduce my candidacy, answer their questions, and seek their support. As a staunch union supporter, I’m proud to say that to say that I received their endorsement for City Council! You can read my answers to their questionnaire…
On May 14, 2109, City Council met to decide the fate of Asheville’s iconic Flatiron Building. Its owner wanted to sell it (for $12 Million) to out-of-town developers. The sale would not go through unless the property was granted a conditional zoning that would permit the developers to gut the historic building and turn it…