Asheville City Council candidate guide — John Miall
Name: John Miall Profession: Retired Local Government / Consulting / Retail In up to two words, describe your political affiliation: Conservative Democrat In one brief sentence, describe yourself and why you’re running: Having been born, raised, educated in, and after 34 years of service to…
Asheville City Council candidate guide — Julie Mayfield
Name: Julie Mayfield Profession: Co-Director, MountainTrue In up to two words, describe your political affiliation: Pragmatic Democrat In one brief sentence, describe yourself and why you’re running: I’m running because I love Asheville and my background as a public interest environmental attorney can help us…
Asheville City Council candidate guide — Richard Liston
Name: Richard Liston Profession: Cab driver (Yellow Cab #32, 6pm-6am) In up to two words, describe your political affiliation: Unintimidated Unaffiliated In one brief sentence, describe yourself and why you’re running: I can’t just sit back and watch the soul of Asheville being destroyed by careless people. General questions These…
Asheville City Council candidate guide — Rich Lee
Name: Rich Lee Profession: Financial Advisor Political Affiliation: Democrat Why I’m running: The next few years will be a crucial test of Asheville’s strength and creativity as a city: how we absorb a flood of new people and money while holding onto the things we all…
Asheville City Council candidate guide — Marc Hunt
Marc Hunt is Asheville’s incumbent Vice Mayor Name: Marc Hunt Profession: Former whitewater outfitter, community development lender, and land conservation professional In up to two words, describe your political affiliation: Democrat In one brief sentence, describe yourself and why you’re running: I am deeply committed…
Asheville City Council candidate guide — Brian Haynes
Name: Brian Haynes Profession: Assistant Manager, Habitat for Humanity Re-Store In up to two words, describe your political affiliation: Progressive Unafilliated In one brief sentence, describe yourself and why you’re running: I am a native, former downtown business owner and long time Habitat supporter. I am running because I do…
Asheville City Council candidate guide — Joe Grady
Name: Joe Grady Profession: Sales Specialist in Home and Business Group with Best Buy, and Community Commander overseeing the community volunteerism for 13 stores. In up to two words, describe your political affiliation: Independent In one brief sentence, describe yourself and why you’re running: I…
Breaking buses
From missed stops to buses in disrepair and low morale, drivers and local activists assert the company in charge of managing Asheville’s transit system is failing Above: The SUV that, according to multiple drivers, transported some Asheville transit system riders in recent weeks because the…
The minimum
City government will finally pay a living wage to all its employees. But the worker who raised concerns in the first place was fired. Above: Lauren Bacchus, a U.S. Cellular Center worker who raised concerns late last year about a lack of living wage for workers…
The Dickson correction
An important correction, in light of additional evidence, about the misidentification of Isaac Dickson in historic photographs with Theodore Roosevelt Above: bodyguard Frank Tyree, at left, with President Theodore Roosevelt while he reviews the Chickamauga battlefield, 1902. New evidence has led local researchers and historians…
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