The manual recount of votes for Buncombe County District 2 Commissioner is complete. Mike Fryar was still the top vote-getter, and Ellen Frost was still the second-place vote-getter. This time, the narrow margin between her and Christina Kelley G. Merrill was eighteen votes. The naming of a winner remains contingent on the final decisions in Merrill’s legal challenges.
Read full article » No Comments »The City of Asheville announced the findings of the study performed to humor the good-faith negotiations requirement of legislation intended to remove the water system from municipal control. Just like the MSD study before it, this study amazingly arrived at the foregone conclusion of its commissioning body. Whereas the MSD analysis recommended a merger, this one recommends an interlocal agreement.
Read full article » No Comments »The City of Asheville is evaluating the worth of its Cultural Arts Superintendent position while this $65,000 a year job remains vacant. Duties included “core” government services like public art maintenance and festival oversight.
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