Monthly Archives: May 2012

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Home of the week has familiar owner

May
26

I opened up the Asheville Citizen-Times home page and saw an old friend. George Fain and his wife, Becky, returned to Western North Carolina, eight years ago and bought a 7,500-square-foot house built in 1907 by a one-armed Civil War … Continue reading →

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Take it outside

May
19

I’m merrily typing a news brief for next week’s print issue of the Lightning when the annual stumper hits me: Why in heaven’s name does Hendersonville High School insist on holding graduation in the Jim Pardue gym when it’s got … Continue reading →

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Wanna bet?

May
17

Led by a bipartisan pair from Hendersonville and Asheville, the state Senate on Wednesday advanced legislation that would bring live-dealer gambling to the Cherokee casino. Although North Carolina legislators have long opposed Las Vegas-style gambling, the support of Gov. Bev … Continue reading →

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Nice tie

May
13

My friend never should have dangled the bait. Like him, I’m a junkie. He sent me an email a few days before primary election. The email contained one of the worst things you can offer to a junkie during the … Continue reading →

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A pattern that’s not a pattern

May
12

The New York Times turns a postmortem on the Amendment 1 outcome into an analysis  on North Carolina’s politics and incongruous electoral behavior. If you’ve followed North Carolina’s politics a long time, you will find it to be another in … Continue reading →

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What is grits?

May
6

TUXEDO — What is grits? It sounds like one of those North vs. the South comic routines. Southerner: What is grits? Northerner: What are grits? Southerner: Yeh, that’s what I’m askin’, what is grits? Northerner: What are grits? Southerner: I’m … Continue reading →

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Daycare cuts rile local leaders

May
2

One of the many odd things about the mysterious  formula that hosed Henderson County in daycare support for single moms and needy working families is the winners and losers. Upon closer examination, it looks like the formula was devised by … Continue reading →

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Don’t mutilate signs

May
1

Back in the days when I had a large staff, I used to call it the election season booby prize. When the first call came in about campaign signs stolen, defaced, marred, shot at or otherwise mutilated in the heat … Continue reading →