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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Live coverage of Playhouse tax debate
Jul
18
Marini says the Myrtle Beach proposal is selling of shows or performing FRP shows at a venue there. No Playhouse money would be at stake. It would make money, he said. He cannot believe, he says, the level of vitriol … Continue reading
Duke beats Carolina
Jul
17
Duke beat Carolina, in new U.S. News and World Report ranking of hospitals. Duke University Medical Center made the top 10 nationally and was ranked as the best in North Carolina. The survey also boosts UNC Hospitals, which has a … Continue reading
Judge orders Davis settlement released
Jul
14
The public could soon learn the details of the settlement that Henderson County Sheriff Rick Davis made with a former employee before he resigned from the job for medical reasons. The Citizen-Times reported that Judge Mark Powell ruled Friday in … Continue reading
Trader Joe’s coming to Asheville
Jul
12
Ready for 2-buck Chuck? Trader Joe’s, the quirky discount wine and beer and specialty grocer, is coming to Merrimon Avenue in Asheville, WLOS and the Citizen-Times reported this week. http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20120712/NEWS01/307110053/It-s-official-Asheville-reacts-Trader-Joe-s?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Frontpage This could be a disappointment to those who wanted the … Continue reading
Shuler votes no on ObamaCare repeal
Jul
11
U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler, the three-term incumbent who is retiring from Congress, joined Democrats in voting against the ObamaCare repeal that the House passed on Wednesday. Republican leaders pushed through the repeal vote 245 to 189, with all but three … Continue reading
It’s almost over
Jul
11
The candidates must have been thinking, Thank goodness this is almost over. Tuesday night the two candidates for the Republican nomination in the NC 11th met for the umpteenth time in a debate, if these things can accurately be called … Continue reading
Posse of lawmen come out for Meadows
Jul
10
Mark Meadows, the frontrunner for the Republican nomination for the 11th congressional district race, announced that he has won the endorsements from sheriffs in eight counties of North Carolina’s new 11th Congressional District, as well as a former sheriff. They … Continue reading
Judge to rule on lawsuit seeking sheriff’s settlement
Jul
10
A judge told lawyers Monday he expected to rule within two weeks on a media lawsuit seeking the release of settlement terms in an employee’s lawsuit against Sheriff Rick Davis. Gary Rowe, an attorney for the Asheville Citizen-Times, told Superior … Continue reading
Hunt hops aboard a moving train
Jul
9
Better late than never, District Attorney Jeff Hunt has announced that he is endorsing Mark Meadows for Congress. Meadows, who enjoys strong support from the the Republican establishment and behind-the-scenes strategists in Henderson County, faces Vance Patterson of Morganton in … Continue reading
Meadows walks with Tea Party
Jul
4
Mark Meadows, the front-runner for the Republican nomination for the 11th Congressional District, chose the Tea Party instead of the Republican Party when he walked in Hendersonville’s Fourth of July parade. He walked several units behind the Republican Party and … Continue reading
