Four Seasons Politics

Messer loses election to lead N.C. county commissioners

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LIGHTNING EDITORIAL: In power-line fight, history repeats itself

County plungesinto another war Henderson County’s history of fighting disruptive land-use projects goes back to at least 1961, when the TVA hatched a plan to dam the French Broad River and create 14 large impoundments. Read Story »

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LIGHTNING EDITORIAL: NC breaks its beer-regulation system

North Carolina picked a fine time to break its alcoholic beverage control system. Read Story »

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Power line review 'largely immune from political pressure,' McGrady says

State Rep. Chuck McGrady acknowledges the obvious. A former national president of the Sierra Club and an activist in land conservation efforts in Henderson County for more than 20 years, McGrady would have plunged into the power line debate were he still a local official. Read Story »

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Bond raters upgrade Henderson County

Two bond rating agencies have upgraded Henderson County’s bond rating ahead of the county's plans to borrow up to $30 million for the health sciences building. Read Story »

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Transmission line puts commissioners 'in a gun fight without bullets'

Faced with a crowd opposed to a 40-mile transmission line Duke Energy wants to run through Henderson County, county commissioners expressed frustration with their lack of power to influence the project and assured the constituents they would do what they can to minimize harmful effects. Read Story »

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Edney rips DSS's record in reuniting kids, parents

Michael Edney wants to know why Henderson County does a poor job reuniting children and their biological parents after social workers remove a child from the home. Read Story »

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Meadows move to depose speaker fractures N.C. delegation

RALEIGH — U.S. Rep. Walter Jones, R-3rd District, is a staunch supporter of the efforts of fellow North Carolinian Mark Meadows (11th District) to unseat House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio. Jones says Boehner is out of touch with Republican Party principles, rules by strong-arming members and parceling out campaign funds to favorites from his political action committee and is afflicted with pettiness. But the rest of North Carolina's congressional delegation is far from united on the second-term representative's tactical maneuver to depose the speaker this week. Read Story »

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Tea Party group organizes demonstration to support Meadows

A Tea Party-affiliated group is organizing a demonstration in Hendersonville in support of U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows "for his bold move to oust John Boehner as Speaker of the House." Read Story »

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Meadows: Move to oust speaker is about 'broken Washington'

One day after his move to oust House Speaker John Boehner thrust him into the center of national politics, U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows described the bold action as a response to Americans' frustration with a "broken Washington." Read Story »