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Letters to the Editor
Montreat cont...
Comments in article
and I think Betty Jackson should do Cooperative Extension economist,
the same with the funds raised by predicts the rate will hover around
were unnecessary the Stop Woodfin group. 11.5 percent as we head into the new
Continued from page 1
special education or high school
In the meantime, I would hope year.
said Susan Keith, a first-grade teach- math or science. Most elementary
Dear Editor, that for articles in your paper per- Understandably, job creation re-
er at Hominy Valley and a Weaver- school teachers can only receive up
taining to our board meetings, you mains at the top of the State’s “to-
ville resident. to $5,000, leaving many roughly
In a December edition of the Tri- will not include comments made do” list.
However, now most of the teachers $12,000 or more in the hole.
bune, there was an article regarding outside the regular meeting which Even so, the question looms over
have found out they only qualify for Keith also said the school’s tuition
the discussion of a voluntary an- have no relationship to official pro- every legislative pen as to whether or
a fraction of the promised amount. increased in January 2009, but the
nexation by the Town of Woodfin. ceedings. not corporate incentives are the ap-
The teacher forgiveness loan teachers did not find out about it un-
This voluntary annexation consisted propriate answer.
provides up to $17,500 for eligible til November of last year, furthering
of an apartment complex in the Sincerely Counties seeking to boost their
teachers in Title 1 schools who teach their debt.
Woodland Hills area. M. Jerry VeHaun local economies by incentivizing
After the meeting of the town Mayor of Woodfin corporations often ante up beaucoup
board, there were apparently some bucks to local and international
Police bust cont...
comments made by a member of companies in the form of cash, land
the Stop Woodfin organization,
Buck stops here
grants, new roads and special train-
Betty Jackson, which has absolutely ing, all at the expense of taxpayer
nothing to do with the meeting, al-
Dear Editor,
Continued from page 1
dollars and rarely with unanimous
after reportedly weaving on the in- though when you read the article,
consent.
along with several other charges. terstate. you would think it was a part of the
Whether it’s a billion-dollar con-
Slap on a big red ribbon from
Weaverville police responded to a Police reported Baker was in pos- official meeting.
glomerate or a small “Mom and
other sources like the Golden LEAF
Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office session of a bag of marijuana in his In your paper, you quote Ms.
Pop” looking for a cut in costs us-
Foundation, One North Carolina
dispatch of a possible drunk driver jacket and approximately 20 buds Jackson as saying that forced an-
ing taxpayer dollars, a true conser-
Fund, Job Development Invest-
around 2:30 am at McDonald’s on of pot in a pill case located in his nexations are a definite violation of
vative’s response to whether they’re
ment Grants, or William S. Lee Tax
Weaver Boulevard. Police followed glove box. Baker also allegedly had life, liberty and property. While this
for or against corporate incentives
Credits and you have a pretty hand-
Baker, 33, as he proceeded onto several open containers of alcohol. may be her opinion as to involuntary
should always be “NO!”
some package.
the future Interstate 26 toward the He refused roadside sobriety tests annexation, I would like to remind
Time and again, big government
Despite the history of failed cor-
Madison County line. Baker was and was placed under arrest. her that the law is quite specific as
is all too eager to proffer a quick
porate incentive plans, like the big
stopped near the Flat Creek exit His bond was set at $4,000. to how involuntary annexations are
fix to shush the woes of a flounder-
Dell bomb that hit Winston Salem
handled and that at no time has
ing economy by doling out another
last year, local officials and state leg-
Woodfin, Weaverville, Asheville or
goaded goodie to any corporate
islators seem bent on looking to in-
weaverville any other municipality been in vio-
entity who’ll promise North Caro-
dustrial recruitment as the tonic for
lation of these laws.
linians the moon, even if they’re
North Carolina’s economic head-
During the proposed annexation
notorious for delivering a handful
ache.
of a portion of the West Buncombe
of dust.
Instant gratification, in the form
area, the Town of Woodfin continu-
Companies and individuals, look-
of grants and incentives, is almost al-
Subscription
a lly had to listen to untrue comments
ing to get their fingers into North
ways a step backward in job creation
regarding our police department,
Carolina’s fiscal cookie jar of subsi-
and sustained economic growth.
town officials and services Woodfin
dies, grants, and sweet corporate in-
The first step must be a reduction
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provides its residents. Personally, I
centives, usually do so with little re-
of the corporate tax rate, followed
in Buncombe County would like to see an accounting of
sistance from local or state leaders.
by good road infrastructure, lighter
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the funds raised from the oppo-
North Carolina’s unemploy-
regulatory loads for small business,
outside Buncombe County nents of this proposed annexation
ment rang in the New Year with
and by working with our colleges
and how the funds were spent. The
cacophonous double digits, and Dr.
to make sure the curriculums can
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outside North Carolina
Town of Woodfin was always above
Mike Walden, William Neal Reyn-
satisfy the high technical needs for
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