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place a moratorium on 14 types of action will be needed by the com-
further a sense of community
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Patrick Braswell & Steve Jencks Weaverville, NC 28787
earlier this month. of businesses, such as concrete
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The moratorium, if passed, plants, adult entertainment clubs,
would potentially save, at least for junkyards and slaughterhouses,
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the time being, the Flat Creek area while county staff re-proposes
Letters to the Editor
from a concrete plant proposal that its zoning plan in line with legal
has been looming for years. procedures. The moratorium can
More on public display
lives, I believe it deserves to be exer- passing on a healthy and safe world
The Buncombe County Board last for 60 days according to state cised with dignity and, yes, respect. to the next generation leaves much
of Adjustment rejected a proposal law, but can be renewed to allow
Dear Editor,
I shall always defend the Cooks and to be desired. The Cooks’ episode is
by Blue Ridge Concrete for a plant county staff more time to complete
Just from the Tribune article
anyone else’s right to free speech. a baby step on the world stage, to be
at the corner of Murphy Hill Road the process.
alone, a person might possibly un-
But, on the other hand, I wish Mr. sure, but every sprinter began with
and Old Mars Hill Highway in After all the work put forth by
derstand the Cooks’ viewpoint of
and Mrs. Cook would have sought a baby step.
May 2008. An appeal hearing was Flat Creek residents to prevent
the dispute (detailed in Vol. 7, Issue
a respectful means to vent their Practicing grace, dignity, love and
forthcoming, but when the N.C. the concrete plant, it would be
11 of the Tribune). I certainly would
frustration. Several paths come to respect to everyone in our family,
Court of Appeals struck down disheartening for a loophole to be
have questions for the Council and
mind, one of which is any or all of circle of friends and each person
the commissioners’ zoning plan their undoing. This action by the
the Zoning Board on behalf of the
the media. They might have even who comes in and out of our lives
because of a procedural error, a commissioners is needed not just
Cooks.
mustered influential community trains our minds and hearts to
window of opportunity opened for in the Flat Creek community but
One of the reasons that makes
support, allies if you will, that could respond to every challenge without
the plant’s organizers to reapply for throughout Buncombe County.
America the great nation that it is,
possibly turn into real help. But now lowering our standards of living and
Spending our way out of disaster?
is a right called freedom of speech.
we may never know. maybe make our children proud to
Even prisoners don’t lose this right
It’s always been my understanding know us and be in this life together.
when they enter lockup. Our mili-
that the Weaverville mayor’s post is Then the children will know how
Stock markets are up and it’s all to divest their governments of the
tary women and men have been
essentially nominal except to break to react to the events that come
because we are spending our way out dollars they have in the vaults.
giving their lives, some as young as
tie votes and lead us in beautifying their way throughout their lives.
of financial disaster. Or is it? We can’t get anyone to buy our
16 and 17 years old, for over two
Weaverville. So I think it is unfair It’s amazing how having a positive
centuries, to help preserve this pre-
as well as unkind to include Bett role model makes us feel less lonely
Clint Parker cious right. Even people who left
Stroud in the porcelain parade of in this life, especially when times
our country during the Vietnam
punishment. get tough.
It seems the rest of the world debt, so we monetize it or sold
conflict retained this valuable right.
Perhaps the Cooks were stressed Fear is replaced by confidence. I
would like us to stop all the crazy ourselves an IOU. Such actions can
I linger on this point to impress the
to the last straw. But they were would even dare guess that Mr. and
spending. China and the Europe- lead to inflation as more dollars are
profound value of this right to every
disrespectful. Not only to the pre- Mrs. Cook wish they would have
ans have decided that a new world available and as the other nations see
single American.
cious right of free speech and to the selected a different path of protest.
current would be better (maybe a the dollar is not worth the paper it
When something is this valuable
people representing the occupants
one-world money?) and are looking is printed on.
and powerfully impacts our daily
of each porcelain bowl, but also to Wilma Robertson
themselves. Weaverville
I’m not espousing one side or the
Weaverville Tribune
Soccer league
other. This is another example of Editor’s note: Now that the
adults forgetting their responsibil- Cooks have removed their public
suspends fees
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frankly, for other adults. Gandhi Georgia Avenue in Weaverville,
The Mountain Area Youth
said, “We must become the change the Tribune will no longer accept
Soccer Association has suspended
we seek to create.” Our record for letters regarding this issue.
all fees for youth spring soccer
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teams this year. Signups for boys
in Buncombe County
and girls between the ages of 8
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Correction
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on Thursday (March 26) at the
outside Buncombe County
North Buncombe High School
In Vol. 7, Issue 12 of The Weaverville Tribune, we erroneously re-
practice soccer field. Practices
ported that the Town of Woodfin accepted Ingle Road into its system.
$26
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for the league are held Thursdays
outside North Carolina
The resolution passed by the Woodfin Board of Aldermen requested
with games on Fridays. For more
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