Commentary They called! I’ll be a... Well, I’ll be a monkey’s uncle.


Last week, low and behold, Char- ter Communications called me and it wasn’t to ask me for the money that I supposedly owed them. If you remember, Charter had


failed to service the office with phones and Internet since we


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moved in January but was still calling about bills. In the last commentary in this saga, I said, “I think next time I’ll just put them on hold and go back to what I was doing and let them waste some of their time for a while.” However, someone from Char-


ter read my commentary this time and got someone on the case. Te representative from Charter, which had been the first non-bill related call that I received from the com- pany since December, was very po- lite. He found out that my request for cancellation of service, since I wasn’t getting any service in the first place, had not gone through and so he made sure it was can- celled and said he would take care of the bill I had been getting.


on the notes and still would not understand. A suggestion: Charter would


improve customer service if one or two people were assigned to a problem and followed it until it was resolved. Now, if I could only get them


to give the office its phone and fax numbers, pay for the estimated amount of business that we’ve lost since losing the numbers and im- prove their response to customers problems, I might consider halting my plans to go forward with pub- lishing the Web site ihatecharter- because.com. Te only reason I took the ihate-


charterbecause.com domain name was because ihatecharter.com was already taken.


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We just love get the compli-


ments and want to thank each one of our readers for any notes of en- couragement they may have sent through the years. We may not acknowledge everyone, but I can guarantee that not a one of them goes unnoticed. So thanks for the compliments.


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All in all, he called twice and


I thanked him for his call. But he said that all could have been avoided if the people before him had been responsive, but they weren’t. Tey had no knowledge of my situation and each time I called, they would have to read up


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North Buncombe Clark, Yelton file for senate


By Matt Tate Woodland Hills resident R.L.


Clark and Weaverville resident Don Yelton have filed to run against Martin Nesbitt for his N.C. Senate District 49 seat. Clark was a state senator from


1995-1998. He said stimulus proj- ects from the current federal admin- istration are failing because they are not creating employment amongst the private sector. Stimulus funds are creating more government jobs that do not provide the same return to the treasury. Te level of government involve-


ment at federal, state and local lev- els is a concern for the Republican candidate. “It’s time, in my opinion, we


get government at all levels off our back and out of our pockets,” Clark


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Supper, roast for Duncan


A supper and roast of Buncombe


County Sheriff Van Duncan will be held from 5:30 pm to 9 pm on March 16 at Weaverville Town Hall. Te public is invited and hot dogs and hamburgers will be avail- able. Guests will also get a chance to meet with Steven Cogburn, who is running for Clerk of Court.


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commented. Yelton is the host of the television


program “Citizens Speak.” He ran unsuccessful bids at the Buncombe County Commissioners in 2000, 2004 and 2008 and the Clerk of Court in 2006. A lifelong Democrat, Yelton


switched parties in 2004. Nesbitt is the majority leader in


the senate. He was nominated by former Gov. Mike Easley to re- place Steve Metcalf in the senate in 2004. Te primary for the election will


be held May 4.


Organic Growers School Te 17th Annual Organic Growers School will be held Saturday


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of subjects that appeal to everyone - from beginning gardeners and urban homesteaders, to advanced commercial growers and country folks. Register online at organicgrowersschool.org or call Meredith Mc- Kissick at 828-582-5039. Cost is $55 per day.


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