Not in my back yard?

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Bill

New low cost, close-in housing projects are being proposed for our progressive relatively wealthy community.

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Bele Chere

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Bill

Walking around our great annual festival for three days, sketchbook in hand, looking for cartoon ideas for the Xpress.  They used one – the air dog.

Pal Brian

For those who have asked about the “new” style, I’m still learning Painter and working totally on a Cintiq.

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Don’t Mutilate Montford

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Bill

I’m back!  Mountain Xpress, July 21, 2010.

NCDOT plans to give us a mega North-South-East-West I-26 and I-240 connection where there already is one.  In the process, my beautiful Montford neighborhood likely will have its west side scraped off.  The new I-26 which runs North-South (despite what the signs say) is not overcrowded and the expense of widening it should be invested in more bike lanes and sidewalks, in my opinion.

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What Could Go Wrong?

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Bill

The Sandy Mush area near here was one of the potential 12 nuclear waste disposal sites selected in 1986.  My geology instructor said recently that sites had to be “remote and dry.”  I’d add “politically weak.”

Suspicions were aroused here that the Sandy Mush area might be considered again.  Our Rep. Heath Shuler quickly issued a typical Washington-speak, negative-assurance statement that the Citizen-Times happily published.  I’m not so sure…

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Hi. Welcome!

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Bill

Granola Park, debuted in the Mountain Express, Asheville, NC on July 7, 2010.

Recently, for the first time in 18-months, the Blue Ridge Parkway reopened after landslides blocked the way.  Here’s the truth about what happened and why…

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Dinner Time

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Bill

In the Asheville Citizen-Times, May 2010..

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Derivatives Explained

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Bill

In the Asheville Citizen Times, April, 2010

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Unregulated Time

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Bill

In the Asheville Citizen-Times, April, 2009

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