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letters Gantt’s views on workplace equality were misconstrued I read a puzzling comment from Tim Peck on the Aug. 21 online article, "Commissioners Approve Personnel Ordinance, Reject LGBT Protections” (see the article and comment at avl.mx/ji). I think it’s important that people understand Chairman David Gantt’s position at Tuesday’s Buncombe County Board of Commissioners meeting. My understanding is that the motion put before the commissioners was based on whether anyone had changed their mind about the vote on Aug. 7. As is appropriate, Gantt determined from the other commissioners that the vote would remain the same. In the same meeting, Gantt reaffirmed his support for equality in the workplace regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. — Beth Jezek Asheville
thanks for makinG my book a “mountain standout” Great thanks to the Mountain Xpress and writer Jon Elliston for the recent feature about my new book, Twelve Notables in Western North Carolina [“Mountain Standouts,” Aug. 1 Xpress]. Since the article appeared, the book has been nominated for The North Carolina Literary and Historical Association's 2012 Ragan Old North State Award for Non-Fiction.
correction The advertisement for The Middy, published in our Aug. 22 Women in Business section, contained erroneous information. The correct ad is published on page 17 of this issue. We regret our error.
six leGal boundaries involved, only one Gets to vote How arrogant can the Asheville City Council be? Not only do they not own the regional water
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The book is now in the collections of the Buncombe, Henderson and Polk counties library systems; it is also available at Grateful Steps Foundation Bookstore at 159 S. Lexington in Asheville, the Carl Sandburg National Historic Site in Flat Rock and a growing number of bookstores and upscale gift shops. It can be ordered online, with author-signed copies via futurenowpublishing.com. Also, fellow authors, writers and avid readers are encouraged to join me in lending support to the Young Writers Scholarship I founded at Warren Wilson College in May. — Jack J. Prather Hendersonville Project1
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