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C
Or
thank
you
for
providing
this
commission
with
the
opportunity
to
serve
the
citizens
of
buncombe
county.
Give
us
the
courage
and
the
wisdom
to
make
decisions
to
better
their
lives,
want
to.
Thank
you
for
the
outstanding
employees
of
this
County,
whose
hard
work
and
dedication
make
this
County
a
better
place
to
live,
especially
for
our
friend
Otto
de
Brule,
who
has
dedicated
his
life
to
public
service.
We
ask
your
blessings
on
Otto
in
his
retirement
years.
C
A
D
A
Emotion
by
Vice,
Chair
Stanley,
a
second
by
Commissioner
Peterson.
Is
there
any
discussion?
All
those
in
favor
of
falling
agenda
has
presented,
say,
aye
opposed
note.
We
will
follow
the
agenda
by
50
vote
County
managers
report.
We
have
Donna
lenihan
with
the
graduation
initiative
director
report
and
if
you'll
come
up
and
I
see
superintendent,
Tony,
Baldwin
and
Evelyn
charities
director
bill
Evelyn.
Also
here
on
this
up
bird.
B
A
E
Thank
you
for
allow
us
to
come
and
share
some
very
good
news
with
you.
This
is
the
beginning
of
5th
year
of
our
graduation
initiative,
and
I
also
want
to
thank
you
for
your
support
of
that
project
and
those
efforts
being
made
in
our
schools,
and
I
really
believe
this
is
a
model
that
you,
as
a
commissioning
commission,
are
going
to
see
in
the
future,
especially
from
the
standpoint
of
the
schools,
because
this
model
represents,
we
believe,
a
very
successful
partnership
with
a
support
organization
beyond
our
school
system,
which
is
our
evelyn
foundation.
E
F
Chairman
Gant
County
Commissioners.
Thank
you
again
for
this
opportunity
to
share
some
good
news
with
you.
As
dr.
Baldwin
said,
we
have
a
presentation
to
share
with
you
today
that
will
outline
some
of
our
efforts.
The
last
time
we
were
here
to
share
good
news
with
you.
It
was
after
our
first
year
of
the
graduation
initiative
when
we
had
a
fifteen
percent
decrease
in
our
numbers,
and
we
were
eager
to
share
that
figure
with
you
and
to
thank
you
for
your
support
and
bringing
that
about.
That
was
our
first.
F
That
was
our
first
true
year
of
success
of
the
graduation
initiative
and
since
then,
we've
been
able
to
collect
even
more
data
and
show
that
that
first
year,
success
was
not
just
look,
but
that
we've,
as
dr.
Baldwin
said,
found
a
model
that
we
think
is
very
good
and
will
continue
to
be
effective
and
hopefully
sustainable.
F
So
this
slide
shows
the
10-year
dropout
number
trend
in
Buncombe
County
Schools,
beginning
in
the
year.
2000
I
should
note
that
in
the
year
nineteen-
ninety
nine-
that
was
when
a
change
was
made
statewide
to
include
students
who
left
high
school
to
get
their
GED
as
part
of
the
dropout
number
prior
to
that
year,
geds
were
not
counted
as
dropouts,
but
so
this
number
reflects
in
a
sense
that
apples
to
apples
comparison
of
students
as
the
numbers
calculated.
F
Now
you
see
the
number
that
I
mentioned
before
the
07
08
year
of
381
dropouts
at
that
point,
our
lowest
number
ever
in
buncombe
county
schools.
But
you
see
that
we
have
surpassed
that
in
our
official
number
this
year,
Oh
910
355
dropouts.
That
represents
again
the
lowest
number
on
record
in
Buncombe
County
Schools,
which
is
another
nine
point:
two
percent
reduction
from
08
09
and
a
six
point:
eight
percent
reduction
from
07
08.
It's
also
a
twenty-four
percent
reduction
from
our
highest
number
in
0102
and
a
fifteen
percent
reduction
from
our
10-year
average.
F
It's
very
important
to
highlight
the
progress
that
has
been
made
at
irwin
high
school
you'll.
Remember
that
or
when
high
school
got
a
lot
of
media
attention
for
their
dropout
numbers,
and
so
a
lot
of
efforts
have
been
placed
there
and
we
have
seen
the
fruits
of
those
labors
this
year
with
a
forty-four
percent
reduction
from
the
previous
year
and
a
thirty-five
percent
decrease
from
their
10-year
average,
and
that
success
can
be
attributed
to
a
lot
of
different
things,
including
the
success
of
their
freshman
academy.
F
The
success
of
their
career
academy,
a
reduction
in
the
number
of
their
long
term
suspensions
a
creation
of
a
school-wide
team
to
look
particularly
at
these
underserved
at-risk
students
in
their
building.
The
ongoing
work
of
the
graduation
initiative
there,
and
certainly
the
addition
of
support
school
social
work
personnel
as
well.
So
we
really
want
to
highlight
the
success
of
Irwin
high
school
as
a
huge
part
in
that
decrease
this
year.
I
would
also,
however,
like
to
highlight
the
significant
improvements
that
have
happened
in
our
other
high
schools
through
the
work
of
the
graduation
initiative.
F
We
see
both
reynolds
high
school
and
inca
high
school
reported
their
lowest
number
on
record
this
last
year
in
08
09
and
in
09
10.
North
buncombe
high
school
reported
their
lowest
dropout
numbers
ever
among
the
traditional
high
schools
and
although
TC
Robertson's
numbers
continue
to
remain
steady,
their
percentage
of
total
student
enrollment
in
09
10
was
the
lowest
percentage
ever
in
Buncombe
County
Schools
in
09
10.
F
Certainly
looking
at
programs
at
our
high
school
level,
our
mini
mester
program,
for
example,
which
happens
in
the
summer
at
a
BTech,
but
also
our
summer
transition
programs
at
several
of
our
middle
schools
and
in
our
early
college,
and
also
a
new
program
that
we
are
starting
actually
Monday
our
Twilight
school,
which
will
serve
students
in
the
evening
from
four
o'clock.
To
eight
o'clock,
giving
them
additional
opportunities
to
learn,
and
finally,
I
just
wanted
to
put
some
dollar
figures
behind
what
these
reductions
mean
for
our
community.
F
Certainly,
every
drop
out
has
a
story,
and
we
know
that
behind
every
story
there
is
and
behind
the
success
of
the
graduation
initiative
there
is,
there
are
people
and
it's
those
people
that
we
need
to
acknowledge
their
work
and
also
acknowledge
that
potential
cuts
are
going
to
have
an
impact
on
that
and
I
would
like
to
just
point
out
some
of
the
people
who
have
been
a
part
of
this
success.
Before
we
look
at
these
numbers.
We
talk
about
certainly
the
obvious
keys
to
the
success
without
the
priority
that
dr.
F
Baldwin
has
placed
on
dropout
prevention
in
Buncombe
County,
without
the
vision
and
commitment
of
bill,
murdock
and
evelyn,
without
the
participation
of
the
high
school
administrators
and
counselors
and
social
workers.
These
numbers
would
not
be
possible,
but
also
the
the
teacher
assistants
at
the
elementary
school
level,
who
work
with
students
to
help
build
that
foundation
in
reading
bus
drivers
who
may
notice
that
a
student
is
not
getting
on
the
bus
in
the
morning
and
notify
someone
the
child
nutrition
workers
who
build
a
relationship
with
the
students.
F
All
of
these
people
in
Buncombe,
County
Schools,
are
part
of
this
graduation
initiative
and
we
really
want
to
highlight
that
and
the
importance
of
our
human
resources.
Speaking
of
human
resources,
the
there
are
some
economists
Stanford
who
have
estimated
what
a
dropout
costs
a
community
over
the
course
of
her
his
or
her
lifetime
in
terms
of
lost
wages,
increased
social
services
and
so
forth,
and
they've
estimated
that
number
at
two
hundred
and
sixty
thousand
dollars.
F
At
that
current
rate,
nearly
13
million
students
will
drop
out
of
high
school
in
this
decade,
which
could
cost
the
united
states
about
three
trillion
dollars
in
the
past
three
years.
If
you
just
look
at
the
number
of
students
that
we
have
the
the
reduction
dropout
rate,
that's
a
hundred
and
twenty-one
students,
more
who've
graduated
from
buncombe
county
schools
resulting
in
a
potential
savings.
If
you
use
the
top
figure
of
over
thirty
1
million
dollars.
F
So
we're
not
going
to
be
satisfied
until
that
number
is
0
0
0
number
of
dropouts,
but
we're
certainly
continuing
to
see
that
progress
and
over
the
past
three
years,
we've
seen
that
number
steadily
decrease.
So
I
would
really
like
to
thank
you
for
for
your
support
of
the
graduation
initiative,
and
I
hope
that
this
update
helps
to
paint
a
picture
of
the
impact
of
human
resources
in
buncombe
county
and
for
our
students.
A
G
F
C
It
would
be
good
also
to
at
some
point,
I'm,
not
sure
how
you
capture
this
is
to
get
the
people
who
go,
who
have
dropped
out
and
then
later
enroll
in
the
adult
high
school
program
or
the
GED
program,
and
are
successful
in
completing
that
it
would
even
further
I
think
reduced
the
numbers
that
we're
talking
about
right.
We.
F
Do
calculate
that
for
for
the
for
one
year
we
can
say
of
those
355
students,
for
example,
who
dropped
out
last
year.
We
know
how
many
of
them
told
us
they
were
going
to
go,
get
their
GED,
and
then
we
work
with
the
GED
office
at
a
BTech
to
see
how
many
of
those
actually
did
and
the
number
it's
about
13%
who
actually
go
and
get
their
GED
I.
Think
it's
a
popular
thing
for
students
to
think
they're
going
to
follow
through
and
do
that.
F
But
many
of
them
actually
do
not,
and
that's
something
that
we
tell
students
is
that
it
may
seem
appealing
to
you
right
now
to
think
that's
going
to
be
an
easier
way,
but
they
often
don't
the
same
barriers
that
prevented
them
from
being
successful
in
high
school,
also
prevent
them
from
being
successful
in
the
GED
program.
Although
I
would
agree
with
you,
one
hundred
percent
I
think
we
would
see
students
who,
over
time
realize
that
not
being
in
school
is
not
productive
for
them
and
they
do
return
eventually.
F
F
Before
I
think
every
for,
as
many
students
has
drop
out,
there
are
reasons
for
why
students
drop
out.
If
you
look
officially
the
main
reason
students
give
for
dropping
out
of
school
or
the
main
reason
they're
coded
as
dropouts
in
high
school
is
attendance.
So
if
you
peel
back
the
layers
of
why
students
don't
come
to
school,
it's
often
because
of
work
obligations
or
it
may
be,
because
they've
fallen
behind
academically
and
they
really
don't
see
a
way
that
they
can
graduate
on
time
and
they
become
discouraged.
F
So
a
huge
part
of
our
focus
has
been
focusing
on
students
early,
particularly
in
the
ninth
grade,
although
really
even
earlier
than
that
to
make
sure
that
students
are
on
track
to
graduation
and
they
don't
end
up
in
crisis
mode
as
eleventh
and
twelfth
graders.
But
what
we
found,
and
one
of
the
reasons
why
the
partnership
with
Evelyn
makes
so
much
sense,
is
that
those
social
factors
that
get
in
the
way
of
family
success
being
able
to
pay
the
lights
having
money
for
heating
those
same
barriers
interfere
with
their
academic
success
as
well.
F
C
Say
this
whole
effort
as
an
economic
development
factor
and,
as
dr.
Baldwin
knows,
as
we're
looking
to
expand
current
industries
or
bring
new
businesses
and
industries
to
this
county.
This
is
something
that
they
will
be
looking
at.
It
they're
looking
for
a
trained
workforce
and
I
think
these
numbers
will
only
underscore
what
we're
trying
to
do
in
this
community
and
entice
them
to
come
so
very
positive.
I.
B
I
believe
that
many,
your
successes
are
because
you
started
your
K
through
12
having
been
a
secondary
school
principal.
You
can't
stop
high
school
principal
hadn't
have
much
not
a
whole
lot.
The
kids
already
made
his
mind
up.
He
said
he
hit
16.
You
can
make
little
money
and
go
by
truck
or
whatever,
but
we
get
them
young
enough.
You
can
keep
them
in
scoop
and
I
just
hope.
We're
going
to
be
able
to
keep
those
teachers
assistants.
You
refer
to
this
doing
such
a
good
job.
We
need
those
folks
back
to.
F
Your
to
your
point
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
think
has
come
about
as
a
part
of
the
graduation
initiative.
If
you
walk
into
several
of
our
elementary
schools
in
Buncombe,
County
you'll
see
class
of
20
25
on
the
wall,
something
like
that.
Where
student
decided
as
a
school
that
they're
going
to
honor
high
school
graduation
from
kindergarten
and
really
instill
in
children,
that
idea
that
they
will
be
high
school
graduates
and
that's.
E
E
If
that
student
goes
from
that
third
grade
level,
2
4th
grade,
they
do
not
have
the
balanced
literacy
behind
them
over
and
over
again.
That
pattern
repeats
itself
when
we
actually
look
at
them
as
16
17
year-olds,
and
they
make
that
decision
to
drop
out.
That
is
absolutely
crucial,
and
so
one
of
our
priorities
regarding
our
budget
strategies
is
to
do
the
very
best
job
we
can
to
protect
that
k3
classroom.
Not
only
the
classroom
teacher,
but
that
entire
support
system
is
donna
says,
is
absolutely
crucial.
A
A
I
H
Been
a
great
job,
the
goal
here
is
to
my
name:
is
John
ager
I'm,
the
chair
of
the
Buncombe
County
at
agricultural
advisory
board.
Our
goal
has
been
to
add
a
new
program
to
our
list
of
programs.
We,
this
will
be
our
third
program,
we're
going
to
administer
and
it's
we
call
it
Eve
ad,
which
stands
for
enhanced
voluntary
egg
district,
and
this
was
one
of
the
items
that
we
hope
to
accomplish
when
we
had
a
farmland
preservation
plan
that
we
we've
been
following
the
best
we
can.
H
Let
me
just
explain
this:
this
board
was
originally
set
up.
I,
don't
know
how
long
ago
was
it
20
years
ago
or
so
1990
to
manage
something.
That's
a
state
created
called
voluntary
AG
districts.
We
were
to
voluntarily
sign
up
farmers
to
promise
to
not
develop
their
land
to
keep
farming
for
10
years.
They
had
the
right
in
the
middle
of
that
10
years.
They
wanted
to
to
do
anything
with
their
land,
but
this
was
a
way
to
get
people
really
thinking
about
preserving
their
land
and
it
in
its.
H
We
were
one
of
the
first
counties
to
adopt
this
and
I
think
we
are
still
either
first
or
second
in
the
number
of
farmers
we
have
signed
up,
so
that
program
is
gone
very
well.
Our
second
program
that
we
have
set
up
because
of
your
encouragement
was
a
program
to
put
conservation
easements
on
farmland.
H
H
This
will
be
something
that
will
make
this
County
different
Oh
forever
long
as
United
States
exists.
So
our
third
program
is
another
state
program.
They
have
that
color
coordinate
the
enhanced
voluntary
AG
district.
So
we
have.
We
have
inserted
this
program
into
the
ordinance
and
that's
what
you
all
have
before
you
and
it's
we
were.
We
were
a
little
slow
taking
it
on.
We,
we
weren't
sure
the
the
the
enhancement,
the
incentive
to
actually
put
your
land
in
this
program
was,
we
thought,
fairly
minimal
and
we
were
hoping
they'll.
Add
some
more
incentives
to
it.
H
So
let
me
just
explain
that
the
incentive
is,
if
there's
a
state
cost
share,
say
you
want
to
fence
cows.
Out
of
your
creek,
you
get
a
75-percent
cost
share.
If
you're
in
this
program,
you
get
a
ninety
percent
cost
share,
you
might
you
might
they
might
pay
a
couple
more
hundred
dollars
to
do
a
project
like
this?
H
You
know
it's
it's
a
it's
a
registered,
it's
a
you
know
registered
like
a
deed
when
you,
when
you
join
this
row,
though
it's
much
more
robust
program,
I'm,
guessing
that
the
people
that
will
put
their
land
in
this
program
will
do
so
to
you
know
to
get
the
little
extra
money
for
the
cost
share,
but
there
may
be
some
more
incentives
down
the
line
when
we
got
this
ordinance
out
again
to
look
through
it.
We
also
did
a
we
did
sort
of
cleaned
it
up.
H
We
we
made
sure
the
language
matched
what
we
actually
did.
We
went
through
and
changed
a
little
bit
the
the
rating
system
we
have
for
our
conservation
easements,
we
decided
to
give
more
points
to
large
acreage,
for
instance,
worries
a
little
bit
less
about
whether
the
property
is
near
a
rapidly
developing
area
or
sewer
and
water.
That
kind
of
thing
anyway,
we
just
reworked
out
a
little
bit.
So
that's
a
you'll
see
some
red
language
in
your
in
your
coordinates
there.
H
A
H
A
H
D
H
H
You
know
the
good
news
I
think,
is
that
this
program,
slowly
but
surely,
has
gained
the
confidence
of
many
of
the
foreign
families
out
in
the
out
in
you
know,
it's
kind
of
interesting
to
me
to
see
it
happened
because
you
know
sandy
mush
is
kind
of
our
great
success
story.
I
think
we've
preserves
something
like
twenty
five
percent
of
the
whole
Township
that
not
about
right.
H
Some
huge
amount,
counting
counting
land-
that's
already
been
preserved
before,
but
you
know
you
get
up,
you
get
a
former
who
has
respect
in
that
community
interested
in
the
program.
He
comes
and
talks
to
us,
and
then
he
does
does
something
along
these
lines
and
everyone
else
says:
well,
it
must
must
be
okay
and
we're
we're
just
making
great
headway
and
we
were
getting
really
more
applications.
Then
then
we
can
keep
up
with
at
the
moment.
So
that's
very
exciting.
You.
D
J
H
You
guys
I'm
into
you
guys,
you
know.
I
might
just
say
you
know
our
egg
board
was
formed.
We
ran
this
VAD
program
and
we
did
the
conservation
easements
than
we
did.
We've
been
out
of
those
efforts
we
set
up
another
board
called
the
land
conservation
advisory
board.
These
two
boards
have
preserved
a
lot
of
acreage.
Then
you
all
were
able
to
come
up
with
some
increase
funding
for
bargain
sales
of
these
easements
huge
I.
Just
that
was
the
tipping
point.
H
Then
we
then,
then
you
all
were
willing
to
hire
Maria
wise
to
help
manage
some
of
the
workload
and
she's
been
terrific.
She
goes
out
in
the
county,
meets
people
where
she's
getting
people
to
do
two
full
donations.
We
have
a
couple
of
full
of
donations,
and
so
this
is
our
last
or
last
least
we're
gonna.
Try
this
eve
ad
program
so.
A
A
J
A
A
K
I'm
Jerry
Rice
resident
taxpayer,
Buncombe
County
a
question
for
the
Buncombe
County
Board
of
Commissioners
question
that
should
be
answered
before
you
vote
on
this
to
protect
farmland
without
all
the
Buncombe
County
citizens
input.
Where
did
this
document
come
from
and
who
produced
it?
How
much
will
the
board
members
be
paid?
Why
is
it
not
made
public
information
while
the
board
member
is
selected
and
even
removed
by
the
vote
of
the
commissioners?
K
Only
why
the
board
constructed
so
that
only
three
members
of
the
nine-member
board
will
be
replaced
at
a
time
this
make
it
so
that
no
one
can
speak
up
against
what
they
would
consider
wrong.
Behavior
stops
any
debate
or
change
in
the
structure
of
the
committee.
How
does
this
affect
farmland
or
farms
less
than
50
acres?
What
happened
to
10
maker
farms?
Why
would
a
combination
of
five
farms
or
10
to
12
acres
not
be
equal
to
a
large
firm
of
50
acres?
Why
limit
the
division
of
the
property
to
three
units?
K
That
is
sixteen
point.
Six
acre
plots:
London
County
Virginia,
tried
similar
tactics
to
preserve
farmland
and
only
ended
up
in
driving
the
price
of
the
land
out
of
sight,
for
the
average
person
is
that
what
you're
striving
to
do?
The
ultimate
goal
of
this
action
will
be
to
shift
the
tax
burden
to
the
small
home
owner,
protect
the
large
landowner.
If
the
goal
were
really
to
preserve
open
space,
encouraging
farming
protects
steep
slope
and
keeping
roadable
land
from
being
developed.
K
Why
not
/
by
the
tax
incentive
for
all
undeveloped
land
land
that
is
used
for
natural
vegetation
are
going
with
gardens?
This
would
lead
to
truly
sustainable
Buncombe
County.
This
provision
has
written
will
result
in
shifting
of
tax
burden
to
those
least
likely
to
be
able
to
pay
it
and
drive
the
cost
of
land
up
even
in
down
market.
Is
that
your
goal?
The
other
thing
I'd
like
to
add
the
governor
of
North
Carolina,
has
started
cutting
boards
and
commissions
and
Duncan
County
seemed
to
be
adding
them.
Thank
you
all.
D
D
D
A
Alrighty
next
up
we
have
board
appointments,
the
Asheville,
Planning
and
Zoning.
We
have
one
eligible
candidate
and
per
our
earlier
discussion.
There
were
four
candidates:
three
were
not
eligible
because
they
did
not
live
in
the
ET
je,
as
required
under
the
Planning
and
Zoning
structure,
and
we
have
Paul.
Smith
is
the
only
candidate
that
it
qualifies
based
on
the
at
the
time
they
had
to
apply
and
we
will
pull
the
board
any
for
the
Asheville,
Planning
and
Zoning.
J
Vote
for
paul
smith,
I
see
that
he
was
appointed
August
in
2008,
which
is
not
that
long
ago,
and
I
quickly
read
some
minutes
about
that.
But
going
forward.
I
would
just
ask
that
for
that
we
revisited
the
rules
around
the
boards
that
we
interviewed
for
and
if
Kathy,
if
you
could
T
us
up
and
make
sure
where
we're
doing
that.
Even
if
there's
just
one
candidate
for
one
slot
and
we're
sticking
with
the
program
but
I'll
also
vote
for
mr.
Smith.
All
right.
A
J
A
Oram
is
appointed
of
50.
We
have
during
pre
session,
agreed
to
pull
the
Civic
Center
Commission.
There
are
four
candidates
for
two
positions.
We
will
interview
them.
You
are
TV
bored.
There
is
I
think
in
procession
there
was.
There
are
three
candidates
for
candidates.
One
is
not
eligible
under
our
current
rules.
Mr.
Jerry
young,
who
I
believe
is
the
Chairman.
Now
is
there
any
discussion
of.
A
B
J
A
B
L
J
J
A
A
Good
early
start,
mr.
meetings
can
be
seen
on
bc,
TV
channel
two
on
thursday
and
tuesday
at
8pm
wednesday,
at
three
p.m.
saturday
and
sunday
at
9am
or
online
anytime,
at
buncombe
county
org.
Mr.
free
will
we
need
a
closed
session
tonight,
not
tonight.
No
sir!
Then
we
will
go
to
public
comment.
Anyone
wish
to
have
public
comment
tonight.
Mr.
Gelman
you'll
give
your
name
and
where
you're
from.
M
Don
Yelton
from
Jupiter
North
Carolina
I've,
been
before
this
board
many
many
times,
I've
stood
here
and
I've
watched.
The
League
of
Women
Voters
give
a
report
on
how
the
boards
and
committees
were
appointed.
They
were
going
to
come
back
with
suggestions
and
recommendations,
and
they
never
did
I
think
they
didn't
because
they
were
going.
It
was
going
to
be
politically
unpopular.
What
they
said.
I
stand
before
you
today
and
I
look
here.
M
As
a
matter
of
fact,
I
understand
your
county
manager
suggested
to
pack
gardening
house
that
we
make
$300
membership
charge
for
everybody
in
the
county.
So
folks
I'm
glad
to
know
that's
what
you
call
good
management
at.
You
are
TV
I.
Think
you
need
to
instruct
and
I've
been
through
this
many
many
years
ago,
minutes
of
the
board
meetings
how
the
boards
are
supposed
to
operate
and
any
board
that
this
county
sets
up
is
the
same
as
a
county.
Commissioner.
They
have
to
go
by
the
same
rules.
You
do
check
your
general
statute.
M
N
Hi,
my
name
is
Lisa
Landis
and
I
am
a
producer
at
you
are
TV
and
the
information
that
we
have
is
very
valuable
to
the
people
of
this
local
area
and
not
just
this
local
area.
But
we
stream
live
around
the
world
and
we
see
what's
going
on
in
the
rest
of
the
world
when
the
people
are
coming
to
a
point
where
they
are
pushed
to
a
point
that
we
won
our
words
to
be
heard.
N
N
One
of
those
people
who
are
coming
up
in
in
October
will
have
to
pay
three
hundred
dollars
and
that's
a
lot
of
money
and
it's
getting
to
be,
you
know,
is
it
really
the
people
who
have
a
voice
or
is
it
getting
more
towards
corporate,
has
a
voice,
and-
and
that
is
that-
is
why
I'm
here
you
know
the
people.
When
we
come
together,
we
can
force
our
governments
to
do
certain
things.
We
see
that
in
Egypt,
you
know
there's
a
lot
of
programming
on
when
you
are
TV.
N
That
I
know
is
very
controversial
when
it
comes
to
our
government
and
I
hope
that
that's
not
why
I,
the
people's
voices
are
being
hushed
up
because
of
what
we
say
and
what
we
do.
When
you
talked
about
this
schools
and
you
talked
about
the
forms,
these
are
some
of
the
things
that
we
talk
about
is
at
least
I
talked
about
on
on
my
show.
I
talk
about
our
farmers
markets,
I
talk
about
the
bullying
in
schools,
you
know,
or
are
these
things
really
addressed
or
you
know
are
or
are
they
just
pushed
aside?
N
A
O
O
The
contact
information
will
give
you
the
breakdown
between
the
franchise
fee
and
then
the
peg
fees.
There
is
a
difference
franchise
fee
as
a
long-standing
revenue
that
we've
had
in
our
budget,
but
the
peg
fees
is
what
we
share
with
public
education
and
government.
But
if
you'll
leave
your
contact,
information
I'll,
send
you
the
history
on
that
to.
N
Know
that
would
be
very
good,
because
I
know
that
there's
two
different
ones
and
I
know
that
it's
coming
through
the
state
and
then
I
also
know
that
that
you
are
TV
is
broadcast
or
cable
cast
on
charter.
But
then
it's
been
also
brought
to
my
understanding
that
a
TNT
is
also
broadcasting.
You
are
TV
and
it's
like.
If,
if
AT&T
is
broadcasting
our
our
work,
you
know
isn't
that
our
copyrighted
work
and
and
who's
getting
the
money
for
that.
Are
they
making
the
money
off
of
that?
Because
it's
not
coming
to
you
our
TV.
O
K
Bring
paperwork:
much
school
teacher
taught
me
that
in
Buncombe,
County
I'm
glad
Buncombe
County
State
around
they
wanted
to
hear
my
comment.
They
don't
get
to
hear
it
much
anymore,
but
dr.
Baldwin
I
really
appreciate
him.
This
initiative,
if
they
have
set
forth
I'd,
certainly
have
to
brag
on
the
121
number.
G
K
Certainly
respect
it
and
I
think
it's
a
great
thing
that
they're
doing,
but
you
no
doubt
have
a
butt
in
it.
It
was
not
the
Associated
Press
that
embarrassed
Buncombe
County
for
dropout
surgery
right
stood
here
a
few
years
ago
in
embarrassed
Chin's
city
and
the
county
for
the
job
that
is
doing
on
dropout
I
showed
you
the
numbers,
the
money
and
all
we
appreciate
what
the
commissioners
is
done
to
put
support
behind
it
financially,
but
here's
the
big
but
told
you,
then
it
was
not
going
to
be
buncombe,
county
and
county
commissioner
doing
it.
K
It
was
going
to
take
policy
changes.
Didn't
I
say
that
you
remember
mr.
Gant
I,
believe
you
yes,
sir,
go
ahead,
sir,
we
can
go,
we
can
go
back
to
the
right.
They've
been
all
kinds
of
policy
changes
made
on
the
initiative
at
the
state
level
and
you
go
and
look
at
the
dates
and
the
dates
will
coincide
with
the
very
conversation
that
we
had
here.
Buncombe
county
is
doing
a
great
job,
but
let's
figure
in
asheville,
citizen
or
asheville.
Excuse
me
not
a
citizen
but
asheville
school
numbers
into
this
dropout
and
thief.
K
Do
they
go
to
these
programs
too?
Now,
let's
figure
inappropriately
private,
the
homeschoolers
and
look
for
our
kids
are
going
for
their
education
in
large
numbers
and,
let's
just
see
if
buncombe
county
is
great
as
it
is
in
providing
the
education
at
the
length
and
the
depth
that
it
really
looks
on
the
surface
to
be.
If
you
look
at
education,
you
don't
look
at
this
buncombe
county
school.
K
You
look
at
our
city
and
all
the
other
schools
I've
mentioned,
plus
they
beat
act
when
you
have
the
run
over
of
the
population
of
people
getting
educated
in
a
lot
of
other
areas.
Buncombe
county
can't
take
just
the
sole
credit
for
the
job,
it's
being
done
in
education,
in
Buncombe,
County
and
in
the
state.
The
state
is
took
initiatives
and
they
do.
You
know
that
stays
north
carolina
is
in
the
bottom
10
in
the
nation,
so
we're
moving
up.
I
think
we
learn
that
at
one
time.
K
G
P
O
P
He
asked
me
why
I
did
not
also
go
look
at
another
county
employees,
car
and
phone
allowance
and
as
well
as
those
of
the
county
commissioners,
so
I
decided
to
do
so,
though
I
found
out
through
the
county
employed
that
the
county
employee
had
mentioned
did
not
receive
any
car
or
phone
allowance.
I
was
appalled
to
find
out
what
the
packinghouse
June
the
car
and
finally
allowance
that
was
given
to
the
commissioners.
P
After
an
incentive,
the
county
commissioners
salary
equals
100
and
100
thousand
two
hundred
ninety
six
dollars.
The
perks,
which
is
the
cars
and
the
cell
phones,
is
107
thousand
five
hundred
and
sixty
four
dollars.
That
would
be
a
half
a
million
dollars
over
a
four-year
period
close
to
half
million
dollars.
It
takes.
P
177
takes
107
property
owners
with
a
home,
valued
at
160
thousand
dollars
just
to
cover
the
perks
section
for
your
budget,
amended
outlines.
The
number
is
in
the
breakdowns
biweekly.
Each
Commissioner
receives
an
allowance
bi-weekly
of
six
hundred
and
fifty
dollars
for
car,
which
equals
sixteen
thousand
nine
hundred
dollars
per
year.
Cell
phone
or
technical
use
bi-weekly
175
dollars,
which
equals
forty
five
hundred
dollars
a
year.
It's
this
also
excessive
and
repair,
quite
an
increase,
considering
the
poor
economic
downturns
that
we
have
been
and
to
continue
to
face
and
the
facts
that
we
are
facing.
P
Budget
cuts
and
deficits
I
think
the
county
should
pay
you
as
the
feds
get
paid
51
cents
a
mile
for
County
business,
and
the
county
should
also
furnish
your
cell
phone
as
I
am
sure
they
can
get
a
better
rate
on
cell
phones
much
better
than
than
paying.
This
many
I
certainly
appreciate
the
sheriff
bringing
this
to
my
attention,
because
I
noticed
it's
been
awful
quiet
about.
P
My
suggestion
to
you
is
to
cut
the
salaries
of
any
person
making
seventy-five
thousand
dollars
in
a
five
percent,
because
everybody
just
got
a
race
and
cut
the
salaries
from
forty
seventy
40,000
to
75,000
by
two
and
a
half
percent,
and
replace
in
place
a
moratorium
on
any
create
increases
of
anyone
about
40,000,
because
right
now
the
times
are
not
good
and
or
above
until
the
economy
improves.
We
will
no
longer
face
budget
cuts
and
increase
in
deficits.
Making
these
cuts
will
help
to
secure
jobs
and
economics
and
already
have
too
few
available.
Mr.
P
Gant
there's
gentlemen
sitting
in
this
room
that
has
a
business
well
as
few
people
sitting
in
this
room
has
a
business.
You
depend
on
taxpayers.
Many
you
depend
on
sales
tax.
Many
his
sales
tax
on
his
business
was
down
one
thousand
dollars
this
month
alone,
so
you
lost
two
hundred
fifty
dollars,
two
percent
of
it
or
whatever
two
dollars
or
but
it's
all
over.
The
county.
You've
got
two.
Restaurants
are
closed.
P
The
flying
frog
and
I.
Guess
that
the
fiddling
pigs
go
now
you
go
into
restaurants
now
used
to
the
economy.
We
all
thought
was
going
to
be
okay
because
everybody
was
eating.
Now
it
has
died.
It
has
dad.
I
personally
would
like
to
see
you,
sir,
and
new
people
back
up
to
what
the
feds
get
I
didn't
I.
Think
all
of
us
when
we
came,
we
ran
for
this
position.
P
We
all
had
cell
phones,
and
we
had
course
that
section
for
needs
to
be
completely
wiped
out
of
the
thing
you
approved
in
June,
tenth
of
2010
during
this
economic
crisis.
Do
I
want
to
hurt
anybody,
I
think
everybody's
okay,
three
of
us
were
retired
on
salaries,
you
have
a
good
job.
Probably
you
have
a
good
job,
let's
be
fair
to
the
people
100
when
it's
a
hundred
thousand
dollars,
sir
olivion's
together
and
it's
a
hundred
and
seven
thousand
and
perks
I
know
you
can
tally
it
up.
P
You
can
look
at
anybody,
can
look
at
page
four
I've
got
it
here.
You
can't
alliant
it
and
the
numbers
are
right.
I'm
sorry
had
to
bring
it
forward,
but
sheriff
the
other
gentleman
that
he
talked
about.
He
don't
get
nothing
for
anything,
but
he
was
a
little
ill
at
me
and
I
can
understand
why
it's
been
kind
of
quiet
about
what
the
sheriff
has
done.
Now,
let's
see
what
y'all
can
do
to
help
the
county,
you
ran
to
help
us
give
the
money
back.
Thank
you,
sir
Thank.
L
My
name
is
Aaron
Finland
from
the
south
asheville
area
she's.
Getting
the
fellow
commissioners
I'm
coming
to
you
tonight
on
something
I
actually
missed
the
ball
on
it.
On
the
Collier
property,
there's
been
put
up
for
sale
in
the
south
asheville
area.
First
off,
as
this
gentleman
just
alluded
to,
we
are
in
some
drastic
times,
I
mean,
and
there
is
no
no
light
at
the
end
of
the
tunnel.
L
I
just
cannot
see
how
the
community
that
I'm
living
in
people
are
having
to
worry
about
their
water
becoming
contaminated
people
are
having
to
worry
about
the
air
that
they're
breathing.
If
it's
contaminating
them,
if
it's
killing
their
kids,
people
are
worrying
about
then
here
the
county
is
applying
to
first
off
how
much
money
is
the
county
going
to
lose
off
of
a
five
hundred
thousand
dollar
piece
of
property?
L
That's
an
annual
loss,
then
you're
gonna
have
to
take
the
taxpayers
money
to
buy
the
property,
then
you're
talking
about
adding
175,000
dollar
parking
lot
and
driveway
to
it.
You
know,
and
in
this
one
you
came
to
this
meeting
mr.
Ginley,
the
rest,
the
commissioners
on
the
20th,
and
you
answered
four
questions
out
of
a
meeting
that
we
have
with
you.
That
was
almost
four
hours
long.
We
gave
you
every
piece
with
information
that
we
had
the
information
we
give
you.
L
We
gave
you
criminal
information,
we
showed
you
where
the
EPA
had
trespassed
onto
someone's
property
and
taken
a
soil
sample,
and
we've
held
the
evidence
for
nine
years
now
that
families
got
to
brain
tumors
and
cancer
in
the
family.
You
know,
along
with
all
that
you've
you
looks
like
you've
named
miss
Harris
to
be
a
liaison
to
to
cts
to
the
feds
everyone
else
question
I'll
goofily
is
first
off
what
findings
have
there
been
since
we've
had
the
meeting?
L
Has
the
county
gun
for
done
anything
as
the
county
taken
any
of
the
information
that
we
showed
you,
the
information
that
we
showed
you
where
the
Zoning
Board
did
not
get
the
proper
paperwork
from
a
man
who
had
just
recently
received
the
information
from
the
state
saying
that
the
property
could
not
be
developed.
A
30
million
dollar
development
fell
through
the
cracks,
and
now
those
people
can't
give
their
homes
away.
L
This
man's
got
this
property
less
than
half
a
mile
from
CTS
plant,
and
the
county
is
wanting
to
spend
all
this
money
to
put
on
it.
Just
as
this
man
alluded
to,
we
don't
have
the
money
for
anything,
but
the
county
is
willing
to
buy
this
piece
of
property
because
it's
got
two
and
a
half
miles
of
walking
trails.
The
rest
of
the
property
is
straight
up
and
down
that's
foolish,
spinning
and
on
this
paper
here
it
says
that
you
guys
are
to
be
good
stewards
with
the
county's
tax
money.
L
A
G
A
And
federal
are
responsible
for
the
cleanup,
not
the
county,
and
we've
done
all
that
we
I
did
attend
the
meeting.
We
heard
everything
we
passed
it
along.
We
did
respond
to
you
and
we
will.
We
will
take
every
measure
we
can
within
our
power,
but
we
have
to
go
through
our
protocol.
We
have
to.
We
have
a
protocol
with
the
health
department
or
the
health
center
that
we
have
and
we've
got
to
follow
our
rules,
and
so
is
there
anything
you
need
to
add
to
that.
Mandy.
I
A
I've
personally
talked
to
all
the
federal
people,
I
could
get
and
let
them
know
this
is
a
big
thing
for
our
community.
This
board
is
very
concerned
about
it.
We
sent
copies
of
our
letter
and
your
report
to
all
this
folks,
because
we
thought
was
good
information
that
we
had
to
share
and
should
share,
and
that's
that's
what
we
said
we
do.
We
we're
going
to
keep
doing
that
and
do
everything
we
can
on
our
part.
But
it's
a.
A
G
G
As
you
probably
are
aware,
there's
a
there
was
a
situation
involving
the
cutbacks
at
UNC
Asheville.
There
have
been
44
positions
that
disappeared
right
off
the
map
and
cutbacks
by
approximately
two
million
dollars
that
and
the
fact
that
the
students
are
finding
it
hard
to
find
enough
jobs
to
make
enough
money
to
pay
for
the
tuition
to
their
courses
means
that
its
impending
any
progress.
G
It's
a
lean-to
cutbacks
in
progress
in
them
maintain
degrees
weather
there,
an
undergrad
or
master's
student
like
myself,
I
think
this
issue
does
need
to
be
addressed,
even
if
it
cannot
be
solved
right
away
and
not
just
for
UNC
Asheville,
but
of
herbs
schools
such
as
a
actual
buncombe
technical,
really
institute
and
an
Enka.
I
think
this
is
serious
because
the
students
appears
in
order
to
get
those
jobs
that
are
available
have
to
get
degrees
in
those
fields
that
the
jobs
require
that
our
mandatory.
G
In
order
to
do
this,
they
need
more
financial
support,
they
need,
they
need
more
aid,
and
I'm
here
to
represent
that
cause
on
their
behalf.
So
whatever
progress
is
being
made,
I
hope
a
great
deal
of
it
is
being
put
into
education
so
that
these
students
can
go
on
to
fulfill
the
future
in
a
career
that
they
have
been
studying
for
for
some
time
and
that
they
have
been
working
so
hard
to
achieve.
With
that
in
mind,
I.