Letter to City Staff, Council and others

Tyler

6:53 PM

To: mcoates@ashevillenc.gov, Shannon Tuch, jmoore@ashevillenc.gov, jmoore@ashevillenc.gov, dfoster@ashevillenc.gov, akopf@ashevillenc.gov, Debbie (divester@ashevillenc.gov) Ivester, rsimmons@ashevillenc.gov, cball@ashevillenc.gov, gjackson@ashevillenc.gov

Cc: councilgroup, Wisler,  Caitlyn Byrd, Mark Barrett, Kevin Reese,  johnle@wlos.com

 (Photos of the two "guerrilla" signs are included in the email, and in earlier posts on this blog..  Also included: Minutes from the Friends meeting with City officials on Oct 17, posted here:http://rasheville.blogspot.com/2013/10/dog-park-meeting-october-17-2013.html

Greetings, McCray, David, Al, Jeff and Shannon - 

I appreciate your meeting on October 17 with Bob Roepnack, Joe Lawrence and me, along with Chris Pelly, representing City Council.  Afterwards, I wrote the attached notes, that specifically commend your excellent contributions.  Thank you! 

Please now focus on my final sentence of those notes:  "No discussion of environmental issues, a car every 2 minutes or the M.O.U."   You need to know that many citizens, such as I, believe that along Beaverdam Creek is NOT a good location for the North Asheville Dog Park.  You need to realize that all is not 'sweetness and light,' with no voices of dissent, no controversy.  To see reports, comments by citizens and City Council members, topo maps, and links to newspaper and TV coverage, please go to Responsible Asheville  http://rasheville.blogspot.com/.  [This site has over 200 daily visits.]  I hope to clarify any doubts that you may have:    About this location, many of us have expressed objections and asked questions at all meetings, both public and private.  We have written numerous letters of concern to City Council.  We continue to be placated, humored and, even worse, IGNORED !

City Council is not "balanced" on this issue.  They pooh-pooh us.  They refuse to notify downstream neighbors.  Thus, we will distribute flyers, that are not "balanced." 

Thank you for listening.  

Tyler