2,500 Open Thread

My precinct meeting went swimmingly, with seven of us electing officers, concocting actions, and passing resolutions. Jedi Bill and I were named delegates to the county convention, so look for us to stamp the event and blog on.

The Tarheel Tavern is up at Writing For Nonprofits.

From BlueNC’s Robert P.: “Health Care for All North Carolina (formerly NC Committee to Defend Health Care) will be having an action day tomorrow [Monday]. We will be asking through phone, email, blogs, letters, and personal contacts for people to reach their legislators and ask them to sponsor Rep. Verla Insko’s “Health Care for All” legislation.” Click here to go to BlueNC and find out what’s up.

As the Woodfin Diesel Power Plant controversy heats up, locals are getting their heads on straight. Jim sends along this information:

Utilities 101: Understanding Utilities and Utilities Reform: A Free Talk by Michael Shore, Southeast Air Quality Manager, Environmental Defense
Thursday, March 1, 7 PM
West Asheville Library
942 Haywood Road
West Asheville, NC 28806

Michael Shore is the Southeast Air Quality Manager for Environmental Defense, a 40 year old national environmental group. He will talk about energy utilities and how they are currently regulated, and how they should be regulated in order to reduce pollution and carbon dioxide emissions.
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It will be hard to deal with global warming unless we change the way power utilities work.

This free event is sponsored by the Smith Mill Creek Institute , a new non-profit devoted to sustainability and permaculture in
West Asheville and beyond.”

BlogAsheville gathered again on Saturday – here for more.

The Day In The Life Of Asheville group met for the first time. They’ve got 27 photographers signed up to record April 14th in Asheville. Click here to see the Flickr group pool. Click here to read about the meeting.

This is Scrutiny Hooligans’ 2,500th post. Thanks for reading.