Comments on: Bothwell: Bill Stanley “Certainly Knew” He Was Selling The Park http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2008/03/11/bothwell-bill-stanley-certainly-knew-he-was-selling-the-park/ If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen. — Samuel Adams Tue, 22 May 2012 23:13:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Reid http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2008/03/11/bothwell-bill-stanley-certainly-knew-he-was-selling-the-park/comment-page-1/#comment-18972 Reid Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:44:34 +0000 http://www.scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=5062#comment-18972 Keep it up Cecil!! Especially on the point of Coleman’s meetings with Scott Shuford. Were any other city officials at any of these meetings, Bob Oast for example? Keep it up Cecil!! Especially on the point of Coleman’s meetings with Scott Shuford. Were any other city officials at any of these meetings, Bob Oast for example?

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]]> By: Barry http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2008/03/11/bothwell-bill-stanley-certainly-knew-he-was-selling-the-park/comment-page-1/#comment-18838 Barry Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:15:44 +0000 http://www.scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=5062#comment-18838 Good job, Cecil. Especially on the point of Coleman's meetings with Scott Shuford. Is this the way we want to see the parkside developed, by giving in to blackmail? Tell Coleman NO to building condos in the park, and NO to "trading" his ill-begotten park land for city-owned land that no above-board developer had a shot at. Good job, Cecil. Especially on the point of Coleman’s meetings with Scott Shuford. Is this the way we want to see the parkside developed, by giving in to blackmail? Tell Coleman NO to building condos in the park, and NO to “trading” his ill-begotten park land for city-owned land that no above-board developer had a shot at.

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]]> By: Bruce Lowe http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2008/03/11/bothwell-bill-stanley-certainly-knew-he-was-selling-the-park/comment-page-1/#comment-18837 Bruce Lowe Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:51:52 +0000 http://www.scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=5062#comment-18837 If the property was surveyed, as surely it must have been, then the deed research would have also shown up two deeds and the portion of parkland. Ask what the surveyor found out. If the property was surveyed, as surely it must have been, then the deed research would have also shown up two deeds and the portion of parkland. Ask what the surveyor found out.

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]]> By: Drama Queen http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2008/03/11/bothwell-bill-stanley-certainly-knew-he-was-selling-the-park/comment-page-1/#comment-18833 Drama Queen Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:53:49 +0000 http://www.scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=5062#comment-18833 Maybe we should get Carol Peterson to ask all those "influential people" who asked her to run in the first place. She was so flattered but I bet those folk have kept in touch and not just to flatter her. I bet the people at that breakfast she talks about know all about this deal. Maybe we should get Carol Peterson to ask all those “influential people” who asked her to run in the first place. She was so flattered but I bet those folk have kept in touch and not just to flatter her. I bet the people at that breakfast she talks about know all about this deal.

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]]> By: Matt Mittan http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2008/03/11/bothwell-bill-stanley-certainly-knew-he-was-selling-the-park/comment-page-1/#comment-18832 Matt Mittan Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:47:56 +0000 http://www.scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=5062#comment-18832 Cecil will be on "Take a Stand!" today from 5-6pm to talk about this and other issues... and will be taking phone calls. The other Commission candidates will be invited to come on the show as well. Call in numbers are 828-240-9962, 1-800-570-9962. (Listen live on the AM dial at eithr 570 in the Asheville area or 1400 in the Waynesville/Sylva area. Listen online at mattcave.us ) Cecil will be on “Take a Stand!” today from 5-6pm to talk about this and other issues… and will be taking phone calls. The other Commission candidates will be invited to come on the show as well. Call in numbers are 828-240-9962, 1-800-570-9962. (Listen live on the AM dial at eithr 570 in the Asheville area or 1400 in the Waynesville/Sylva area. Listen online at mattcave.us )

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]]> By: Gordon Smith http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2008/03/11/bothwell-bill-stanley-certainly-knew-he-was-selling-the-park/comment-page-1/#comment-18831 Gordon Smith Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:11:05 +0000 http://www.scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=5062#comment-18831 This is exciting. From an email: <blockquote>"For the next five weeks, Asheville Democracy for America will be encouraging people to get informed about the controversial Parkside Condominium project. They’ll do this by sponsoring a contest in which contestants will win gift certificates to local coffee shops for writing letters to the editor – and for sending their letters to their friends and neighbors as well as local publications. The contest – which the group is calling “Why Parkside Stinks” – is meant to accomplish three main objectives. First, the group hopes that by just sponsoring the contest, they’ll make people more aware of the controversy surrounding the Parkside project. Second, by encouraging people to write letters to the editor, they hope to help average citizens to become more fully informed and aware of the details of the project. Finally, by asking people to send their letters to friends and neighbors, they hope to empower them to become activists within their own networks, using person-to-person contact to drive the conversation that the city needs to have before the City Council weighs in on the project. “Especially during a Presidential election year, it can be hard to get folks to pay attention to local issues,” said Doug Gibson, one of the group’s volunteer organizers. “But both parties are trying to use person-to-person contact to boost their chances this year, and we thought we’d do something similar to focus attention on the Parkside Condominium project.” For further information on the Parkside Project, and for contest rules, the group is directing people to their website – www.ashevilledemocracyforamerica.org. The contest will run for five weeks starting March 12, with DFA-Asheville awarding gift certificates to one contestant each week. DFA Asheville is a local group associated with Democracy for America, a national organization dedicated to electing socially progressive, fiscally responsible candidates at all levels of government. To find out more about DFA Asheville, visit www.ashevilledemocracyforamerica.org"</blockquote> This is exciting. From an email:

“For the next five weeks, Asheville Democracy for America will be encouraging people to get informed about the controversial Parkside Condominium project. They’ll do this by sponsoring a contest in which contestants will win gift certificates to local coffee shops for writing letters to the editor – and for sending their letters to their friends and neighbors as well as local publications.

The contest – which the group is calling “Why Parkside Stinks” – is meant to accomplish three main objectives.

First, the group hopes that by just sponsoring the contest, they’ll make people more aware of the controversy surrounding the Parkside project. Second, by encouraging people to write letters to the editor, they hope to help average citizens to become more fully informed and aware of the details of the project.

Finally, by asking people to send their letters to friends and neighbors, they hope to empower them to become activists within their own networks, using person-to-person contact to drive the conversation that the city needs to have before the City Council weighs in on the project.

“Especially during a Presidential election year, it can be hard to get folks to pay attention to local issues,” said Doug Gibson, one of the group’s volunteer organizers. “But both parties are trying to use person-to-person contact to boost their chances this year, and we thought we’d do something similar to focus attention on the Parkside Condominium project.”

For further information on the Parkside Project, and for contest rules, the group is directing people to their website – http://www.ashevilledemocracyforamerica.org. The contest will run for five weeks starting March 12, with DFA-Asheville awarding gift certificates to one contestant each week.

DFA Asheville is a local group associated with Democracy for America, a national organization dedicated to electing socially progressive, fiscally responsible candidates at all levels of government. To find out more about DFA Asheville, visit http://www.ashevilledemocracyforamerica.org“

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]]> By: Gordon Smith http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2008/03/11/bothwell-bill-stanley-certainly-knew-he-was-selling-the-park/comment-page-1/#comment-18830 Gordon Smith Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:08:24 +0000 http://www.scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=5062#comment-18830 Susan, It looks like that's your job! No seriously, I think asking David Gantt to open an investigation might be a good way forward. You can email all the Commissioners and senior staff here: nathan.ramsey@buncombecounty.org commissioner@davidgantt.com bill.stanley@buncombecounty.org carol.peterson@buncombecounty.org davidy@fugazync.com kathy.hughes@buncombecounty.org wanda.greene@buncombecounty.org mandy.stone@buncombecounty.org Susan,

It looks like that’s your job! No seriously, I think asking David Gantt to open an investigation might be a good way forward.

You can email all the Commissioners and senior staff here: nathan.ramsey@buncombecounty.org
commissioner@davidgantt.com
bill.stanley@buncombecounty.org
carol.peterson@buncombecounty.org
davidy@fugazync.com
kathy.hughes@buncombecounty.org
wanda.greene@buncombecounty.org
mandy.stone@buncombecounty.org

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]]> By: Susan http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2008/03/11/bothwell-bill-stanley-certainly-knew-he-was-selling-the-park/comment-page-1/#comment-18829 Susan Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:35:28 +0000 http://www.scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=5062#comment-18829 Thanks for calling Bill Stanley and the others out, Cecil, and thanks for keeping us informed, Gordon, but the talking part's over. Who's looking into how to get an investigation started? :) Thanks for calling Bill Stanley and the others out, Cecil, and thanks for keeping us informed, Gordon, but the talking part’s over. Who’s looking into how to get an investigation started? :)

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]]> By: bobaloo http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2008/03/11/bothwell-bill-stanley-certainly-knew-he-was-selling-the-park/comment-page-1/#comment-18822 bobaloo Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:20:32 +0000 http://www.scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=5062#comment-18822 Keep it up Cecil and you'll win me over. Nice work. Keep it up Cecil and you’ll win me over.
Nice work.

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]]> By: Taro Parks http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2008/03/11/bothwell-bill-stanley-certainly-knew-he-was-selling-the-park/comment-page-1/#comment-18821 Taro Parks Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:12:50 +0000 http://www.scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=5062#comment-18821 This is an outstanding set of questions. The whole deal stinks to high heaven-- I wish enough people could read this, because it would do a lot to dissolve voter apathy about the workings of elected County officials. This is an outstanding set of questions.

The whole deal stinks to high heaven– I wish enough people could read this, because it would do a lot to dissolve voter apathy about the workings of elected County officials.

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]]> By: Bruce Mulkey http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2008/03/11/bothwell-bill-stanley-certainly-knew-he-was-selling-the-park/comment-page-1/#comment-18820 Bruce Mulkey Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:45:35 +0000 http://www.scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=5062#comment-18820 Way to go, Cecil! Way to go, Cecil!

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