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LWV H20 Public Forum

The League of Women Voters have announced that a forum on the water issue will take place on Feb. 13th, at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 789 Merrimon Ave. Asheville, from 6:30 – 9:00 pm. Panelists will include City Council member Esther Manheimer, study committee member Rep. Chuck McGrady, MSD Chairman Steve Aceto, and former Buncombe County Chair Gene Rainey.

Categories : Asheville City Council, Buncombe County, Local, Water

4 Comments

Diogenes
January 30th, 2012 at 8:59 am

Barry Summers ought to be on that panel.

Prep notes here.

http://www.haymarketbooks.org/pb/Water-Wars-Privatization-Pollution-and-Profit

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Dixiegirlz
January 30th, 2012 at 10:30 am

Here is the remaining (non-truncated) statement on the upcoming water forum:

“The purpose of the forum is to provide the public with reliable, factual information about the water system, its history, options for its future, and the overall legislative process that is guiding its status. The North Carolina legislature has appointed a study committee that is considering future options for the system, chaired by Rep. Tim Moffitt, who represents part of southern Buncombe County.

Panelists will include Esther Manheimer, the Asheville City Council representative to the legislative study committee; State Rep. and former Flat Rock town councilman Chuck McGrady; and Dr. Gene Rainey, the chair of the Buncombe County Commission when the Regional Water Authority was established in 1994. The panel will also include representation from the Legislative committee and experts from the Asheville Water Department and the Metropolitan Sewerage District, who will be able to provide technical expertise.

Like all League forums, the Feb. 13 forum will be nonpartisan, free and open to the public. The forum is cosponsored by the weekly Mountain Xpress and the monthly Urban News newspapers. For more information please contact the League at 828-252-8569.”

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