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	<title>Scrutiny Hooligans &#187; Gordon Smith</title>
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	<description>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. â€” Samuel Adams</description>
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		<title>The Way Forward on Marriage Equality</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/10/the-way-forward-on-marriage-equality/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/10/the-way-forward-on-marriage-equality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[LGBT issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a guest post from Jasmine Beach-Ferrara:
Today’s landscape around LGBT rights is, to say the least, dynamic. This week alone, Prop 8 was upheld by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and legislators in Washington state voted to legalize marriage equality. Add to that Amendment One in North Carolina, a similar amendment in Minnesota, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asheville City Council Agenda 2.14.12</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/10/asheville-city-council-agenda-2-14-12/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/10/asheville-city-council-agenda-2-14-12/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I heard yesterday that there&#8217;s a boyfriend/girlfriend coming to City Council to witness the Abolition of Corporate Personhood Resolution as part of their Valentine&#8217;s Day celebration. That&#8217;s the kind of patriotic, geeky love that makes my heart swell.
While you&#8217;re out there wooing your honeys, bemoaning your status or luxuriating in it, your Asheville City Council [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Letter From Marc Hunt</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/09/open-letter-from-marc-hunt/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/09/open-letter-from-marc-hunt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asheville City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Council Member Marc Hunt wrote an excellent letter in order to shed more light on the issues surrounding development of the land across from the Civic Center and Basilica of St. Lawrence. I&#8217;ll excerpt it here. Go to Mtn. X to read the whole thing.
Many citizens have written me recently regarding the future of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Water, Your Voice</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/09/your-water-your-voice/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/09/your-water-your-voice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asheville City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buncombe County]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This message from Council Member Chris Pelly landed in my inbox, and I thought I&#8217;d share it here:
Dear Friend,
Most likely you are aware of actions being undertaken in the NC Legislature to &#8220;study&#8221; seizing Asheville&#8217;s water system. State Rep. Tim Moffitt (R-Buncombe) has introduced legislation that, if passed, will give to an unelected authority, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Santorum Creams Romney</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/08/santorum-creams-romney/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/08/santorum-creams-romney/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Presidential Race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What a night for Rick Santorum, the conservative Catholic from Pennsylvania. He won three states and threw the GOP nominating battle up in the air in a way no one predicted in the wake of South Carolina and Florida. Even Dr. Ron Paul whooped Romney in Minnesota.
So what do you think, Hooligans. Where does it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drew For Deeds</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/07/drew-for-deeds/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/07/drew-for-deeds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buncombe County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>

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		<title>Holly Jones for County Commission</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/06/holly-jones-for-county-commission/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/06/holly-jones-for-county-commission/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buncombe County]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Holly Jones has been a strong advocate for social justice and sensible economics for as long as anyone can remember. I&#8217;m so pleased that she&#8217;s willing to stand for re-election and to run alongside Brownie Newman for Buncombe County Commission. Her press release:
Holly Jones announces that she will seek a second term on the Buncombe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exit Shuler</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/02/exit-shuler/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/02/exit-shuler/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cecil Bothwell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heath Shuler]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[NC-11 Congressional Race]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Fix:
Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) will not run for reelection after three terms in office.
“This was not an easy decision,” Shuler said. “However, I am confident that it is the right decision. It is a decision I have weighed heavily over the past few months. I have always said family comes first, and I never [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strategic Priorities 2012-13</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/31/strategic-priorities-2012-13/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/31/strategic-priorities-2012-13/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asheville City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Each year the Asheville City Council holds a retreat to measure our progress on last year&#8217;s stated goals and to set goals for the coming year.
Last year&#8217;s City Council Strategic Goals are here. You&#8217;ll see that we met or exceeded a lot of them.
This Friday we&#8217;ll come together at UNC-Asheville&#8217;s Sherrill Center. The meeting is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LWV H20 Public Forum</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/30/lwv-h20-public-forum/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/30/lwv-h20-public-forum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asheville City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buncombe County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From S.A.W.:
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 &#8211; 9:00 pm. Panelists will include City Council member Esther Manheimer, study committee member Rep. Chuck McGrady, MSD Chairman Steve Aceto, and former [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smart Math</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/29/smart-math/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/29/smart-math/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Resident Urban Planning guru and Asheville advocate, Joe Minicozzi, authored this piece for Planetizen. Joe has been discussing these ideas for a long time, and I&#8217;m glad to have this opportunity to share them with you. Normally I&#8217;d just excerpt pieces, but this one is so Asheville-oriented that I&#8217;m going to repost it in full.
Downtown [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sunday Morning Music</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/29/sunday-morning-music-116/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/29/sunday-morning-music-116/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sunday Morning Music]]></category>

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		<title>Friday Open Thread</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/27/friday-open-thread-29/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/27/friday-open-thread-29/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Open Thread]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bring the muchness.
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		<title>Bev Perdue Won&#8217;t Seek Re-election</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/26/bev-perdue-wont-seek-re-election/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/26/bev-perdue-wont-seek-re-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NC Governor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mtn. X:
North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue (D) is set to announce today that she will not seek reelection in 2012, according to two sources familiar with her plans.
Sources say she has labored over her decision about whether to seek a second term. One source said she plans to announce she will step aside in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eliminate Corporate Personhood</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/26/eliminate-corporate-personhood/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/26/eliminate-corporate-personhood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asheville City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A resolution calling for a Constitutional Amendment to invalidate the 2010 Supreme Court’s Citizen United decision will be on the February 14th agenda of Asheville City Council. I&#8217;d intended to sponsor it onto an agenda using our regular process with Council members Pelly and Bothwell co-sponsoring it. However, during the free-for-all regarding Occupy Asheville at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Buncombe County Campaign Volunteer/Job Fair</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/25/2012-buncombe-county-campaign-volunteerjob-fair/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/25/2012-buncombe-county-campaign-volunteerjob-fair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buncombe County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NC Legislature]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Parker Sloan with the Buncombe County Young Democrats:

If you would like to work or volunteer for a Democratic campaign in 2012 come out to the Bar of Soap on Merrimon Ave. near UNC Asheville on Monday, Jan. 30 at 7pm. This event will focus on State and local races in 2012. We know you&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three-Laning Charlotte Street?</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/23/three-laning-charlotte-street/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/23/three-laning-charlotte-street/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asheville City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to the YMCA&#8217;s Pioneering Healthier Communities for spreading the word about a community meeting coming up Feb. 6. City Planners are looking at moving forward on the 2002 Charlotte St. Corridor Plan. The plan includes three-laning a part of Charlotte St. to allow for broader sidewalks and added bike lanes. Attend this meeting to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water System: Decision Makers and Perspective</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/23/water-system-decision-makers-and-perspective/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/23/water-system-decision-makers-and-perspective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asheville City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buncombe County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Moffitt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today marks the initial meeting of the Metropolitan Sewage/Water System Committee chaired by Representative Tim Moffitt (R-116). The formation of the Committee followed a controversy generated by the freshman Republican when he filed a bill calling for an outright seizure of the City of Asheville&#8217;s water system without mentioning to anyone that he was doing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Open Thread</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/20/friday-open-thread-28/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/20/friday-open-thread-28/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Open Thread]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s some space to cluster your nuggets.
While I&#8217;ve got your attention &#8211; Scrutiny Hooligans are on the lookout for someone with excellent writing skills, keen political insight, interest in local politics, and some acquaintance with computer machines. I&#8217;d love to see lots more stories here, and I just don&#8217;t have the time to make it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asheville City Council Agenda 1.24.12</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/20/asheville-city-council-agenda-1-24-12/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/20/asheville-city-council-agenda-1-24-12/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asheville City Council]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your Asheville City Council comes together this Tuesday for another session of deliberation and decision-making. Over the fold you&#8217;ll find the agenda, and if you click here you can see it with all supporting documents at the City website.
Please let me know your questions, suggestions, opinions, and harangues in the comments section. As usual, it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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