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		<title>And It Shows</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/08/and-it-shows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NC Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Moffitt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Timmeh!
&#8220;I am very suspect of early childhood education. I am very suspect of education in general.&#8221;
Oh boy. Is that what you want to hear from a state legislator? More specifically, is that what you want to hear from a member of the House Select Committee on Early Childhood Education Improvement?
Rep. Tim Moffitt, a Republican and [...]]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[Local]]></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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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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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>
		<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>
		<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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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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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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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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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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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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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>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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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wednesday Diversionary Reading</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/25/wednesday-diversionary-reading/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/25/wednesday-diversionary-reading/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shadmarsh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My friend, the gifted and tall Devin Walsh, has this piece online at the Mountain Xpress. Other than some drawings by the also gifted and talented (but not as tall) Brent Brown it&#8217;s the only thing there worth reading. Yes, you read cartoons too.
It&#8217;s about beer and life, and other stuff.
Linkage
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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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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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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>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=27548</guid>
		<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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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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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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		<slash:comments>48</slash:comments>
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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>
		<category><![CDATA[Local]]></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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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>We Do Campaign In South Carolina</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/17/we-do-campaign-in-south-carolina/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/17/we-do-campaign-in-south-carolina/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture Jamming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LGBT issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marriage Equality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Though all of the Republican Presidential candidates were invited to the Reconciliation Prayer Service held in Greenville, SC today, none attended. Three same-sex couples sought marriage licenses at the Greenville County Probate Court, and all three were denied pursuant to the laws of the state. Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, leader of the Campaign for Southern Equality, told [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fight Girl Battle World</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/17/fight-girl-battle-world/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/17/fight-girl-battle-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Popular Culture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Can&#8217;t wait to see this &#8211; Fight Girl Battle World at NC Stage.

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		<title>Eastward, Ho!</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/15/eastward-ho/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/15/eastward-ho/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asheville City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=27316</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since 2009, anytime there&#8217;s a fifth Tuesday in a month, your Asheville City Council has been taking the show on the road. Getting out of City Hall and into communities and neighborhoods gives us all a chance to share our successes and concerns. It also gives folks who might not be inclined to travel downtown [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Occupy Asheville to Disband Camp</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/13/occupy-asheville-to-disband-camp/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/13/occupy-asheville-to-disband-camp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Occupy Wall Street]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: David Forbes reports that Occupy encampment will remain despite General Assembly decision.
&#8220;The camp isn&#8217;t going to go anywhere,&#8221; spokesperson Naomi Archer says. &#8220;We&#8217;re not even going be calling it a camp anymore: we&#8217;re a political occupation and a picket.&#8221;
From last night&#8217;s General Assembly meeting minutes:
Proposal- About breaking up camp on Saturday
Camp meeting last Tuesday- [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Swing On Over</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/11/swing-on-over/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/11/swing-on-over/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=27276</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
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		<title>Year Two: The Vote Spreads</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/09/year-two-the-vote-spreads/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/09/year-two-the-vote-spreads/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asheville City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cecil Bothwell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last year I made a couple of posts recapping my first year in office: One Year In &#8211; The Wins; and One Year In &#8211; The Vote Spreads. I&#8217;d intended to do the same this year, but there weren&#8217;t enough hours in my days to get it done.
The good news is that City Council Member [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food Policy Council Priority on Tuesday&#8217;s Agenda</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/08/food-policy-council-priority-on-tuesdays-agenda/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/01/08/food-policy-council-priority-on-tuesdays-agenda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asheville City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the Asheville Buncombe Food Policy Council&#8217;s initial priorities is coming forward at this Tuesday&#8217;s City Council meeting. Asheville&#8217;s zoning doesn&#8217;t currently allow farmer&#8217;s markets at churches, schools, and community centers in residential areas. This fix to the ordinance will allow opportunities for more local, fresh food to be sold in Asheville&#8217;s neighborhoods.
Congratulations to [...]]]></description>
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