The North Buncombe Association of Concerned Citizens is sponsoring an online petition you can sign to register your objection to the proposed concrete plant at 50 Murphy Hill Road.

Sign the petition here: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stopconcreteplant

Also a couple reminders:

• The public hearing on the concrete plant application will be held Wednesday, March 12 at Noon at the County Training Room (199 College St., Asheville). The North Buncombe Association of Concerned Citizens asserts numbers do count at this meeting, so please plan to attend if you are able.
• If you would like, you can make a tax-deductible contribution to North Buncombe Association of Concerned Citizens.  Donations should be mailed to North Buncombe Association of Concerned Citizens, c/o Martha Claxton, 240 Upper Flat Creek Rd., Weaverville, NC 28787

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1. speakout says:
   

   hell let them build ! Is this area any different or any better than swannanoa’s owen high school owen middle school, the presbyterian home for children and the youth development center 4H education center all mixing traffic with three concrete plants, asphalt plant and a rock quarry. I’m sorry I must have lost my head for a second. Thats not your back yard is it?

   March 7th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
2. cecilbothwell says:
   

   Not in my back yard, no. But in someone else’s. NIMBYism is only a pejorative if the practitioner doesn’t add, and not in YOUR backyard, either.

   What I see happening in Buncombe is a rising awareness that we are all in this together. We need to shape planning to benefit as many people as possible. When we have zoning rules, as in this case, there needs to be a VERY strong argument for granting a variance. Else, why have rules?

   If “speakout” lives near the Grove Stone plant mentioned in the comment, my sympathy. If the plant was operational when you moved there, at least you knew the score beforehand. If the plant arrived later, and you are glad it’s in your neighborhood … then, great!

   But past mistakes are never sufficient argument for tomorrow’s decisions, just as “everyone does it” is no defense for violation of the law.

   I’m with the Weaverville folks seeking to block this one, as I’m with the Swannanoa folks worried about the Cliffs, as I’m with the folks in Woodfin who decried the proposed diesel-fired power plant.

   We know our own backyards best. Where else is grassroots political organizing supposed to start?

   March 19th, 2008 at 12:22 pm

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