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Still utterly baffled that people pretend asking for pronouns is too much effort in a language where you've gotta do snap judgements if you're supposed to use "Ms." and "Mrs."

For months city hall and the Chamber of Commerce claimed that a Business Improvement District in downtown Asheville was inevitable.

But a wide array of locals mobilized — online, at public hearings, neighbor to neighbor — against this blatant power grab by the wealthy. Tonight Asheville city council casts its first vote on the BID, but already locals have turned what was supposedly a done deal into a desperate scramble to hold on to power.

My latest in the Asheville Blade delves into what changed and how a wide grassroots coalition emerged to stop the BID and the gentrification it embodies.

This YouTube comment I BEEN SAYIN

thesis: you’re wrong
antithesis: i’m right
synthesis: i win