Parkside defeat

I’ve been so busy working on my county commission campaign (click here) that I haven’t found time to post this week, but I want to give a shout-out concerning the P&Z rejection of Stewart Coleman’s Parkside project.

I’m on record calling for an investigation of the illegal sale of park property to Coleman by Buncombe County, noting the close financial ties between Coleman and Commissioner Bill Stanley’s business partner Wallace Hyde, between Hyde and Commissioner David Young, and the questionable complicity of former Asheville City Planner Scott Shuford in the deal. If I’m elected and the deal is still pending, I will use my position to demand recision of the sale and permanent protection of the park property and the historic magnolia tree.

What were they thinking?

Read more at Screwy Hoolie’s blog.