Nearly one hundred committees are in place for the City of Asheville and Buncombe County. First Tuesday will limit our focus to those committees that fall into one of the following categories:
Committees that dispense and spend our tax dollars
Governance
Committees seeking to control our use of our private property
| Asheville Planning and Zoning Commission (Joint) |
| Asheville Board of Adjustments |
| Buncombe County Board of Adjustment |
| Buncombe County Planning Board |
Our mission is to surveil these committees with the objective of beginning to have some influence over local government policy. We can best achieve this by formally joining the committees. Our voices will have more power as committee members because we can VOTE on committee decisions. We can officially bring matters to the committee for formal debate and consideration.
However, if you can’t join ’em, you can still beat ’em. We’ll do this by recruiting conservatives to infiltrate the committees – attending the committee meetings and studying their meeting minutes. It’s difficult to defend against a force if you don’t understand its purpose and goals.
You can be our eyes and ears on the field. Select one or two of the committees matching your skills or interests. Read meeting minutes from the last meeting and the agenda for the next one. If available, view the video recording from the previous session. Consider attending the next meeting. You do not have to speak or identify yourself in any way – just observe and make notes.
Next, reach out to us and let us know what you’ve learned about that committee. What do they appear interested in accomplishing? What are their next planned steps for advancing their idea? Do they seem to have good ideas that will benefit the entire community? Or are they intent on shoving yet another socialist wishlist item upon us? Is there anyone with a voice of reason on the committee?
Please work with us to help determine whether or how conservatives should respond to the committee. Maybe we could find another person to join you at the committee’s next meeting. Perhaps we can work together to define a proposal to be pushed through the committee. We may choose to set up an independent committee of our own if we see a need that existing committees do not appear to be addressing.
The socialists will destroy our county if we fail to oppose them. Look at what they have already done and what they have openly told us they plan to do. We do not have to sit back and watch helplessly. Join us, and let’s work to make a difference in how our local government operates.
