Jason Sandford
Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.
Beaver Lake bilge
Tuesday night at 11, Cherub Charu delivered an excited report about 24,000 gallons of sewage that spilled into Beaver Lake on Sunday. Not sure why this was a lead story on Tuesday, except she said it had been cleaned up, that all the rain yesterday would help minimize any damage and water officials said the lake’s not contaminated. But wait, all those are reasons that the story’s not top news.
Ok, now I’m confusing myself. Back to the story…
Charu quotes somebody who gave this long explanation about how a 10-inch pipe feeds a 6-inch pipe and a manhole got filled up with water and caused breaks in the pipes and the nasty sewage to seep into the bird sanctuary area next to Beaver Lake. The nastiness included restaurant flushes and your general sewage waste water.
There will be more testing to be sure the lake isn’t contaminated.
Millions down the drain?
WLOSers had a brief report about Ashvegas City Council’s Tuesday workshop meeting and quoted a city bureaucrat as saying that the proposed site for a new city parking deck downtown across the street from the Civic Center, and behind Battery Park Apartments, may never be used. Council wants to look at “other possibilities,” the city staffer said.
This, after millions of taxpayers’ dollars have already been spent on parking studies and to buy some property. Ok, this story is really going to piss me off…
Who’s had botox?
I think we should start laying bets on which WLOSers have already been to the Ashvegas mall shop to receive botox injections. Candace Little, the station’s reigning beauty queen, brought us the story last night that gasp anyone could walk in off the street and get injected with botulinum toxin A, which paralyzes underlying muscles to free your face of wrinkles.
Candace seemed quite excited about the whole deal, going to great lengths to talk about the safety of the procedure and how the salon is really more like a doctor’s office because there’s a real doctor and a real registered nurse in the office. But for journalism’s sake, she talked to a plastic surgeon in a white lab coat for a second opinion. Guess what – the plastic surgeon said botox was safe, but it’s up to the individual to decide whether or not to get injected.
Here’s Bulldog’s take on the story:
Curious story on WLOS about a new storefront clinic at the Asheville Mall offering botox treatments. Candycane reported that the treatments are done only by licensed MDs, and she interviewed one at the clinic. But the video showed RNs injecting patients. Now don’t get me wrong, I love nurses as much as the next guy. But am I going to allow a nurse to inject botox in my face? I don’t think so. Candycane never explained the discrepancy between what she was reporting, and what the video showed. Oh, well, no more time – got to check in with Cuevas over at the Actor’s Weather Studio.
-Bulldog
The future of Merrimon – too late now, suckers
Dozens of Merrimon Avenue rabble-rousers, gadflies, racanteurs and MILFs looking for more hell to raise packed into a meeting room at the North Ashvegas library to talk about the future of Merrimon Avenue.
Let me stop here and say – I’m glad you want to get involved in local government, but it’s too late, suckers.
Ok, back to the story. They got together to all bitch about the Staples store that pissed off everybody. Then I think they decided to be pissed off about the fact that there are three different zoning classifications along Merrimon. WLOS quoted a guy who said he’s worried about what else is coming, that “we don’t want big box retailers” or some shit like that.
Well then, don’t shop at Staples. Don’t shop at Greenlife, a store that a lot of people are complaining about and that has worsened Merrimon’s traffic mess, yet a store that every person in that meeting Tuesday night visited at least 10 times last week. Don’t shop there and they won’t come.
But that sort of logic is lost on the high-minded liberals populating the little neighborhoods up and down Merrimon. Guess we’ll let them feel good about their neighborhood bitch sessions. Don’t tell them that City Council is already working on a plan to reclassify the zoning…
typical TV coverage. They always say 24,000 gallons of RAW SEWAGE!!! and make it sound like it’s a sea of shiat. When actually, it usually includes storm water runoff. It’s all nasty after running through the streets and then pipes, but most of what you pour down your sink is rinse water, most of what runs down the street is just rain water and that’s mostly what you get when you have a sewer line overflow or break. It should be repaired quickly, but it is hardly ever a major hazard to anyone. And unless you live in the neighborhood, hardly worth noting.
This post began with sewage and ended with MILFs?
EM, coming to Drinking Liberally to tell us about the Merrimon corridor?
I’d ask you to come, Ash, but we know you lurk in the shadows, hearing our every word with your supernatural powers.
MILF = mom i’d love to… well, you fill in the blank.
MILF? Help me out here.
Anyway, my comment is simply about the totaly absurd free advertising WLOS "news" gave the Botox store and the mall. I’m really worried here — sweeps month isn’t even here yet.
wow, who knew that "MILF" had a third-person equivalent?
you guys are awesome.
O, you are so mean.
This MYLF was not at the meeting because, truthfully, I am getting tired of the ranters. However, this particular meeting was billed as an informational meeting to discuss some of the positive outcomes of neighborhood activism on the Merrimon corridor, including the former Burger King property and the Staples, both of which are making changes because of the influence of this neighborhood groups.
Don’t denigrate our high-minded liberal power, boy. There are a lot of very smart, highly dedicated, hard-working people in this group whose goal is simply to make Ashvegas the kind of town we’ll all continue to enjoy living in.