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The truth about Parkside

Jason Sandford May 15, 2008

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

If you want to know the truth about the Parkside condo project, developer Stewart Coleman says to check out his new blog, www.parksidetruth.com.

The ParkSide project continues to be slandered with misinformation. The many wonderful aspects of this project and the benefits to the City, the County, and the community are becoming buried in propaganda and we must attempt to dispel these allegations. The Downtown Commission and the Technical Review Committee have both approved the ParkSide project. Their guidelines encompass aesthetic and functional benefits to the Central Business District as well as health and safety details of the project.

There you go.

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

How long will Citizen-Times stay mum on editorship change?

The truth about Parkside, pt. II

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Gordon Smith May 15, 2008

Oh, an immediate example of Coleman cherry-picking when it comes to facts…

In the graf you blockquote, Parkside, LLC (the anonymous entity who doesn’t allow comments on his writings at PT), mentions "The Downtown Commission and the Technical Review Committee have both approved the ParkSide project."

He doesn’t mention that the Planning and Zoning committee rejected his plan. This is standard operating procedure for the Parkside plan – obfuscate and barrel ahead.

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Gordon Smith May 15, 2008

For a whole lot more information (like dates and inconvenient facts) check out the open source Parkside Files available at ScruHoo:

http://www.scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=5448

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