Indecent exposure, and other news

A salacious start
Holly Headache started off the infotainment at 11 with a salacious report about a 27-year-old man being charged with exposing himself “for sexual gratification” to a 12- and 14-year-old at the pool at Meadows Apartments on Leicester Highway.

Landslide
Carolyn “Little Red” Ryan brought us the most interesting tale of the night, but it was sorely lacking in detail.

Ryan said the Hunter’s Crossing condominiums in Haywood County are slowly sliding down a mountainside. She showed us cracking foundations and said the people who live there have been ordered out. Something called “deep slope failure” means the condos are sliding downhill about an inch per month, Ryan said.

The residents said they’ve lost everything and are looking for places to live.

This is a great story. But how about some detail, Ryan. How many people are affected? Who built the condos? What’s the local inspection process? What are the local regulations in place to prevent this from happening? Isn’t there any legal recourse for the residents? On and on. How about doing some actual reporting and getting back to us on this one?

The Hammer drops
Crime-writer Mickey Spillane died Monday in South Carolina. He was 88. WLOSers said Bob Caldwell once filed an outdoors report with Spillane, one of his all-time favorite adventures.

Community college woes
WLOSers said the state community college board stripped Blue Ridge Community College President David Sink of his ability to spend state money on Monday.

The college administration has been warring with the state board that oversees community colleges ever since a state audit raised questions about how some money was being spent in regards to the college’s baseball team.

In other news…
The Haywood County town of Clyde is still trying to help people recover from floods there two years ago. There’s a new development being planned called Bearfoot Ridge and flood victims still looking for homes can get help to relocate there… State lawmakers passed a bill allowing for a referendum in Hooterville over the building height issue. A couple of weeks ago, Hendersonville’s city council raised building heights, but many residents didn’t like the idea. State lawmakers’ move trumps city council, and H’ville Mayor Greg Newman held a press conference to say he’s pissed… In “News from 10 Feet Away,” WLOSers said that the next phase of development at Biltmore Park is getting ready to start. Developers will add more retail shops and office space, a movie theater and “sidewalk dining,” according to Diva Darcel. Developers will put up a Web site at some point to keep people up to date on the construction work… And finally, WLOSers did a half-assed story on the continuing controversy over Greenlife Grocery store on Merrimon Avenue and the traffic and noise problems it’s caused. Neightbors continue to videotape the messed up traffic and loading dock area, where trucks park illegally and sometimes get stuck, like one did last week. WLOSers interviewed media whore city Councilman Carl Mumpower, who said the city has priorities, and going after drug dealers is more important that giving somebody a parking ticket. Although WLOSers did say some truck driver was pissed that she got a ticket, and was complaining that police were being overzealous. Then *John “Punnyman” Le wandered into the video. Whatever.