Top Thirteen Local Political Stories of 2009
With all these Top Ten lists floating around the internets, I thought I’d toss another reflective log on the fire. Add your own top stories in the comments, and you get bonus points if you put...
View ArticleWalk Like A Man (the video)
Do you recognize anyone? Let us know. And be sure to watch it all the way to the end. It’s a damn hoot.
View ArticleProud
Cross-posted from the good folks over at Mountain Xpress: I’ve been to a lot of Gay Prides in my time….but ya know what? For me, this one was the best. It wasn’t the biggest or the most outrageous or...
View ArticleOne Year In – The Wins
December 8th will mark one year since I was sworn in as a member of your Asheville City Council. It’s been a learning curve like no other in my life. Thanks for all of the support that’s been offered...
View ArticleYour Street Preacher Experience
If you went to Bele Chere, you were able to enjoy food, music, art, beer, heat, community and all manner of entertainment to enliven the soul and enlighten the mind. You also had amplified street...
View ArticleThe Path Forward
Today your NC Senate will decide whether to send a referendum enshrining bigotry into our Constitution to a May ballot. Yesterday your NC House voted in favor of doing so. Reps. Fisher and Keever were...
View ArticleDogs and Cats Living Together
At the privately run group blog known as “Scrutiny Hooligans”, a controversy has erupted, spilling over into a Congressional campaign, Asheville City politics, a political community, the local...
View ArticleWe Do
I had the honor today of escorting committed couples to the Register of Deeds office, where they applied for marriage licenses. They were denied these licenses because their relationships are not...
View ArticleSunday Morning Music
And now, for your Sunday Morning Music pleasure… here’s Councilman Gordon Smith (and the Barry Summers Trio) with that delightful Bossa Nova standard, Água de Beber.
View ArticleShall Means Shall
Carolina Public Press: Asheville City Council member Gordon Smith has mounted a push to release the city-commissioned audit of the Asheville Police Department’s troubled evidence room. In recent...
View ArticleNobody Sucks More
A couple of days ago, someone showed me a glossy mailing from the North Carolina Democratic Party in Raleigh depicting Nathan Ramsey dressed as a vampire who sucks taxes or something. (Sorry, but I...
View ArticleGordon Smith for Asheville City Council
Good morning, Hooligans. I’m happy to announce that I’m running for re-election to Asheville’s City Council. Click here to find the website. Thank you for all of your support through my first term on...
View ArticleEquality and Leadership
Back in 2010, I introduced same-sex domestic partner benefits policy for employees of the City of Asheville. Recognizing the relationships and health needs of our LGBT employees was a big step forward....
View ArticleA Good Decade
June 4, 2014 will mark the 10th anniversary of this group blog we call Scrutiny Hooligans. That’s 110 years in internet time. That’s older than this gentleman. The decade has seen bloggers come and go....
View ArticleRETHINK YOUR PRECINCT 2015
This post will remain at the top until this coming Saturday. New material will be found below. by Gordon Smith Are you excited about the victories we celebrated in November? Brian Turner defeated Tim...
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