Come on. You can’t just call your mystery incentivized company vote, “Project X” and not expect a cartoon about it. __________________________ Cartoon originally published in the Asheville, NC alt weekly paper, “The Mountain Xpress”. (But never put online in time[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Pretending a cheap pun on the company’s name is actually some kind of commentary on the use of incentives by county commissions to attract businesses and the futility of expecting an equivalent amount of revenue in return, or something like[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Moogfest has been moved from New York to Asheville and sources say, it may now move to Durham. Are they to blame for being too ungrateful for the incentives the city and county gave them to prop up their privately-held[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Something that happened in a city council meeting recently led to this Dickens of a cartoon. South Asheville resident Vijay Kapoor submitted remarks on the funding request via email; his remarks were entered into the meeting record but not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The county seems to incentivize businesses, non-profits, and even county employees, but what about the common taxpayer who funds it all? __________________________ Cartoon originally published in the Asheville, NC alt weekly paper, “The Mountain Xpress”. © 2017 – Brent Brown,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/2021/09/13/1-200-asheville-buncombe-county-homeowners-apply-property-tax-rebates/8258310002/ https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/2022/03/03/buncombe-county-developers-request-funds-affordable-housing-program/9343616002/ https://mountainx.com/news/buncombe-proposes-27m-subsidy-for-pratt-whitney/ https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2023/02/17/are-asheville-roads-paid-to-be-upgraded-by-developers/69910160007/ __________________________ Cartoon originally published in the Asheville, NC alt weekly paper, “The Mountain Xpress”. © 2023 – Brent Brown, Brent Brown Graphix