From what I can gather, it looks like Asheville followed a similar

Pattern to much of the rest of urban America. Police defunding had momentum in ‘20, not mentioned in the linked article about the budget just passed there, but which I saw as I was googling around. Talk of proposals to defund police by as much as 60% around the end of ‘20. Crime has reportedly spiked there as it has in the rest of urban America (although still way below levels 30 years ago), and calls against defunding started. There was a slight increase in funding in the current budget.

I think we saw emotional calls to defund the police 2 years ago, which are now looking like a good idea to fewer and fewer people on the left.
[Post edited by hoolstoptheheels at 07/02/2022 08:35AM]

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Link: https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2022/06/28/asheville-city-council-approves-217-million-budget-amid-calls-defund-asheville-police-department/7760050001/

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Defund the criminals!!! ** -- Mo Better Hoos 07/01/2022 4:31PM

Easily done, just don't contribute to the GOP ** -- 81_Hokie 07/01/2022 4:47PM

Boo yah ** -- HiwasseeHoo 07/01/2022 5:00PM

And most of all, Former Guy….aka the Grifter-in-Chief ** -- TomGlansAski 07/01/2022 4:52PM

Guess who hasn’t been defunded, the police. -- hooshouse 07/01/2022 4:45PM

Dead wrong bud. Asheville defunded the police .. we lost 30% of our -- hooinblueville 07/01/2022 5:45PM

Apparently you need better information sources. ** -- WahooRQ 07/02/2022 08:14AM

NYT reports Asheville lost about 1/3 of its officers -- hoolstoptheheels 07/02/2022 08:22AM

But they didn’t “defund the police.” ** -- WahooRQ 07/02/2022 09:46AM

There were very loud calls for it. How much defunding actually made -- hoolstoptheheels 07/02/2022 09:55AM

I know. I just hate the ease with which these dishonest “news” sources can -- WahooRQ 07/02/2022 10:19AM

30% is an outsized loss even during the Great Resignation. -- hoolstoptheheels 07/02/2022 10:26AM

And about 1/4 of their employees city-wide because their compensation sucks ** -- Hoo TV 07/02/2022 10:03AM

Asheville needs to up their employee compensation game (link) -- Hoo TV 07/02/2022 09:31AM

Right. Which requires more funding, not less. ** -- hoolstoptheheels 07/02/2022 09:56AM

Well said the articles linked below seem to say something else -- 111Balz 07/02/2022 07:36AM

They weren't defunded, they weren't funded enough. Big difference. ** -- Wahoo Gus 07/01/2022 6:05PM

City council defunded them. Period. Officers left. Period. who the hell -- hooinblueville 07/01/2022 7:19PM

"defunded" by 3%? Like no other department has ever seen such a YUGE cut -- 81_Hokie 07/02/2022 08:15AM

Reallocated ** -- Hoo TV 07/02/2022 08:39AM

Their funding was reduced, not eliminated, I think he's saying. Probably -- southdenverhoo 07/01/2022 11:23PM

From what I can gather, it looks like Asheville followed a similar -- hoolstoptheheels 07/02/2022 08:35AM

Southdendverhoo, on the one hand, I admire your honesty; on the other, -- TomGlansAski 07/02/2022 04:31AM

I agree with you. Poorly worded. ** -- Wahoo Gus 07/01/2022 7:59PM

The article I just read doesn’t mention defunding. -- hooshouse 07/01/2022 6:01PM

How 'bout THIS? Asheville Moves Forward After Cutting Police Funding (link) -- Hoo TV 07/01/2022 8:10PM

Ha ** -- hooshouse 07/01/2022 8:20PM

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Nevah evah since the Summer of '20...and not one city? ** -- Tuckahokie 07/01/2022 5:31PM

So, if there were just one city, how would that refute his post? ** -- 111Balz 07/01/2022 5:39PM

There was more than one... ** -- Tuckahokie 07/01/2022 6:39PM

Ah so net net. Got it ** -- 111Balz 07/01/2022 7:02PM

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