Well this comes as no surprise. Take and Spend, Tax and Spend, Rob and Give. The majority of the City of Asheville is a bastion of liberal tree hugging morons that smoke too much weed, won't get a job, and won't take a fucking shower; but they DO vote. The whole damned town has become a beatnik haven where panhandling on the courthouse steps with a sign that says "need money for weed" is acceptable. The City loves to spend money on just about anything and are constantly in competition for the "best socialist" prize. Therefore, they have a constant need for other people's money. So to make financial ends meet, the city has been annexing Buncombe County as much as possible. It's been a few years since I payed attention to their annexation goals, but I doubt that it has changed much.