Asheville real-estate offices struck

asheville | environment | feature Thursday June 14, 2007 20:00 by WNC Concerned Citizens

FROM THE NEWSWIRE: Early in the morning of June 14, windows were smashed out, locks were glued, and spray paint was left behind at the offices of Beverly Hanks Realtors and Private Mountain Communities in downtown Asheville, North Carolina. These two companies play a major role in the destruction of our beautiful mountains by perpetuating sprawl. BH and PMC both have exclusive rights to the marketing of gated communities, where the priveleged build second homes in one of the most diverse ecosystems in the US. Thousands upon thousands of acres of Western North Carolina's mountains are stripped bare every year for these exclusive developments where the rich attempt to shelter themselves from the rest of the world.

We will not stand for the desecration of the trees, streams, and creatures at the hands of greedy developers. Despite overwhelming public opposition to these developments, the real estate companies and development firms continue on their path of ecocide.

So we decided to hit them in the only way they understand--money. As long as these scumbags continue their rape of the Earth, we will inflict economic damage on them. Join us in taking militant direct action against the developers in your neck of the woods. We must take responsibility for the land that sustains us!

In defense of the wild,
Concerned Citizens of WNC