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Mayor, City of Asheville
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Kim Roney

Candidate for Mayor, City of Asheville

No party listed

Background

Occupation
Asheville City Council member; music teacher
Campaign website
kimroney4asheville.com

Asheville City Council member since 2020 and a self-employed music teacher. She ran for mayor against Esther Manheimer in 2022.

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Photo: City of Asheville

Documented positions

Taxes & budget

  • Voted against this year's city budget over pay

    Her platform says the budget raised taxes while leaving entry-level staff below a living wage.

    Platform — Kim Roney for Mayor

    Campaign website · Kim Roney for Mayor · kimroney4asheville.com

    “Kim joined two colleagues in voting against this year’s City budget.”
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Public safety

  • Opposes police surveillance technology like Flock cameras

    Platform — Kim Roney for Mayor

    Campaign website · Kim Roney for Mayor · kimroney4asheville.com

    “Kim has consistently voted against profit-driven surveillance tech designed to violate our constitutional rights.”
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Housing

  • Supports zoning for more Missing Middle housing

    Platform — Kim Roney for Mayor

    Campaign website · Kim Roney for Mayor · kimroney4asheville.com

    “Kim supports zoning to make more Missing Middle housing possible so families have more choices in the neighborhoods they know.”
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Roads & infrastructure

  • Supports a Buncombe-Asheville regional transit authority

    Platform — Kim Roney for Mayor

    Campaign website · Kim Roney for Mayor · kimroney4asheville.com

    “City-County partnership for a Buncombe-Asheville Regional Transit authority could reduce duplicated costs”
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Government & transparency

  • Pledges to end private Council check-in meetings

    Platform — Kim Roney for Mayor

    Campaign website · Kim Roney for Mayor · kimroney4asheville.com

    “I’ll end the regularly-scheduled, behind-the-scenes Council check-in meetings; and shift to a public pre-meeting process.”
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Other issues in this race

Other candidates in this race addressed these topics. We found no documented position from Kim Roney on them.

  • Health & human servicesNo documented position found.

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