The pot-smoking, thong-wearing hippie who ran for Asheville City Council 24 years ago now asks: Is Asheville still a place for freaks like me?

Ukiah Morrison's question strikes at the heart of anxiety over the city's growth

Prior to the Asheville City Council election of 1999, the Los Angeles Times published a profile of candidate Ukiah Morrison, who had garnered attention for wandering through downtown in nothing but a thong./ photo via Pack Memorial Library and its Newspapers.com archive

Dreamland Diaries

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