The beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains surround the Star City of the South. A cool, delightful breeze blows it's welcome fresh air throughout the valley below. City government, responsive and innovative, functions with ease. State of the art schools are well maintained by citizens who care deeply about the quality of education.
Churches abound, of every faith and denomination.
Perhaps you, like us, live in a community where everyone wants to believe the best. That is until a determined gunman walked quietly into a small club, ordered a beer, asked to sit down at a table with three other people he didn't even know and was made welcome. Six others, all minding their own business, just wanting a place to socialize, lay gravely wounded on the floor. As news reports recounted this tragedy, it became clear that this was one of the worst hate crimes in US history. For seven days, the vigils lingered.