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Firefighters and EMS leaders urge Pender County commissioners to delay EMS & Fire board appointments amid complaints about candidate
Summary
Multiple Pender EMS & Fire personnel and other public commenters asked commissioners not to appoint a contested candidate to the Pender EMS & Fire board, citing missed deadlines and public postings by the candidate.
Public comment at the Feb. 3 meeting focused heavily on governance of Pender EMS & Fire and a contested candidate for the volunteer organization's board.
Multiple speakers from the local fire and EMS community told the board they opposed the appointment of a named candidate, saying the person failed to meet application deadlines and had posted internal information online. "We tonight respectfully ask that you do not consider Phil Cordero for appointment to our board of directors," Everett Basden, chief of Pender EMS & Fire, told commissioners, citing missed application deadlines and postings he said were…
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