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Residents press council on childcare costs, deer feeding and short-term rentals during public comment
Summary
Speakers urged council to address municipal childcare costs (resident cited a Duke study), asked for a deer-feeding ban, and urged the town to consider affordable‑housing requirements tied to short‑term rental permits.
During the public-comment period at the Aug. 12 meeting, several residents raised issues spanning municipal childcare costs, deer feeding in neighborhoods and the growth of short-term rentals.
Gigi Poole, who identified herself and her address, presented numerical figures she said were based on a Duke University study and town budget numbers. Poole said the town’s childcare center serves 12 children with an annual operating…
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