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New Hanover board votes to add RFQ discussion for legal services after controversy over outside counsel
Summary
The board voted narrowly to add discussion about issuing a request for qualifications (RFQ) for legal services after members debated whether the step was routine due diligence or punitive following a public outcry over a law firm's social-media post.
The New Hanover County Board of Education voted in a series of motions during its Feb. 11 agenda-review meeting to add discussion about issuing a request for qualifications for legal services, setting up a formal review of outside counsel ahead of a contract decision this summer.
Board member Tim Merrick raised the idea of issuing an RFQ for legal representation after the board’s recent decision to sever ties with outside counsel following a widely criticized social-media post. "I think it…
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