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Public commenter and counsel clarify federal dismissal of Pine Island suit; court did not rule on CPO's merits, they say
Summary
During public comment Elvia Tropiano said a federal judge dismissed the Pine Island case on mootness grounds, not on the merits, urging the council to publicly correct characterizations that the court validated the Cultural Protection Overlay (CPO); counsel and staff said they will correct the record and may refile.
At the meeting’s public-comment period, Elvia Tropiano asked council to correct press reporting that implied a federal court had validated the county's Cultural Protection Overlay (CPO). "This dismissal was not a decision on the merits," Tropiano said, describing the…
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