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Beaufort County Council schedules Sept. 16 executive-session presentations after lengthy public pleas to defend CPO
Summary
Public commenters from Saint Helena Island urged the council to defend the Community Protection Overlay and to acquire Pine Island; the council went into executive session and voted to hold a special Sept. 16 meeting for attorneys to present positions on Pine Island litigation, with Vice Chair McAllen dissenting.
Beaufort County Council agreed Sept. 9 to hold a special called meeting on Monday, Sept. 16 for attorneys in the Pine Island litigation to present their positions in executive session, after an evening of extended public comment urging the council to defend the Community Protection Overlay (CPO) and consider acquiring Pine Island for community use.
The action followed two sets of public comment. During the first public-comment block, Felice LaMarca of District 11 criticized the council’s appointment process for a District 11 transportation-committee seat, saying the council “usurped the people of District 11” by voting against her elected representative’s…
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