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Council member says newspaper mischaracterized banquet-hall permit process
Summary
A council member disputed a local article by John Horrell, saying the planning commission provided notice and that the permit process for a banquet-hall specialty permit was not rushed; the council did not revisit the permit at the meeting.
During the meeting—— uring the "other comments" portion, a council member publicly rebutted a recent article by John Horrell that, the speaker said, portrayed the council as having rushed approval of a banquet-hall specialty permit.
"But the last article that was submitted by John Horrell, it makes it sound like we did not do or do due diligence with the banquet hall that we just passed, for specialties permit," the council member said. The member described the permit process as multi-step: review by the planning commission, notices sent to businesses and adjacent residents, committee consideration, then council action. The speaker said only one person registered a complaint and characterized the article's presentation as "false." The speaker also emphasized that many committee participants are volunteers.
The comment was made as part of the council's opportunity for other comments; the council did not take further public action on the permit at this meeting. No representative from the newspaper responded during the session, and no subsequent correction or follow-up from the paper was recorded in the meeting transcript.
