[Durham INC] Medlin rules protest petition valid -- word on the street --

[Barry Ragin]

Don't know how many of you are following the news blogs, but the result 
of the Commissioners' closed session this morning was that, despite the 
Planning Department's new finding that the protest petition was valid, 
the County Attorney is stating that the validity of the petition is not 
determined, and will need to be determined in Superior Court. This is 
based on an opinion by the Attorney that the signature of the President 
of the Chancellor's Ridge Home Owners Association, on behalf of the 
common property owned by the HOA, is not valid. Based on this reading, 
County Attorney Siler repeatedly stated that his office is prepared to 
defend the BoCC's October 12 vote to approve the new critical watershed 
boundary in court if necessary.

Updates are available at the Independent Weekly, the News and Observer, 
and the Herald Sun websites.

I will attempt to cover today's developments on my radio program, 
Shooting the Bull, which airs at 7:30 pm on WXDU, 88.7 fm, or at 
WXDU.org. A podcast will be available beginning tomorrow via iTunes 
Store: Shooting the Bull.

Barry Ragin

Melissa Rooney wrote:
> See the links to news stories below (particularly the comments at the 
> bottom for the Indy Link).
>
> http://blogs.newsobserver.com/bullseye/commissioners-meeting-thursday-on-jordan-petition-lawsuit
>
> http://wbx.me/l/?p=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indyweekblogs.com%2Ftriangulator%2F2009%2F11%2F16%2Fcommissioners-to-meet-on-protest-petition-thursday-morning%2F 
> <http://wbx.me/l/?p=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indyweekblogs.com%2Ftriangulator%2F2009%2F11%2F16%2Fcommissioners-to-meet-on-protest-petition-thursday-morning%2F>
>
>
> It's definitely worth writing the BOCC (BEFORE their closed session 
> meeting THIS THURSDAY) to demand that, if the planning director has 
> indeed ruled the protest petition valid (and bravely so!), 1) that 
> they openly inform the public ASAP, and furthermore, 2) that they make 
> things right by applying the protest petition to the BOCC vote on Oct 
> 12, thereby rendering insufficient the 3-5 vote approving the rezoning.
>
> beckymheron at nc.rr.com, ereckhow at aol.com, bhowerton at durhamcountync.gov, 
> jbowser2 at nc.rr.com, mdelanopage at aol.com, lsiler at co.durham.nc.us, 
> steve.medlin at durhamnc.gov, mruffin at co.durham.nc.us
>
> (Please remove any spaces that may have snuck into the email addresses 
> above during transmission.)
>
> Sincerely,
> Melissa (Rooney)
>
>
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