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Smithfield open government issues PDF Print E-mail

Two interesting articles from the Smithfield Times, which does not have online links. One is about opposition by some board of supervisors members to having someone who has written critical letters to the editor about the board barred from appointment to the Planning Commission. The other is about an attempt to have all requests for information by board members to go through the county administrator. Read both articles here.
 

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