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Old 10-06-2019, 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Wavy Chips View Post
The developer bluffed the county and won. If the county said no to paying for the roads/improvements, do you really think they would have walked away from the project? Hardly, they would have still moved forward, albeit maybe with the same or altered plan. I give the developer credit. They took a shot and won. Sumpter county has weak, unsophisticated commissioners and the taxpayers are paying the price.
Or commissioners affiliated with the developer...
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