Beaufort County doled out more than a half-million dollars Monday in state tourism money, including $32,000 to the Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce, despite a pending lawsuit accusing that organization of financial mismanagement.
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Beaufort County and Hilton Head leaders have issued a one-two punch to the Hilton Head Island - Bluffton Chamber of Commerce over its failure to divulge how it spends $3.3 million in public money.
After months of public back-and-forth between a local critic and government leaders, the county is looking to pass a law that would allow the council chairman to order police officers to remove, and possibly arrest, “disruptive” speakers at public meetings.
Skip Hoagland, a local businessman and outspoken Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce critic, stood before the Bluffton town council Tuesday during a public comment session.
Much like his (one presumes) idol Wile E. Coyote, Hilton Head Island Town Councilman Tom Lennox appears to have an open line of credit with Acme Co. and a pathetic habit of standing under his own anvil.
Truly, I cannot wait to see what he orders next in his mission to foil the Road Runner — pardon me, I mean Skip Hoagland, the private citizen whose opinions Lennox is trying to silence on behalf of ... constituents? No. That can’t be right.
