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A rezoning going to the Planning Commission on July 18 may clear the way for a second Costco in the county and the first Whole Foods Market. More ... The Beach Road resident, who put up signs on his private property critical of the county government, several supervisors and the county administrator, won his appeal, dismissing a summons and $100 fine against him. In a narrow ruling, Circuit Court Chief Judge Cleo E. Powell ruled the signs on C. L. "Slugger" Morrissette's property "have not been proven to be educational and, therefore, do not fall within the prohibition of [the] Code." The county's primary argument was that the signs were 32 square feet, and the sign ordinance prohibited signs larger than eight square feet. Morrissette insisted that the issue was freedom of speech, and he had a constitutional right to inform those who passed by his property. Powell's decision focused narrowly on the education aspect. "Having determined that the signs do not fall within the prohibition of [the] Code, the Court does not have to reach the other issues raised by the parties," she wrote. Morrissette claimed victory, but the county attorney's office said it is reviewing possible language changes to the ordinance. Morrissette's signs alleged that a "Chesterfield Mafia" existed and that three supervisors and the county administrator were "corrupt, self-serving liars." More ... Despite intense political and public pressure, the chairman Chesterfield's school board is resisting modifying the fencing, sidewalks and guardrails leading from the new Cosby High School into the Foxcroft subdivision. More ... She's moving. The 17th plastic lid snapped closed on my daughter's 17th plastic storage bin. I put a strip of yellow electrical tape on More ... While the annual face-to-face survey conducted by volunteers with the Chesterfield Business Council does not provide statistically significant data, it may offer a glimmer of what businesses here are doing. More ... |
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