Omitted ad forces Orange to postpone Wal-Mart hearing
Barely four hours before the public was to be heard yesterday on a proposal to build a Wal-Mart in the Wilderness battlefield area, Orange County officials canceled the hearing because of a technicality.
Wal-Mart personnel found that one of two legally required notices advertising a May 21 public hearing before the county Planning Commission had not been published by the local weekly newspaper. County officials were notified of the problem yesterday morning and decided to cancel last night's hearing "out of an abundance of caution," acting County Administrator Julie Jordan said.
"We regret the inconvenience to everyone," she said, "but the proper publication requirements were not met."
County Attorney Sharon Pandak said the legally required advertisements had to be published once a week in the two weeks before the hearing. She said the Orange County Review ran the first ad, but not the second.
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Wal-Mart personnel found that one of two legally required notices advertising a May 21 public hearing before the county Planning Commission had not been published by the local weekly newspaper. County officials were notified of the problem yesterday morning and decided to cancel last night's hearing "out of an abundance of caution," acting County Administrator Julie Jordan said.
"We regret the inconvenience to everyone," she said, "but the proper publication requirements were not met."
County Attorney Sharon Pandak said the legally required advertisements had to be published once a week in the two weeks before the hearing. She said the Orange County Review ran the first ad, but not the second.