Excerpt from Clashing Opinions at Controversial Commissioners Meeting
Kyle Ellington
SUSSEX COUNTY, SC - Tension oozed from the courthouse last night as debate raged during the bimonthly Sussex County
commissioner's meeting, which centered on the most hotly debated topic in the area: a proposed strip mall. The development
company, the county commissioners, and hundreds of concerned citizens gathered to deliberate on the issue.
While the meeting was intended to cover a plethora of topics, the proposed construction dominated the discussion. For four
hours, attendees debated, discussed, and dissented from one another.
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A. footnotes
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C. plot structure
D. regional dialect

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