County Commission to vote on barrow mine rezoning

County Commission to vote on barrow mine rezoning

To the Editor: I just received a call from Taylor Brown, a candidate for the District 6 seat on the County Commission, saying that Gary Bailey, owner of the property where the barrow mine is located above Hampton, is asking the County Commission to rezone his farm so that the mine can become a full grinding operation as well. The barrow mine was allowed to begin operations without notifying the Hampton community and involved a conflict of intere…