Aug 20
Residency challenge is over: or is it?
By NICOLE CARTRETTE
Staff Writer
The Columbus County Board of Election decided Thursday (Aug. 16) that a Fair Bluff commissioner would keep his seat, be qualified to run for re-election and retain his right to vote in municipal elections.
Challengers John Wayne Phillips and Chris Scott alleged incumbent Jack Meares’ official residence was a home at Timber Cove in Whiteville but Meares maintained that a home at 305 Conway Road in Fair Bluff is his residence.
The board rejected, in a 2-1 vote, the residency challenges.