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| Photo courtesy of WLEA |
That the Hartsville Town meetings are often heated is no
secret, but a special meeting this week was even more dramatic than usual as a
state trooper was called in. The trouble
began while the wife of former town board member Ron Amidon was speaking. Resident Larry Newhart reportedly mumbled
something inaudible during her speech, prompting Town Supervisor John Bowles to
ask him to leave. Newhart refused. Bowles then left the room and made a phone
call. Newhart left a few moments
later. A trooper later arrived and spoke
with Bowles. Newhart, who says he was
never called or visited by the state police, told WLEA radio that he wasn’t being
confrontational and that he was civil in tone.
Supervisor Bowles claims the exact opposite, saying that Newhart was
“very confrontational and very uncivil with his voice.”
