CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- The Jefferson County Commission, Jefferson County Planning Commission and others engaged Thursday in a nearly 1 1/2-hour debate that turned heated at times over the planning commission's legal representation.
Planning Commission member Bob Reynolds told the county commission that the planning commission does not have confidence in the legal representation it gets from the Jefferson County prosecuting attorney's office and believes there are conflict-of-interest issues.
The issue stems partly from a controversial proposal to build 152 homes on 122 acres where the 1862 Civil War Battle of Shepherdstown was fought along Trough Road south of Shepherdstown.
The planning commission was ordered to issue a permit for the development, although a private organization is trying to file an appeal over the project.
