Virginia Coalfield Coalition Seeks To Revisit Vote

6/28/17

By David Mcgee | Bristol Herald Courier

Three members of the Virginia Coalfield Coalition board who opposed last week’s vote involving the potential buyer of BVU Authority’s OptiNet division want to revisit the issue at a new meeting.

In a June 23 letter addressed to coalition Chairman Seth White, coalition board members Ronnie Shortt, Joseph Fawbush and Richard Leonard are calling for a meeting at 2 p.m. Friday at the LENOWISCO Planning District Commission offices in Duffield.

Last Wednesday, the VCC board voted 8-3, with five members absent, to approve a resolution to allow Sunset Digital Communications to acquire the OptiNet network but imposed conditions on Sunset and plans to transfer operation of a 4G cellular phone tower network now run by BVU to another firm.

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