Carolinas Cement

Here are the details:

The first two hearings will be held from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday at the McKeithan Center on the North Campus of Cape Fear Community College, 4500 Blue Clay Road, Castle Hayne. The third hearing will be held from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday in the Kenan Auditorium at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 S. College Road.

I've been pretty impressed with the Star's coverage of a wide range of issues (including Titan), but to write an article about an upcoming public hearing, without mentioning that two citizens who previously spoke out are facing a SLAPP suit for doing so, is (at best) a gargantuan oversight:

New Hanover County gets a taste of Titan's tactics:

Lawyers for Titan say proposed amendments to the light- and heavy-industrial zoning districts are an economic burden on their plans for a proposed cement plant and the special-use permit process would put New Hanover County in a constant legal battle.

At least five times, Titan America and its local subsidiary Carolinas Cement Company, mention the threat of litigation. Commissioner Rick Catlin said the references to future court battles are premature.

It's not just the permits they're worried about, it's the exposure to an increasingly irate public: