EMILY P&Z CHAIR WANTS THE RECORD STRAIGHT

Area newspaper stories suggested that the alternate chairman of the Emily Planning and Zoning Commission Si Brannon was so unhappy with a city council's decision,he resigned. Brannon said that's not the way it happened. He admitted he was not happy with the council's decision to require an environmental impact statement on a housing project on Roosevelt Lake and he spoke up at a recent council meeting about it. Shortly after his response, Brannon announced his resignation because his health has not been the best lately and this past year had been very stressful for him. Brannon said he's enjoyed the years he's spent on the commission, as a member and as an alternate chairman filling in for others. He said he would never go public with a statement like that and the inference the stories left with readers was not accurate. The Northern Lights over Roosevelt Lake is a 45-lot development near State Highway 6. The project developer has since sued the city of Emily and wants council members to reverse their decision.