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Pinton Walker

So your name came up a lot from people in the area

Because of a lawsuit that was filed against you by Colony Ridge

Give me the one minute as I understand it. Let me tell us you tell if I got it wrong as I understand it

Your brother was the mayor and he passed and you were new to the city council and then you became the mayor

Am I close on that

Yes, sir. We're a small enough city that under a thousand that you're gonna have family members that served together and

Yeah, oh sweetheart. I'm not opposed to it. I think it's neat actually. I just I want to make sure I understand it

So so you're kind of the unwitting mayor who didn't run for it

At the time that you get sued by Colony Ridge is that right?

Yes, I had run for city council and had won in May of 2015 and it's been a

Guess an adversary of theirs from the moment that I saw their product

Because I mean I heard you say the word a lot when you talk about Troy here in John here is an you keep calling them a developer

Well, maybe maybe that's the word they like to be called, but I actually work for real developers who master plan and get all the permits and do everything correctly

So, you know, I prefer to call Colony Ridge what they are they're lot salesmen

Okay

And so for me right off that I mean I went through the chain of command

I went to the city first and they told city of punk grow. Okay city of punk grow

Been there my whole life, you know, I'm a third generation

Started asking questions and they didn't like it. They just did not like it

And I got I could tell right away something went kosher

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