I decided to communicate directly with the town itself. The response to my email is reproduced below: Please read the interview with Mayor Manuel on (witn.com). Also, there will be a message from the Mayor on our website (townofwoodlandnc.com) by this afternoon. During our Board meetings public comments are always welcomed and we listen to anything a person has to say. Please be advised however, this particular vote by our Board was not based on certain comments as the media portrayed. Thank you for your interest in our Town. Following the first link to WITN , they did indeed interview the mayor. The first part of the story states (emphasis mine): When a Northampton County resident said the building of a new solar farm would "suck up all the energy from the sun," the comment received international attention. But officials in the small town of Woodland say that concern isn't the reason a