A longtime local pastor and one of the central figures in the Silfab Solar zoning fight was escorted from Monday night’s York County Council meeting after calling the company’s Fort Mill operations unlawful.
Walter “Wally” Buchanan spoke during a second public-comment period in the middle of the Oct. 5 meeting. Buchanan criticized York County’s continued handling of Silfab and said the company’s manufacturing operation violates county zoning law.
Before being removed by the sheriff, Wally told the York County Council, “You have disrupted my life for 2 and a half years…you will not go by the law, you expect everybody else to go by the law, but you will not make yourself go by the law… if you don’t stand up for what’s right, you’ll stand up for what’s wrong – Jesus love you and you gonna be accountable…”…