BEAUFORT COUNTY, S.C. (WTOC) – Beaufort County Council has denied the latest request to make way for a golf course on St. Helena Island, upholding a cultural protection overlay that prevents golf courses from being built there.
The decision came after hours of discussion at the Beaufort County Government Building, where residents urged council members to preserve the overlay.
“We, the Gullah people living on St. Helena Island, are highly educated people, and we are tired of being insulted,” one resident said. “We don’t have peanut brains; we see exactly what you are doing.”…