Sanctuary Cities

The Mount Pleasant City Commission approved a proposal to renew its downtown Tax Increment Finance Authority on June 23. "Taxes still are considered public dollars, so anytime we can invest those back into alleviating public costs, that's my big interest," Mount Pleasant Mayor Boomer Wingard said. "And so if we can address infrastructure costs and focus that development in the downtown area to make sure that it is a great place to come to, to walk around in, and to a great climate in which to run a business, that is my focus there."

Mount Pleasant commission to discuss sanctuary city policies

Brianna Edgar

At last week's city commission meeting, commissioners introduced the idea of placing Mount Pleasant under an Immigrant Trust Act, more commonly known as a sanctuary city, which could limit how local law enforcement collaborates with federal immigration and customs enforcement.

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