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NEW HANOVER COUNTY — A lack of transparency, an unsolicited offer and a slap in the face to a well-established, reputable organization surround the deal made…
County manager Chris Coudriet Manager acknowledged that he knew about the allegations of a $50 million offer; the county said its earlier comment about not knowing about the offer was intended to mean Coudriet and staff had no direct evidence of the offer being made.
In July 2020, Commissioner Julia Olson-Boseman and then-commissioner Pat Kusek allegedly offered Coastal Horizon CEO Margaret Weller-Stargell $50 million from the hospital sale — which had not yet been voted on — if they would silence their criticisms of The Healing Place, the county's planned peer-led recovery facility.