Our media partner, NBC 7/39, has been covering the SEDC story closely since reporter Will Carless first broke the story two weeks ago.

Last night, they sent reporters down to the SEDC board room to cover the meeting that led to President Carolyn Y. Smith’s termination.

Here’s the clip:

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An interesting note: The woman who speaks at the end of the video and says that “the City Council and the mayor can go to hell” is Angela Harris, an SEDC consultant who was featured prominently in the first story we wrote about the agency. Despite receiving up to $50,000 a year in consulting contracts from SEDC, the agency awarded Harris one of its coveted for-sale affordable homes.

SAM HODGSON

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