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Judge Blocks Chapel Hill Cell Phone Ban; Towing Ordinance

A judge has found the Town of Chapel Hill's proposed cell phone ban and towing ordinance to be unconstitutional.

Gurnal Scott: The ruling was handed down in Durham yesterday by Superior Court Judge Orlando Hudson. The ban was to take effect in June but a complaint by George's Towing and Recovery a Chapel Hill business said the ordinance would hurt the company financially. George's Towing argued the towing ordinance would make companies answer their cell phones immediately when called something the cell phone ban would prohibit. Chapel Hill Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt said he was disappointed by Judge Hudson's ruling. In a statement released yesterday, he continued to stand behind the town's towing from private lots ordinance which has been in place for a decade. The town is considering holding a special meeting that could change the current ordinance to to comply with the order..or perhaps they could appeal the judge's ruling.

Gurnal Scott joined North Carolina Public Radio in March 2012 after several stops in radio and television. After graduating from the College of Charleston in his South Carolina hometown, he began his career in radio there. He started as a sports reporter at News/Talk Radio WTMA and won five Sportscaster of the Year awards. In 1997, Gurnal moved on to television as general assignment reporter and weekend anchor for WCSC-TV in Charleston. He anchored the market's top-rated weekend newscasts until leaving Charleston for Memphis, TN in 2002. Gurnal worked at WPTY-TV for two years before returning to his roots in radio. He joined the staff of Memphis' NewsRadio 600 WREC in 2004 eventually rising to News Director. In 2006, Raleigh news radio station WPTF came calling and he became the station's chief correspondent. Gurnal’s reporting has been honored by the South Carolina Broadcasters Association, the North Carolina Associated Press, and the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas.
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