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How Grassroots Opposition to a New Asphalt Plant Was Infiltrated by an Outside Operative

CLEMMONS, N.C.—The man came out of nowhere, but he seemed to be on their side. Dozens of residents of Clemmons, a small village south of Winston-Salem, were alarmed about a proposed asphalt plant that could be built in their neighborhood, Rolling Green Village. The man, who said…