WINNSBORO – County Council amended its agenda Monday night to allow Interim Administrator Milton Pope to present a resolution detailing elements of a potential fee-in-lieu-of-taxes (FILOT) agreement. Councilman Billy Smith (District 7) voted against the agenda change, citing a recent amendment by the State Legislature to the S.C. Freedom of Information Act making the addition

BLYTHEWOOD – At the Monday night Town Council meeting it was revealed that the Town’s Accommodation Tax Committee met via phone sometime in July, without public notice and without notifying the media, to vote to recommend funding for two Bravo Blythewood events: a Butterfly Festival ($7,500) and the Beach Bash ($5,000). Councilman Bob Mangone expressed

BLYTHEWOOD – The Town was awarded two separate Utility Tax Credit grants from Fairfield Electric Cooperative in 2013 ($240,714) and 2014 ($216,167) for a total of $456,881 to construct a restaurant building in Doko Meadows across from Town Hall. Immediately following the 2012 Town Council election, the three newly seated councilmen – Bob Massa, Bob