BLYTHEWOOD – During the Dec. 18, 2023, town council meeting, Travis C. Smith was named to the Town’s planning commission. Smith, who lives in Cobblestone, is a principal partner with Opulence, A Financial Service Group, LLC. He was previously a registered representative with New York Life Insurance/New York Life Securities, LLC., and before that, he […]
Ridgeway Mayor resigns effective end of year
December 21, 2023 By
RIDGEWAY – Ridgeway Mayor Heath Cookendorfer has resigned after nine years in the town government. His resignation will be effective Dec. 29, after his final town council meeting of the year. Cookendorfer said he is resigning for personal reasons and will be moving back to his hometown in Kentucky by the end of the year. […]
McKenrick accuses Brock of destroying evidence
December 21, 2023 By
Brock: “The Texts were Never Deleted From My Phone.” BLYTHEWOOD – The Town’s MPA Strategies legal team has been dismissed and settlement talks with MPA – the Town’s former marketing firm – are moving forward. Monday’s town council meeting, however, was dominated by Councilman Rich McKenrick continuing to review and defend the Town’s almost three […]
Fairfield Council surprised with $1.4M in IRS penalties, interest
December 21, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County taxpayers are getting lumps of coal this holiday season, owing to a series of financial missteps generating nearly $1.4 million in IRS penalties and interest stemming from late and unfiled health care tax forms dating from the 2017 through the 2022 filing seasons. In addition, the county has not yet received […]
Blythewood Town Council allocates $49,878 SAT funds to two organizations
December 21, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood town council voted Monday night to split its 30 percent ($49,878) State Accommodations Tax (SAT) Funds allocation for FY2024, between Experience Columbia SC and Lake Murray Country. At the September 20 meeting, council voted to grant $15,300 of the 30 percent SAT funds for FY2024 to each of three qualifying organizations: Experience […]
Black calls for court to side-step Town’s decisions
December 14, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – As Blythewood’s new mayor, Sloan Griffin, began firing the Town’s outside legal team handling the MPA Strategies Freedom of Information (FOI) lawsuit and the Town’s countersuit on Dec. 6, lead attorney for the team, David Black, filed a motion that same day asking for a special master (a judge not involved with the […]
Blythewood seeks input on Doko Park master plan
December 14, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Town of Blythewood is conducting a survey regarding the expansion opportunities of Doko Meadows Park. “We are seeking input from the community members as to how they would like to see it developed,” said Mayor Sloan Griffin. “I strongly encourage Blythewood residents to participate to help guide these plans and vision.” The […]
Town thanks employees with Christmas party
December 14, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Town’s annual employee Christmas party, held at The Farm as in past years, was attended by employees as well as the members of the Town’s boards and commissions and their spouses. House Rep. Annie McDaniel, who represents a portion of Blythewood 29016 was also in attendance as well as other representatives including […]
Griffin fires Black, Burnett, releases MPA legal expenses
December 11, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – At a noon press conference on Monday at Doko Manor, newly elected Blythewood Mayor Sloan Griffin announced that the town of Blythewood has incurred almost $700,000 in fees with two law firms since April of 2021 for its legal entanglement with MPA Strategies, the Town’s former marketing firm. Griffin also announced that the […]
BW mayor changes course on releasing cost of MPA lawsuits to public
December 7, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood’s newly elected mayor, Sloan Griffin, III, campaigned on transparency and has long and publicly criticized former Mayor Bryan Franklin and the Town’s outside legal team for not releasing the cost of the MPA lawsuits and other MPA information to the public. During Tuesday night’s special called town council meeting, however, Griffin appears […]
