Brock, Fripp Take Council Seats BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood voters elected a new mayor and two council members Monday night in a hotly contested election. Voters also defeated (454 – 323) a referendum on the ballot that called for voting districts. Current Town Councilman Sloan Griffin bested current Mayor Bryan Franklin for mayor by a large […]
Blythewood election results
November 7, 2023 By
Immediate results of the Blythewood Town Council and Mayoral Election Mayor Sloan Griffin, III – 562 votes Bryan Franklin – 245 votes Write-In – 5 Town Council Andrea Fripp – 545 votes Donald Brock – 316 votes Patricia Hovis – 296 votes Eddie Baughman – 264 votes Write-In – 9 A more detailed story will […]
Fairfield County planning commissioner removed from board, then reinstated
November 2, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County Planning Commissioner Donna Miller was sitting at her computer watching the Oct. 23 Fairfield County Council meeting on You Tube when Council voted to appoint David Brown to the District 7 seat of the Fairfield County Planning Commission. “I was shocked.” Miller told The Voice. “That’s my seat. I’m the District […]
Town Council candidates have their say
November 2, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Managing growth, maintaining fiscal responsibility, and ensuring transparency highlighted the topics four candidates for Blythewood Town Council addressed during a recent candidate forum at Doko Manor. Incumbent council members Eddie Baughman and Donald Brock as well as challengers Andrea Fripp and Trisha Hovis spent about 90 minutes Tuesday night, Oct. 24, answering questions […]
Fairfield County Council reverses direction on filling vacant administrator position
October 27, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – At the Oct. 9 county council meeting, Chairman Doug Pauley announced council would hire a recruiting firm within two weeks to begin a search for a county administrator. At Monday night’s county council meeting he announced a change in plans. “Instead of hiring an expensive firm to recruit a county administrator, a decision […]
Brock files for protective motion
October 26, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A town councilman has asked a judge for a protective order regarding testimony in a deposition he says was “unilaterally” set by opposing counsel. Councilman Donald Brock filed the motion Monday as part of an ongoing Freedom of Information lawsuit between Mayor Bryan Franklin/Town of Blythewood and MPA Strategies, the Town’s former marketing […]
Franklin continues to hide Town’s expenses for MPA lawsuits
October 26, 2023 By
Town’s Legal Expenses Could Be Approaching $800,000 BLYTHEWOOD – After almost three years and hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees paid to attorneys and consultants by the Town government for lawsuits involving Mayor Bryan Franklin and marketing firm MPA Strategies, Franklin continues to prohibit the Town’s attorneys from revealing to the public, the […]
Jenkinsville again declared a town
October 26, 2023 By
JENKINSVILLE – This tiny town of 83 residents will get to keep its charter after all. After a brief scare, the Town of Jenkinsville recently learned that its town charter would not be revoked over its sparse population after state officials confirmed the town has more than 50 residents, enough to remain incorporated. Mayor Greg […]
Blythewood Town candidates head into final stretch
October 19, 2023 By
Mayoral Candidates: Bryan Franklin and Sloan Griffin, III Bryan Franklin: Hi. I’m Bryan Franklin, Mayor of Blythewood. I’m asking for your vote for re-election on November 7th because we’re not done. Background & Experience. I grew up in Blythewood when our population was 370 – now it’s over 5,000! I attended RCSD2 schools, graduated the […]
Dominion’s ‘temporary’ gas tanks coming back
October 19, 2023 By
Next Door Neighbor Byron Dinkins: ‘I Can’t Believe We’re Here Again.’ BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Board of Zoning Appeals approved a temporary permit for a compressed natural gas storage truck to be kept at the corner of Syrup Mill Road and Blythewood Road again this winter. According to one of two representatives from Dominion Energy, […]
