County Council’s majority 4 is now apparently the majority 5. When will good government for the people and by the people return to this community? Politics make strange bedfellows, as the saying goes. But I believe that the definition of politics is still the best way to understand who and what we are dealing with: […]
Something Was Missing
December 30, 2021 By
Christmas is over, unplugging the lights. Decorations were perfect, best house in the night. Drank cocoa, baked cookies, watched Christmas shows. Gifts were all topped with beautiful bows. Shopped til we dropped, everyone’s covered. Threw coins in the kettle, we thought of others. Car trip to view all the bright lights. Took the kids to […]
Guest Editorial: High government travel costs should be thing of the past
December 30, 2021 By
State government travel costs plunged in fiscal year 2021. That’s good news. To be sure, it’s because of the pandemic. But if it can be done one year, there’s no reason it can’t be done every year. I’ve long pushed for common-sense limits on publicly-funded travel. State agencies spend tens of millions of dollars each […]
Guest Editorial: Have we hit bottom yet?
December 22, 2021 By
After nearly a year of chaos and utter failure on council, citizens are asking if here is a bottom for Fairfield county council’s ruling majority, which may now have increased to 5 with Councilman Neil Robinson voting with the 4 last week to finalize Council Chairman Moses Bell’s redistricting plan while the citizens and other […]
Letter: A Needed Apology
December 9, 2021 By
I wanted to take a moment to make an apology. No, not from me but for the Fairfield County Council. After reading the ordinance to distribute the ARP funds, I believe someone should speak up. To those past employees who were essential in 2020 and left to get better jobs, I apologize. To those past […]
Letter: Will Mr. Bell do the right thing?
December 9, 2021 By
When the redistricting process is high-jacked by a chairman, it’s called gerrymandering which is an attempt to divide or arrange (an area) into political units to give special advantages to one group. Some examples of gerrymandering supporting elements may include: A. Lack of transparency with very limited public and council member access to the specifics […]
Letter to R2 Board
November 24, 2021 By
Is there some good reason that you continue to disregard parliamentary procedures and Robert’s Rules of Order? At the November 16th board meeting Trustee Agostini “moved” to add a Human Resources Update to the draft agenda for the December 14th meeting. The only words that Teresa should have spoken were, “Is there a second?” The […]
Bring back 2nd comments
November 18, 2021 By
It’s way past time to add the second comments section back to the county council meeting agendas. The second comment session has historically been at the end of the meeting agenda to allow folks to address their concerns about items of concern in the county that are not on the agenda. There are way too […]
ARP Funds Not Fairly Distributed
November 18, 2021 By
During the year of 2020, and at the height of the pandemic I worked for the Fairfield County Recreation Department. My fellow coworkers and I worked the whole year, rain or shine to keep the parks in our county well kept. We missed approximately 2 weeks out of the whole year due to stay at […]
Letter: Helping Themselves
October 28, 2021 By
The current Council majority sadly seems to be out only for their own benefit. The vote last night was just a way for them to get an extra $1,200 in each of their pockets (when they’re already one of the highest compensated Councils in SC) and – they think – to help them at the […]
