When I arrived at 5:50PM for the 6:30PM regular session of Monday’s Richland 2 board meeting, I learned I was too late to sign up to speak. A staff member explained that sign-up time ended at 5:45PM. Why in the world would you require speakers to show up at least 50 minutes before the board […]

As landowners and taxpayers in Fairfield County, we would like to call your attention to the fact that the proposed Luck Stone quarry is totally inconsistent with the County’s goals and principles stated in the 2021 Comprehensive Plan for Fairfield County (https://www.fairfieldsc.com/uploads/general/Comp-Plan-2021.pdf).  This plan Is located on the Fairfield County Council webpage as a Resource.  […]

I have met most of you, in my attendance at the council meeting the other night and appreciate your willingness to discuss the Luck Stone mine project that is going through DHEC approval and permitting currently through August 20th 2021. I have filed my concerns as they pertain to DHEC and my concerns as to […]

Sacrificing our ground water and other resources and the health of our environment for a handful of mining jobs is a BAD DEAL. Please make your voices heard on the Luck mining proposal.  Written comments on the mine operating permit application will be accepted through Friday, August 20, 2021, and should be submitted by email […]

The concerns over the Luck Mining Company’s 100,000 gallon per day of water usage and water level drawdown needed in the latest proposed quarry operation in Fairfield County are of great concern to the Ridgeway community. The Town’s water tank standing by the quarry entrance is also the site of a major well which supplies […]

The Dominion Settlement with the county included $2.2 million for a Teacher’s Village. But the settlement doesn’t answer the big questions. Here are a few for starters. Will the settlement allotment cover everything including infrastructure, landscaping, insurance, etc? What guarantees will be in place to shield the already over-burdened Fairfield taxpayer from cost overruns? Who […]

Has the one who writes our county ordinances left, too? The Ordinance No. 771, concerning the erection of the MLK monument on the grounds of the new county administration building, as written and passed at the last council meeting is doomed to failure. It is so vaguely written that it is not even an ordinance. […]

The council majority of 4 are all about their best interest, not the citizens’ best interest. What could possibly justify Chairmen Moses Bell charging the county $42 each time he comes to a county council meeting – a meeting that the county already pays him $18,000 a year to attend. Some weeks, Mr. Bell charges […]

There are people here today saying good bye to Jason Taylor and Laura Johnson who truly appreciate the hard work they gave to our county. There are also people who are here only to celebrate what they have done against our county. I have known bitter people in my life but nothing like this. Losing […]