Barring a last-minute write-in miracle on Nov. 18, this Tuesday’s Democratic primary will almost certainly be The Election for Fairfield County Sheriff. The candidates have stumped and speechified, they have littered yards and highways with signs and billboards proclaiming their electability, they have had their faces plastered on nearly everything but milk cartons from Mitford […]
Open Letter to the Chairman
September 23, 2014 By
What type of leader do you propose to be when you sit idly by and permit one of your Council members to grin, snicker and come close to laughing at Mr. Walter Larry Stewart? Speaking at last Monday’s County Council meeting, Mr. Stewart, while at the podium, was openly disrespected in front of the citizens […]
Walboro, U.S.A.
September 23, 2014 By
Great reporting on the GO Bond issues being snaked behind the curtain on the county property tax payers by the evidently non-transparent County Council. Operating any budget at maximum debt level is just not smart. Let’s see, a “mock income,” reckon’ that’ll come back to bite us? But wait… 2018 and the new reactor…. Hmmm, […]
Taxafield County
September 23, 2014 By
Which is more important: to have the last word or to have the truth spoken? I expressed the facts and the truth regarding (Interim County Administrator Milton) Pope’s county comparisons report. Fairfield county should be renamed “Taxafield.” I stated that of all the 46 counties our per capita expenditures exceed all others. We employee the greatest […]
Law & Order
September 23, 2014 By
It’s time to bring integrity to the face of leadership in law enforcement. Too many times sheriffs from our state and their departments have been in the news and accused of so many different unlawful activities. They are innocent until proven guilty, but the citizens of those counties are also victims by association. People have […]
Called by Name
September 19, 2014 By
I have attended Fairfield County Council meetings consistently for the past 18 months. I have had to refrain from telling the facts, leave before becoming visibly upset, or saying something that I would perhaps regret. I have only addressed County Council once, and it was in a peaceful way. During Council’s Sept. 8 meeting, Councilwoman […]
Wag the Dog
September 19, 2014 By
I truly appreciate several of the sincere illuminations articulated by some members of Fairfield County Council during their comment session at last Monday’s meeting (Sept. 8). The aforementioned comments provided helpful insight into their view of Council’s role in governing. We are now able to better understand some of Councils’ mystifying actions. The most enlightening […]
Ramblin’ Rec
September 19, 2014 By
For all the mysteries and perplexities in which the mechanics of Fairfield County’s $24.06 million bond issue have been shrouded – some, if not all, of which may hopefully be vanquished forever into the Realm of Misunderstanding by the close of Council’s Monday night meeting – one thing that has been abundantly clear from the […]
Manners, Please
August 22, 2014 By
I have held on to these comments for over two months, but cannot let them go. I am writing to express my profound disappointment in the families and friends of the Fairfield Central High School graduating class of 2014. The crowd as a whole was disrespectful toward graduates who were not family or close friends. […]
Kumbaya
August 22, 2014 By
Fairfield County is about to be rich. Filthy, stinking, greasy rich. Regardless of the arguments for or against nuclear energy, in five years or so, when the first of two new reactors is expected to come on line in Jenkinsville, Fairfield will be the John D. Rockefeller of S.C. counties. But it is going to […]
