HSAP & PASS Scores Analysis

HSAP and PASS ANALYSIS

How Was Brochu Deal Handled?

Now that former Richland 2 Superintendent Katie Brochu has moved on, and the separation agreement between her and the District has been signed, it is reasonable to expect that the community has questions on the handling and terms of the separation negotiations. The generous contract that Brochu received in March of 2010 was negotiated on […]

Your Time is Up

I won’t be the first time, and certainly not the last time, to ask for our Fairfield County Council Chairman to resign. He is simply out of control. How dare you, Mr. Chairman, raise your voice with intolerance when people applauded the comments of an outraged citizen. The Chairman states that he will have those […]

Why Not a Y?

In the midst of all that is currently going on in our county, it forces me to look to the more positive things for us. I am a “dreamer” of sorts and have for many years had visions of what Fairfield County could be. We stand at a threshold to do some incredible things and […]

Fences to Mend

One can only imagine that there have been better times to be a member of Fairfield County Council, historically speaking. An alleged pornography scandal within the former County Administrator’s office, the true nature and severity of which is still shrouded in an official SLED investigation, was bad enough to send that Administrator packing and to […]

You Had to Be There

I’m wondering if there was anyone out of the almost 90 people filling the meeting room, at Monday night’s County Council meeting who did not leave perplexed and disappointed. One after another people got up and asked to be spoken to politely and respectfully – that was ignored! They asked for a response to their comments and to have the public included […]

The Dawkins Dance

There can be little question that Fairfield County Council has had a considerable amount on its plate in recent weeks. Most of it in cold, curdled lumps. While the flames from the most recent County Administrator scandal continue to lap about Council’s ankles, Monday brought an opinion from the State Attorney General that expending taxpayer […]

Dawkins Does It

Recently, the Dawkins Community Association asked its youth to pitch in and clean up the roads in our neighborhood. Some things in life are best expressed by example. No amount of conversation or discussion will pick up one cigarette butt or one fast food bag – only physical labor will produce results. And after a […]

Disappointed

A growing number of citizens of Fairfield County are extremely disappointed in their elected County Council members. I believe that our present Council fits the definition of a group which has succumbed to the old adage, “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” This disease of corruption is often found in governmental bodies when these […]

Scandal Reveals Questions, Failures

After weeks of turmoil and months of rumor and speculation, Fairfield’s County Administrator has resigned. May he find better fortune on his journey and in his future endeavors. For whatever his faults may have been, his record of openness (with the local media, at least) is beyond reproach. In his nearly 12 years in the […]

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