I wish to comment on the second reading of Administrative Ordinance # 2013.001, Sale of the Community Center. Approximately two years ago, the Blythewood Town Council decided to sell the Community Center property. At that time, I recall that the vote was to sell the Community Center Property for the highest bid in excess of […]
Closing the Barn Door
January 11, 2013 By
No amount of words, however lofty or eloquent, can properly eulogize the tragic loss of life that took place in Newtown, Conn., last month. The tragedy will forever be a stain upon that otherwise quiet and humble community; a terrible memory that can never be erased. And while politicians may deliberate and pontificators may pontificate […]
The Year in Rear View
January 4, 2013 By
The balloons have all dropped, the Champagne corks have all been popped and 2012 is now officially a part of our collective past. While it may be a year known most for what didn’t happen – e.g., the world coming to a shattering end in a blaze of Mayan Doomsday Apocalyptic horror – there were […]
Truth, No Consequences
December 28, 2012 By
Information is power, and facts are the nuclear power plant. What seems amazing to me is: For all the years I’ve been stating these facts no one has challenged me, or insinuated that I’m just trying to make trouble for the Jenkinsville Water Company. I suppose because I admit I am trying to expose the […]
A Single Basket of Eggs
December 28, 2012 By
Fairfield County’s treasure chest is balanced precariously atop a one-legged stool, with the fiscal fate of the County dependent almost entirely upon the future of the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station and the construction of two new reactors currently under way there. With some $20 million in tax dollars flowing into County coffers annually from SCE&G, […]
Same Old, Same Old
December 21, 2012 By
Of the seven S.C. seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, six are held by Republicans and one by a Democrat. The state of Texas has 37 seats; all but 11 are Republican. These results are from the 2012 election. What I find so interesting is not how many are held by Republicans or Democrats. […]
Great Griffins
December 21, 2012 By
The players, coaches, teachers, support staff and the administrative team at Fairfield Central High School would like to take this opportunity to thank you for making the 2012 Griffin football season rewarding and enjoyable. Thank you to the parents, friends, business partners, churches and community leaders who donated resources and time to our football program. […]
A Boy and His Dog
December 21, 2012 By
The stories that pull hard and fast on the heartstrings abound during this time of year, the time of year when our charitable sensibilities rise more prominently to the surface in accordance with the season. Every year, it seems, there is the urgent need around which the community rallies to ensure that they, too, enjoy […]
Double Parking
December 14, 2012 By
The Eunice Shelton Thompson Park, also known as the Blair Community Park, is gone. With little fanfare and no eulogy, the park has returned to the state in which the County found it in 1985 – a green and vacant 2-acre lot on 99 Road in Blair. And while the County did dismantle all the […]
Someone Must Pay
December 7, 2012 By
It is no secret that, for the last 12 months or more, Fairfield Memorial Hospital has been gasping for air, struggling like a leg-cramped swimmer in the deep end of the pool to find that golden mean, that safe place where the big toe can just touch bottom. Kept afloat, largely, by a huge influx […]
