JENKINSVILLE – Jenkinsville Water Company is suing another Fairfield County elected official. In litigation filed April 27, the JWC accuses County Councilman Neil Robinson of libel, saying he “recruited” citizens to publicly disparage the water company at council meetings. The also names Fairfield County Government as a co-defendant, which the suit states is “vicariously liable” […]
JWC lawsuit thrown out
May 14, 2020 By Leave a Comment
JENKINSVILLE – A six-year legal battle over Jenkinsville water service has reached an end – for now. On April 30, Circuit Court Judge Brian Gibbons sided with the Jenkinsville Water Company, throwing out a lawsuit filed by Broad River Campground that claimed breach of contract, fraud and other violations. “The non-moving party is only required […]
Goins counters JWC suit
April 9, 2020 By Leave a Comment
JENKINSVILLE – Jenkinsville Water Company’s (JWC) lawsuit against one of its fiercest critics “is atrocious” and “utterly intolerable in a civilized community,” according to a response and countersuit recently filed in Fairfield County Circuit Court. On March 4, the JWC filed a slander and defamation lawsuit against Fairfield County Councilwoman Bertha Goins, alleging her criticisms […]
Fairfield councilwoman countersues JWC
April 7, 2020 By Leave a Comment
JENKINSVILLE – Jenkinsville Water Company’s lawsuit against one of its fiercest critics “is atrocious” and “utterly intolerable in a civilized community” according to a response and countersuit recently filed in Fairfield County Circuit Court. On March 4, the JWC filed a slander and defamation lawsuit against Fairfield County Councilwoman Bertha Goins, alleging her criticisms damaged […]
Attorney disputes JWC lawsuit against councilwoman
March 12, 2020 By Leave a Comment
JENKINSVILLE – Fairfield councilwoman Bertha Goins plans to fight a defamation lawsuit filed by the Jenkinsville Water Company, an organization whose water quality she’s criticized in the past, her attorney said Tuesday. “I don’t think there’s a direct statement that would rise to the level of necessitating a lawsuit by a public entity against a […]
Fanning, McDaniel laud JWC water
January 16, 2020 By Leave a Comment
WINNSBORO – The Jenkinsville Water Company’s president Greg Ginyard was awash in adulation during the company’s annual meeting last week. Ginyard announced that the company’s water had, for the second time in two years, received the “Best Tasting Water in SC award.” This, despite facing multiple DHEC violations citing tainted water supplies. Sen. Mike Fanning […]
Brown water dogging JWC
November 14, 2019 By Leave a Comment
WINNSBORO – Bertha Goins lifted a miniature plastic bottle into the air, its brown contents sloshing inside. Her message was crystal clear. “Our water was off most of the day. When it came back on, from the Jenkinsville Water Company, this is what came out of the faucet,” Goins said at the Fairfield County Council […]
DHEC finds radioactivity in Jenkinsville water
July 31, 2019 By 1 Comment
JENKINSVILLE – Contamination has been reported again in Jenkinsville water. In July, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, or (DHEC) issued a new notice of violation against the JWC, the fourth such violation in five years, and fifth since 2010, according to public records. The latest violations occurred at Well 15 on Clowney […]
JWC operating in the red
June 27, 2019 By 1 Comment
JENKINSVILLE – Recently released tax returns show the Jenkinsville Water Company (JWC) continues to operate at a financial loss. For 2017, the latest year IRS data was available, JWC reported $439,560 in revenue versus $511,097 in expenses, leaving a negative balance of $71,537, tax records show. At JWC’s annual meeting in January, the water company […]
Goins fearless of JWC threat
June 13, 2019 By Leave a Comment
WINNSBORO – Bertha Goins has until Friday to apologize. That’s the day Jenkinsville Water Company lawyers set for the Fairfield County Councilwoman to apologize and retract her criticisms of Jenkinsville water quality. If she refuses, the bubbling controversy is threatening to spill into the courtroom. In a letter obtained by The Voice, attorneys for the […]
