Council Votes to Defund Several Positions BLYTHEWOOD – Following a story published in The Voice on Nov. 21, 2024, titled ‘SLED investigating BW’s newly hired Dep. Admin,’ Tiffany Cooks, who had been hired for that position three weeks earlier by Mayor Sloan Griffin without council’s knowledge, notified the Town that she is withdrawing from the […]
Richland PC recommends against 300 apartments in Blythewood
December 5, 2024 By
Blythewood Residents Speak Out Against Rezoning COLUMBIA – The Richland County Planning commission heard a request Monday night, Dec. 2, for a rezoning that would allow as many as 300 apartment units on almost 20 acres located on Wilson Boulevard immediately south of Turkey Farm Road. The address of the 19.8-acre property is 10141 Wilson […]
Vote for A-Tax/H-Tax Committee expected at Dec. 9 Fairfield County Council meeting
December 5, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – During the Fairfield County Council meeting on Nov. 25, council members tabled, for the fourth time in as many months, a vote to appoint members to the county’s A-Tax (Accommodation Tax) and H-Tax (Hospitality Tax) advisory committee. When seated, those members will make recommendations to council regarding the awarding of grants from the […]
SLED investigating BW’s newly hired Dep. Admin
November 21, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Three weeks ago, on Nov. 7, Mayor Sloan Griffin unilaterally hired a deputy administrator who, The Voice has learned, is under criminal investigation by SLED (State Law Enforcement Division). Griffin hired Tiffany Cooks as the Town was searching for an assistant town administrator. Town Administrator Daniel Stines formed a search committee the first […]
Fairfield County Council again tables vote on A-tax, H-tax committee applicants
November 21, 2024 By
Most Current Applicants May Not Meet State Requirements WINNSBORO – During the Oct. 28 Fairfield County Council meeting, Dist. 1 Councilman Dan Ruff made a motion to table the vote on appointing applicants to the county’s A-Tax (accommodations tax) and H-Tax (hospitality tax) advisory committee which, when seated, would make recommendations to council regarding the […]
Applications open for A-Tax, H-Tax grants
November 14, 2024 By
WINNSBORO — Fairfield County is now accepting Accommodations Tax (A-Tax) and Hospitality Tax (H-Tax) grant applications for the 2024/2025 funding cycle. The grant is open to non-profit organizations for expenses directly in support of one of the six purposes of hospitality tax funding under S.C. Code 6-1-730: Tourism-related buildings, including, but not limited to: civic […]
Goldbach, Stubbs wins confirmed by Election Commissions
November 8, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – At 10 a.m. Friday morning, the Fairfield County Election Commission reviewed 24 provisional ballots and one fail safe ballot (that were cast on election day) to determine their validity. The result of that review and determination failed to change the results of Tuesday’s election. Don Goldbach, who had a 10-vote lead over Ann […]
Elkins, Williams, Dennis elected to Richland 2 board
November 7, 2024 By
COLUMBIA – Richland 2 voters elected an incumbent and two new at-large school board members from a field of 10 candidates. The district includes all Blythewood schools. Incumbent Lashonda McFadden was not re-elected, and Board Member Lindsay Agostini did not seek re-election. The top three vote getters will be seated. Longtime board member Monica Elkins […]
Goldbach, Bell, Gadson win council seats
November 7, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – The results for the Fairfield County Council race are in. With a 71.28% turnout of Fairfield County registered voters, Don Goldbach (Dist. 2) bested Ann Corrao and one-term incumbent Shirley Greene. Carl Bell defeated one-term incumbent Tim Roseborough for the Dist. 4 seat. Oren Gadson won the Dist. 6 seat over candidate Sarah […]
Stubbs wins Dist. 17 seat
November 7, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – With 100% of the counties (Fairfield, Chester, York, and Lancaster) reporting Wednesday morning, Attorney Everett Stubbs has defeated incumbent Mike Fanning for the Senate seat in Dist. 17. According to SCVotes.gov, Stubbs took 27,914 to Fanning’s 27,882 with a margin of 32 votes out of 55,796 votes cast. Fanning received 6,374 in Fairfield […]
