After months in the planning, the five majority council members have dealt more misery to Fairfield County, approving an industrial area next to residential areas. Furthermore, the five cannot justify what county funds are available anymore or where the money is going. Years ago I endured the same situations in another county. It went on […]

Administration and Council obviously require full fiscal transparency to manifest optimum usage of county resources. The path to transparency starts with council ensuring county financials are produced and submitted online quarterly. These reports would include a year to date income statement, balance sheet, detailed fund balance and a comparison of the current budget accounts’ figures […]

So, the fund balance is not so dry after all! Eureka! We do have the money to address our desperate First Responder and Animal Shelter needs. Yes there are millions of dollars just lying fallow in the county’s fund balance – the same fund balance that Mr. Bell has been telling us is dry, all […]

I’m encouraged about getting more information from our new Board, but I need to point out that there are some better choices to be made for our Crickentree neighborhood. The way I see it, the Board should do what they said they would do, which is to increase our Reserve funds for future needs. In […]

I am co-founder of a public charter school, a public-school product myself, and a parent of three school-age children, one who is homeschooled, one who attends an online virtual school, and one who attends a private school. We all know how important school choice in South Carolina is. In the Republican primary runoff for State […]

When I watch the recent meetings of the Fairfield County Council, I have come to a catastrophic conclusion. The five members of the Apocalypse do not care about the county, only themselves. I have been watching the pattern of their behavior for months and, sadly, it has gotten worse. Citizens come to the meetings to […]

I am a Boyscout in Blythewood with Troop #224. I read the article in The Voice about the lady who was looking to meet people and get exercise. I think starting the Blythewood walking club was a great idea because when you have someone to walk with, it makes the time go by so much […]

We are proud to support the only conservative candidate for Superintendent of Education Republic Ellen Weaver in the only conservative candidate in the upcoming Republican runoff for State Superintendent of Education. Ellen is a lifetime conservative Republican, is the only real Republican running. Her opponent Kathy Maness has a strong Democrat history. Under Kathy Maness’ […]