Since giving up Netflix and Amazon viewing, I have saved many dollars by watching You Tube. My favorite program is The Fairfield County Council Meetings. Recently they displayed many reasons why the public doesn’t waste time speaking anymore. Those who do speak are genuinely concerned about the direction that Fairfield County is headed. (Higher taxes […]
Letter: How to Avoid Liquor Party Liability
April 21, 2022 By
Those CAMS folks – they are our canary in the coal mine when it comes to detecting risky behavior. Ever since Crickentree began offering Liquor parties for our neighbors, beginning with the Bourbon Tasting Party on 5/1/2021, CAMS has been side-stepping any liability by having the Board President sign a Waiver of Liability for events. […]
Letter: AMS pays HOA bills Late
April 14, 2022 By
Every so often we homeowners pay our association dues late, and we incur a $5 late fee. We pay that late fee partly because we are responsible citizens, and partly because CAMS, our management company holds us accountable. CAMS makes sure to collect those late fees from the Crickentree owners — $700.18 thus far in […]
Guest Editorial: What they forgot to tell us about the mass rezoning
April 7, 2022 By
In response to a question asked by one of the commissioners at Planning Commission’s work session last week relating to how the LDC/County-wide rezoning process started, Mr. Crooks responded that the process began several years ago because folks wanted to have a way of protecting the rural character of the county. I was one of […]
Letter: SC Senate passes school choice bill
April 7, 2022 By
It was a historic week for Palmetto State students. Last Thursday, the South Carolina Senate passed a major school choice bill by a vote of 25-15! The Associated Press documented the unprecedented nature of this vote: “The proposal is the evolution of nearly 20 years of Republicans pushing to put money into providing more education […]
Letter: Crickentree Board Received Bad Advice
April 7, 2022 By
It’s spring so naturally our thoughts drift toward sprucing up the neighborhood. But when the Crickentree HOA Board met on 3/9 to consider a $27,000 landscaping project the topic was handled poorly. The Treasurer announced that there was insufficient money left in the annual Budget and that approving the project would “blow the Budget out […]
Letter: Guidelines for Members of County Council
April 7, 2022 By
Let’s talk about the Fairfield County Council. Most of them do not belong in their positions of so-called “authority”. Just because they follow Parliamentary Procedure to run the meetings, has no bearing on their lack of compassion for the community or shows them as having any common sense when making important long range plans. These […]
Letter: Pack It Up or Pack It In
April 7, 2022 By
Anyone who cares about the future of this area and the explosive growth of Northeast Columbia should be paying attention. Richland County officials are diving headlong into development of this area without regard to infrastructure to support it, the ability of the school district to accommodate it, and the effect it will have on the […]
All unincorporated parcels in Richland being rezoned
March 31, 2022 By
Editorial: What Does this Mean for Property Owners? COLUMBIA – The Richland County planning and development staff has a plan to rezone every property in the unincorporated areas of Blythewood and the entirety of Richland County – all 375,000 acres – by June 7. While the staff has been working on the rezoning plan for […]
Letter: Don’t Blame Employees
March 31, 2022 By
This is the response to the county audit and other issues regarding Fairfield County. If one looks back over the last year of your publication you will notice that Fairfield County had tremendous turnover (head of the county down to hourly positions), the annual budget was cut including cuts to department personnel, and no raises […]
