On the agenda for your 1/25/2022 Executive Session is Item 2.4 Receipt of Legal Advice, including Policy BEDH – Public Participation. Will you please ask the attorney, specifically, why members of the public cannot mention a board member by name? I believe Chair Holmes is applying the Policy incorrectly, when she admonishes members of the public […]
Guest Editorial: Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 20, 2022 By
“History is not what you think. It is what you remember. All other history defeats itself.” – Plutarch During the month of January each year, the nation and the world remembers and celebrates the life and legacy of Dr. Martin L. King, Jr., a renowned civil rights activist and tireless advocate, a humanitarian, minister, an astute […]
Letter: The Forgotten 58
January 13, 2022 By
After asking for information from the Fairfield County Human Resources department, I received the number I was looking for. I was told that 58 full time employees had left the County’s employment between January 1, 2021 and October 31, 2021. I believe with a high probability all of which did not receive their fair share […]
Letter: It’s not cute!
January 13, 2022 By
Sometimes it requires a little insight to recognize a mistake. And other times it is so blatantly obvious what’s going on that it makes your blood boil. We, that is you, and I, have voted for council members in this community who have hoodwinked us. And now we are stuck with them. They vote in […]
Guest Editorial: Don’t Forget – R2 Trustees Are Actually the Superintendent’s Boss
January 6, 2022 By
Please review the portion of the livestream recording of the Dec. 14, 2021 board meeting, beginning at 4:43:40, where Trustee LaShonda McFadden said she has been ex-communicated from speaking to Superintendent Baron Davis and spoke about being placed under some type of order of confidentiality. We should be greatly concerned about that. Does the superintendent […]
Letter: Is 5 the new 4?
December 30, 2021 By
County Council’s majority 4 is now apparently the majority 5. When will good government for the people and by the people return to this community? Politics make strange bedfellows, as the saying goes. But I believe that the definition of politics is still the best way to understand who and what we are dealing with: […]
Something Was Missing
December 30, 2021 By
Christmas is over, unplugging the lights. Decorations were perfect, best house in the night. Drank cocoa, baked cookies, watched Christmas shows. Gifts were all topped with beautiful bows. Shopped til we dropped, everyone’s covered. Threw coins in the kettle, we thought of others. Car trip to view all the bright lights. Took the kids to […]
Guest Editorial: High government travel costs should be thing of the past
December 30, 2021 By
State government travel costs plunged in fiscal year 2021. That’s good news. To be sure, it’s because of the pandemic. But if it can be done one year, there’s no reason it can’t be done every year. I’ve long pushed for common-sense limits on publicly-funded travel. State agencies spend tens of millions of dollars each […]
Guest Editorial: Have we hit bottom yet?
December 22, 2021 By
After nearly a year of chaos and utter failure on council, citizens are asking if here is a bottom for Fairfield county council’s ruling majority, which may now have increased to 5 with Councilman Neil Robinson voting with the 4 last week to finalize Council Chairman Moses Bell’s redistricting plan while the citizens and other […]
Letter: A Needed Apology
December 9, 2021 By
I wanted to take a moment to make an apology. No, not from me but for the Fairfield County Council. After reading the ordinance to distribute the ARP funds, I believe someone should speak up. To those past employees who were essential in 2020 and left to get better jobs, I apologize. To those past […]
