Opinion

Letter: Heaven help Fairfield

Council members seemed overly eager Monday night to push higher taxes despite being reminded that the county’s budget far exceeds the budget of any county...

Letter: A Question of Leadership

An Open Letter to Blythewood Mayor Bryan Franklin, Town Council, Richland School Board 2, and Richland County Council: As a resident of Blythewood since 2001,...

Letter: Cedar Creek is the Right Choice

I addressed council last week about the importance of constructing a wastewater treatment plant as soon as possible. We could have had the Scout Electric...

Guest Editorial: Juneteenth Celebration Traced to Freeing of Slaves in Texas in 1865

Juneteenth, which is coming up June 19, is the newest federal holiday in the calendar. Its origins, however, date to the final weeks of the...

Letter: We Need An Administrator

What is the county doing to fill the county administrator’s job vacancy? What ever happened to the plan? We knew in January that we were...

Letter: Let’s Move on the WWTP

Saving Fairfield is as disappointed as any group or individual in the fact that two years after The Settlement we still do not have a...

Guest Editorial: County’s budget planning falls short

I attended the May 4 budget meeting where the department heads told council what money they needed for the coming fiscal year, the majority of...

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