COLUMBIA – If a recent common pleas court ruling stands, public bodies, including town and county councils, will not be allowed to add an item to an agenda unless the vote is prompted by an existing emergency and meets other requirements. And since an appeal is planned, an important precedent for public bodies on this […]
Letters: Opposes wastewater site
January 30, 2020 By
I attended and spoke at the Jan. 13 regular Fairfield County Council meeting and left there in total shame asking why do some of these council members not listen to the public, to their neighbors or their constituents? In my personal opinion, the meeting was a farce, and a disgrace to the public. It was […]
Letter: Residents Misunderstood
January 16, 2020 By
The Fairfield County Council meeting last night (1/13/20) was quite a good show. Neighbors from Center Creek Community misunderstood the Resolution. We voted to pass the Resolution so we could have money to purchase property in the Southeastern part of Fairfield County. It was not a vote to purchase the Syrup Mill Road property. We […]
Guest Editorial: Simply pick up a piece of litter
January 9, 2020 By
As a Game Warden with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources SCDNR, I know what a a massive, seemingly endless undertaking it is to enforce litter control. That’s why our department began working with Palmetto Pride this year to help clean up Richland County. Palmetto Prides’ slogan, Litter Trashes Everyone, rings true. The amount […]
Letter: Future Is Bright in Fairfield
December 12, 2019 By
Fairfield’s 2019 September and October unemployment rates were the county’s lowest rates in at least the last two decades, according to the South Carolina Unemployment Rate and the FRED Economic Data. In fact, October’s 3.1 percent unemployment rate is less than half the 6.4 percent rate just three years ago. All of this progress was […]
Letter: Board must hold Super accountable
December 5, 2019 By
It appears that the Fairfield County School Board is failing its students by not emphasizing the vital importance of the students’ progress in the Superintendent’s annual review (Super’s evaluation form gets mixed reviews, Nov. 27 issue of The Voice of Fairfield County.) The school board is failing both its students and the Superintendent by not […]
Shop smart for the holidays
November 27, 2019 By
COLUMBIA – Black Friday, Cyber Monday and general shopping deals create quite the buzz this time of year. The South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs (SCDCA) is encouraging consumers to consider these tips before emptying out your wallet for the holidays: Use comparison sites. Comparison sites allow consumers to compare retailers, products, and models as […]
Letter: Bell Confuses Meeting Minutes with Voice Article
November 14, 2019 By
We applaud Councilman Moses Bell for clearly revealing his Priority One at Monday’s (11/11) council meeting. Mr. Bell’s zeal to be a newspaper critic instead of a constructive councilman was quite evident Monday evening when he reverted to his self-appointed role as “The Voice Denigrator” during council’s discussion of the minutes from the previous council […]
Letters: $10K raised for Cleaner Water
November 7, 2019 By
Sherry and David Walden of Lake Wateree hosted an invitation only fundraiser for the Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation at their Catawba Falls Events in Lancaster on Friday evening, Nov. 1. Seventy-five guests enjoyed, hors d’oeuvre, libations and an evening with the “generosity bug.” Protecting the source of clean drinking water, recreation, habitat, economic development and preserving […]
Letter: WHS Pride Soars
October 31, 2019 By
I was really disappointed and hurt when I read the headline of the article about SAT scores (BHS shines, WHS lags on SAT,AP) in the Thursday, October 17 issue of The Voice. To see our school described in such a negative way made me sad for our kids and teachers who work so hard. My […]
