First giving thanks to God for watching over me and allowing me to fulfill my duties and responsibilities as Sheriff of Fairfield County for 22 wonderful years. Words are not sufficient for me to express my heartfelt thanks and gratitude to S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley for bestowing upon me The Order of the Palmetto, the […]
Speech Police
April 3, 2015 By
There is an issue which has been submitted to a County Council committee and I am deeply troubled by what is at stake here. The issue to which I am referring is to restrict topics that may be addressed by citizens from the podium at County Council meetings. I’ll start with a simple definition: Freedom of […]
Hire an Administrator
April 3, 2015 By
Fairfield County needs an Administrator that works for Fairfield County, not an Interim Administrator that is being paid by a law firm. The county pays this law firm and they in turn pay the Administrator because the Administrator is an employee of their law firm. It is time for the Fairfield County Council to start […]
More Openness
March 27, 2015 By
On March 17, I attended the Fairfield County School Board meeting, arriving prior to 6:30 (the posted start of the public meeting on the District’s Board Calendar – Meeting Schedule). I filled out the Public Participation form as instructed and gave this to the Clerk to the Board before the start of the public meeting. […]
Not a ‘Flip-Flop’
March 27, 2015 By
James Denton’s article of March 20, 2015 (“Recreation relocation D.O.A.”) incorrectly says Heath Cookendorfer “flip-flopped” regarding his vote against locating the rec center in the Town of Ridgeway. Councilman Cookendorfer never stated beforehand that he would vote for or against that rec center location. He only said that he “personally” thought it was a good […]
Spend Wisely
March 27, 2015 By
Recent observations of Fairfield County Council meetings point to clear opportunities to improve our quality of life, without spending more money. In other words, an inadequate vetting process for County expenditures only results in a lower quality of life for the citizens because it diverts resources from more worthy projects. We have missed out on […]
Secrecy Pandemic
March 20, 2015 By
The controversy encircling Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her use of private email to conduct public business provides our latest example of government in the shadows, a situation we know well in South Carolina. The idea that electronic communication of public business should be stored and made available to the public similarly to […]
The ‘Citizens-First’ Budget
March 20, 2015 By
The time has come for the Fairfield County Council to manifest a budget which is geared directly to addressing citizens’ needs and wants rather than supporting an inefficient and wasteful government. Fairfield’s urgent imperative to finally produce an enlightened budget is best supported in the form of a calculation which is reflective of our previous […]
Do-Over Done Right
March 13, 2015 By
The People have spoken again! This time they finished what they started, and the message is very clear. The people – black, white, red, yellow – and all the social, religious differences that separate us have also united us. This is a time when we can look into our future and can be certain that a more […]
Sidewalk to Nowhere
March 13, 2015 By
I attended the recent Fairfield County Council meeting to share my concerns of the approval by council to spend $50,000 on a sidewalk in the small community of Jenkinsville. A $50,000 hit against the county budget isn’t anything to sneeze at and I hope the Council members who voted for the sidewalk extension drove to […]
