Fairfield County voters should be aware of a problem like mine they might face when they go to the polls to vote on Nov. 4. Recently, without being notified, my voter status was moved from District 5 to District 3. I discovered this problem only when I offered to help a candidate for Fairfield County […]
Public Loses in Agenda Ruling
July 3, 2014 By
In an opinion filed June 18 in the case of Lambries v. Saluda County Council, the Supreme Court of South Carolina ruled that a public body is not constrained by the FOIA from adding items to the agenda of meetings and discussing and acting upon those items without prior notice to the public. In reaching its […]
Den of Thieves
June 27, 2014 By
Exactly 40 years ago this summer, a brash, 36-year-old reformer running for governor called the S.C. state Senate “a den of thieves.” A majority of Democratic voters agreed with him, and Charles D. “Pug” Ravenel won the primary to become the Democratic Party’s nominee. But the good old boys had their revenge. The State Supreme […]
Quarry is No Joke
June 27, 2014 By
Au contraire, Mr. Denton, the Winnsboro Crushed Stone mining application is not a foregone conclusion as submitted, nor is the argument at hand about the legality of what owners can or cannot do with private property. Many people thoroughly enjoy recalling the quote regarding natural rights as “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” To […]
Gone Too Soon
June 25, 2014 By
This week my profession lost a great role model. Linda Gladden Shirley was truly an example of what a professional dental hygienist should be. Three decades ago, when she and I were in college learning to practice dental hygiene, it was drilled in our heads that the patient always comes first. Strong, unrelenting work ethics were the […]
Cooperation is Key
June 20, 2014 By
A note of thanks for the vote of confidence in returning me to House Seat 41. I will work hard for us. Continue to pray for decisions made on behalf of the citizens in this state. As I reflect on the last 1 1/2 years in your seat for District 41 in the House of […]
Zoning is Everything
June 20, 2014 By
For residents of the Rockton Thruway, Middlesix and surrounding Winnsboro communities, who for weeks now have been fighting to keep Winnsboro Crushed Stone from crushing any stone in the hills beyond their back yards, the prospect of a new granite quarry in their neck of the woods is looking more and more like a foregone […]
Law? What Law?
June 6, 2014 By
Laws, rules and regulations are not always easy to follow. There are all sorts of prohibitions on the books that, unless one devoted significant time researching them, one would not know they exist – washing your mule on Sunday, for example, or keeping squirrels for gambling purposes or when and where to publicly flog one’s […]
Listening at Last
June 6, 2014 By
After years of dissent from the community, Fairfield County Council has finally realized they do not have the ability, insight or qualifications to offer this community a clear vision for our future; nor do they have the ability to plan and present any concise ideas on how to spend or not spend the tax money […]
Time to Rethink Restaurant
May 22, 2014 By
It’s time for Blythewood Town Council to burn the menu and wipe the table clean for the oft-discussed restaurant at Doko Meadows. Instead of wasting time on this pipe dream Council has a much more immediate problem at hand – rectifying the botched landscaping project at the intersection of Interstate 77 and Blythewood Road. Council […]
