The citizens of Fairfield County are all too familiar with the root causes of the crisis in Greece. For example, Greece, like Fairfield County, is paying a dear price for an economic policy which fails to focus on economic diversity. Both Greece and Fairfield are heavily burden by years of irrational and excessive government spending. […]

As a resident of LongCreek Plantation, I would like to thank Mayor Mike Ross for attending the Richland County Council Zoning meeting. Many residents were there in opposition to the zoning change for the property adjacent to Blythewood Middle School, and his support speaks volumes. The growth in the Blythewood area has been tremendous, and […]

Fairfield Memorial Hospital will be hosting a blood drive for the American Red Cross Organization on July 9, from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. and I would like to encourage you to come and support this worthwhile cause. The need for blood is constant, but there is a greater need in the summer as people […]

A big ‘Thank You’ to Mayor Mike Ross for coming to the Richland County Council meeting last week to support the opposition to commercial zoning on Rimer Pond Road. While the applicant actually withdrew his request for commercial zoning at the meeting before the Council could vote, we who opposed the zoning understand that the […]

Let’s simplify the simple. Here in Dawkins we need a recreation center, that’s old news and everyone has heard the relentless plea from all the locals and the Saving Fairfield people on up and down. At Monday night’s County Council meeting, the President of the Dawkins Community Association again boldly let Council know that they promised to break ground in January […]

This is a summary for the County budget for 2013-2014 and it shows how the Administrator and Council set a budget and how it should be done legally. A Good Budget Document should: • Include comprehensive information on all funds from all revenue sources – this should include revenue from V.C. Summer ($11,495,190.79), non-millage taxes […]

The Fairfield County Council is certainly consistent in its annual validation of Albert Einstein’s’ famous definition of insanity. We, again, are burdened with yet another county government budget which is long on bloat and short on service improvement. The 2015-2016 budget is obviously designed to protect our top 7 S.C. Association of Counties rankings including […]

The Taxpayers of Fairfield County got together and spent a lot of time and money to help change the County Council so intelligent people on the council could take charge and do the right things needed to lower our taxes and make changes that would benefit everyone. From my perspective, three of the new four […]

It’s over. Fairfield County Council has passed the 2015-2016 budget, and it looks almost exactly like the 2014-2015 budget, which looked remarkably like its prior cousins the 2013-2014 and the 2012-2013 budgets. You might be wondering why. After all, didn’t we elect new Council members in four districts? Yes, we did; but the creators of […]

The County Council Chairwoman’s comments on the fee (taxes) for roads certainly led the citizens of this county to believe the CTC (County Transportation Committee) is responsible for the implementation of that fee. I could not believe that was the Chairwoman’s method of handling this unfavorable item. Also there was an article in The Voice […]