Come on Fairfield County, let’s finally begin to move forward with some bold ideas in the upcoming Strategic Plan. This plan will dictate how we spend the billions more we will receive from V.C. Summer commencing in a few years. If we stay on the same old spinning wheel of squandering strategic plan opportunities, citizens, […]
Twilight Zoning
October 15, 2015 By
I have read with great angst the recent discussions regarding the desired development on Heins Road. My mailing address is Blythewood but I don’t live in the quaint little town and this will likely not affect me much. I do, however, feel for the people who are now confronted with developers and politicians who are […]
Unusual, Not Illegal
September 24, 2015 By
Unfortunately, the Attorney General concluded that the previous Fairfield County administration’s procurement practices did not reveal enough supportive evidence to prosecute them. Don’t forget what our former county council chairman said: “While those procurement practices may have been unusual, I do not think they were illegal.” They were not illegal in large part because the […]
Unwise Spending?
September 18, 2015 By
At last week’s Town of Winnsboro council meeting, I made comments during the scheduled public comment portion of the meeting. I spoke about three expenses that council either approved or that are being considered. All three of which I think are unwise expenditures. After the meeting some of the council members made comments to the […]
Waste Not
September 18, 2015 By
“Fairfield officials guilty of gross mismanagement of public resources” would have been a more appropriate tittle of The Voice’s Sept. 11 headline article. A memo to those Fairfield government officials (current/former) who are giddy about the SLED investigation results: there is no honor, nor any true vindication, in being shielded from prosecution by self-generated mismanagement. In […]
Better Than It Was
September 4, 2015 By
This is in response to recent articles concerning Fairfield County Animal Rescue in Winnsboro. I would like to comment that David Brown and his entire staff and Janice at the Adoption Center have done an outstanding job for Fairfield County and animal rights. Many moons ago the Shelter in Winnsboro was a death sentence for […]
Not Another Plan
August 28, 2015 By
There are basically two types of people: People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded. County Council has rolled out a consultant to do what has been already done not once, but at least twice. And now this new consulting firm will be repeating the same […]
Money Not Well Spent
August 28, 2015 By
At the Winnsboro Town Council meeting held on Aug. 18, Council passed two spending motions that in my opinion are a waste of town money. Both of these motions were presented and passed unanimously by the three council members who were present. Councilman Miller was not present. The first spending approval has to do with […]
Horse Details
August 21, 2015 By
I find the story and the follow up about the death of the mare and her foal both interesting and disturbing, and I believe all those who had these horses in their care should be held responsible. However, I would like to learn more about the owner of these animals, who is the actual party […]
Deflections
August 21, 2015 By
Boy, our government team was in its finest deflection mode on Aug. 10. Two quotes in The Voice from the last County Council meeting clearly highlighted our intra-government obstacles. These quotes reveal a debilitating combination of deflection and abdication of duties. When questioning Council about its failure to establish a Country Water Commission to coordinate […]
