The ‘Citizens-First’ Budget

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

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

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 […]

‘Free’ is a Right

I have several grave reservations about some members of  Fairfield County Council proposing to further limit free speech at council meetings. Attempts at limiting legal free speech are always a dangerous and slippery slope. Where do you draw the line? Do you prohibit any mention of weather since it is beyond Council’s control? Are mom, […]

Red Cross Needs Heroes

I serve on the American Red Cross Advisory Council in Fairfield County. As chairman of the Heroes Campaign, I am sending this letter to let you know how valuable the American Red Cross is to our county and to ask for your help. • For the 2013-2014 year, 51 people were affected by a crisis/need […]

Some Truth

Mr. Trapp’s opponents in the upcoming election need not enter the negative campaigning arena. Why, you ask, since pointing out an opponent’s shortcomings is usually part of any political campaign? Truth is: Mr. Trapp has placed his own shortcomings in front of the public time and time again. The most recent statement is that someone […]

Better Suggestion

We are a government of the people, with representatives elected by the people, who are elected to serve the people. As representatives of the people we are required to be respectful to those who elected us to serve. We must be honest, humble and most of all not arrogant and self-serving. We are elected to […]

Better Leadership

Tis the season when all should be at peace and harmony! Yet, it appears this season has yet to come in Fairfield County. Racism from the halls of the old County Council members still screams out loud! Victimless victims abound! When will it end? I hope this March 3 we will have an African-American who certainly […]

FOIA Paranoia

I consider myself an independent and not a member of any political party or group. I have only attended a handful of County Council meetings in the past, but the events of the last Council meeting have stirred me to action. I have chosen to make it a mission to archive as many past and […]

Better Sharing

The hand-picked Facilities Board by Fairfield County administration and County Council is supposedly responsible for Fairfield County, over time, paying back a loan that will represent close to $50 million being paid to justify not letting other counties in the state benefit from projected money to be received from reactors 2 and 3 at the […]

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