Our State legislature has sat on the sidelines for too long as the utility companies have been permitted to legally rob their consumers for the last six years. Thanks to the S.C. Base Load Review Act, our legislature has placed the public in a very vulnerable position of economic servitude to the public utilities as […]
Give and Take
November 28, 2014 By
Soon District 3 voters will have a choice: join three other County districts and vote for the future by electing a new type of Councilman, or stay “Trapped” in the past with nothing to look forward to, just the same old, same old, with no one to lead them into a promising future. First, the […]
The Truth is Out There
November 28, 2014 By
A couple of the Fairfield County Council members have remarked that the ads I ran in The Voice (Oct. 24 and Oct. 31) were all lies. I have with me the FOI information from the Fairfield County administration to repudiate the comments of the council members about the ads. What was a lie? The Deputy Administrator […]
Wish List
November 21, 2014 By
Christmas came early to Fairfield this year. Yes the Council election results delivered a true gift of hope to all of Fairfield. The days of extravagance and waste are soon behind us. The days of transparency and common sense are soon upon us. Like children on Christmas Eve we anxiously await the beginning of our […]
Power to the People
November 14, 2014 By
So let it be written. So let it be done! That’s how Yul Brynner said it in “The Ten Commandments.” It’s actually not that hard to believe that the greater majority of Fairfield voters came out and voted in almost record numbers. What does it say when you win three out of the four incumbent seats? One of […]
Setting the Agenda
November 14, 2014 By
With the final race for Fairfield County Council heading for a protest, the tremors from last week’s election results do not appear to have completely died down. It is difficult – as it should be – to overturn or order a new election, so regardless of the merits of that protest, the odds are long […]
Bravo, Blythewood
November 13, 2014 By
Bravo to the Mayor and members of the Blythewood Town Council for ending the costly proposal to erect another building at Doko Park so a private enterprise could establish a restaurant. As the motion to ditch the project said, it was “not in the best interest of the people . . . to incur, directly […]
Dear Foods Editor
November 7, 2014 By
Ms. Vokaty, Thank you so much for the delicious hot chocolate recipe in this week’s Independent Voice. It was perfect for this cold, wet, windy November day. Best of all, it was so simple to prepare and with ingredients that most people already have on hand. I didn’t have whole milk but did have skim and […]
Say, You Want a Revolution?
November 7, 2014 By
Regardless of the outcome of today’s recount in the County Council race for District 3, a seat that appeared to outside observers and amateur political strategists in the local newspaper industry as the single most secure seat for any incumbent in any race in the nation, the results of Tuesday’s election is clear. For if […]
Do Your Research
November 4, 2014 By
The distrust of our current County Council was sown, Mrs. Kinley, not by concerned citizens shining light on the facts, but by the actions of our current Council, like the shady $24 million bond issuance, week-long taxpayer-funded resort vacations for 3-day conferences, taxpayer money in lieu of excessive health insurance, undocumented expenses, free college education for […]
