Our Fairfield County Council members should hang their heads in shame for sneaking in a $24 million bond without explaining to the voters why they took on this loan of such magnitude that could catapult this County into bankruptcy. Either they don’t have any business understanding of the consequences of such a humongous debt, or […]
Unserved
April 25, 2014 By
Fairfield County gives services each year for taxes received from the taxpayers’ millage rate. I own properties within town limits of Winnsboro and receive no services for my tax money from Fairfield County. The County will not even let the Town use the 911 service that is already in place. This is what would be […]
Doggone Injustice
April 25, 2014 By
Outrage should best describe the response to the story in your recent edition (March 28) of the two dogs in Fairfield County who suffered exposure and were starved to death by Rosa Vesselles. It is shameful that numbers of law enforcement, citizens, neighbors and visitors to 223 Doty Road Ext. never lifted a finger to act […]
Premature Emancipation
April 25, 2014 By
A preemptive strike is only ever any good if: A) It hits its intended target, and B) There is actually something there to preempt. Anything else is just going off half-cocked. The necessity of a preemptive strike, meanwhile, is almost always negated when avenues of communication are open and clear and free of the debris […]
Districting Double-Take
April 4, 2014 By
Of all the things politicians should not be allowed to do – profit, either generously or modestly, from their positions; use the influence of their power to obtain an economic benefit for a family member; make laws that benefit only themselves, family members or business associates; employ mistresses in high-wage, low-labor government jobs – the […]
For the Mayor
April 3, 2014 By
No business can be successful and grow without a strong community atmosphere in which to develop. Mayor Charlene Herring has worked tirelessly to make Ridgeway a wonderful place for families to live and its merchants. She is often seen sweeping the streets, picking up trash and more recently painting the rear wall of the Fire […]
Money Pit
March 27, 2014 By
The Financial Disaster of Doko – great concept, Town Council, but way, way over the mark, both financially and conceptually for a town of this size, growth or no growth, taxes or no taxes. Simple question: Could it be that no one has a watch or phone in Blythewood so we need to build a […]
Blast from the Past
March 27, 2014 By
Once upon a time (and a very fine time it was, for newspaper editors), in a county not so very far away, there was a school board of trustees whose behavior redefined the word ‘deplorable.’ The results, of course, were predictable. Failing or floundering schools, facilities fallen into disrepair, test scores that disappeared off the […]
Detention Center Well Run
March 21, 2014 By
There were some negative remarks being said about how the Fairfield County Detention Center was being run. I met with Mrs. Lawson and Mrs. Davis and the discussion we had made me feel confident the Detention Center was one of Fairfield County’s departments that indeed was being handled in a cost cutting, professional manner. Hats […]
Here’s to Your Health
March 21, 2014 By
The decline of Fairfield Memorial Hospital has been agonizing to witness, and over the last three years that decline has, under the leadership of its Board of Directors, accelerated at an almost sickening pace. No one single factor is solely to blame for the hospital’s state of affairs, but among them certainly are politics. Ruthless […]
