Reputations aren’t made in a fortnight, nor are they reformed in a matter of mere months; but the Fairfield County School Board has done about as much as is humanly possible to mend their public perception in a relatively short amount of time. Under the leadership of a new Board Chairwoman, Fairfield’s Gang of Seven […]
Green Acres
February 22, 2013 By
Western Fairfield has been in dire need of road repairs, a medical/health facility and recreation center, just to name a few things. SCE&G has been aware of this and have been kind enough to step up as good community stewards and gave the county 8.12 acres here in Dawkins for a health clinic and recreation […]
If Not Yes, When? If Not Now, Why Not?
February 22, 2013 By
It is absolutely, unequivocally, 100 percent true that one cannot make absolutely everyone, unequivocally, 100 percent happy 100 percent of the time. Still, it is surprising what some people will say ‘No’ to; as if No is in their nature always a better option than Yes, or even Maybe. Take our governor’s stand against accepting […]
Death by Committee
February 15, 2013 By
The government that governs best may indeed govern least, as the old adage goes; but the government that truly serves the people governs in the open, in plain view, in the brilliant light of public scrutiny. The days of secret handshakes and back room deals are, more and more, becoming relegated to the past, a […]
Damned if You DEW
February 8, 2013 By
This week’s report that the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) was closing 17 offices around the state – including their Winnsboro office at 414 A S. Congress St. – sent shock waves through a community whose unemployment rate continues to hover around 10.7 percent, well above the state average of 8.4 percent. The […]
The Evergreen Fiasco
February 7, 2013 By
Every Chief Executive Officer has hopes to make a positive mark on the organization they lead. Katie Brochu has been no different in her 2 ½ years as Superintendent of Richland 2 School District. In early 2011 she requested the School Board to sign a $25,000 contract with Evergreen Solutions to conduct a two-phase comprehensive […]
Trash Talk
February 7, 2013 By
The Fairfield County Council has adopted International Property Maintenance Codes. All homeowners and renters will have to pay to have their trash hauled off (308.2.1 Rubbish storage facilities: The owner of every occupied premises shall supply approved covered containers for rubbish, and the owner of the premises shall be responsible for the removal of rubbish). […]
The Last, Last Chance
February 1, 2013 By
The Town of Winnsboro is fortunate to have a physician serving as mayor; but not even the most gifted of healer can cure every ailment, and for the patient the Town has wired up in ICU right now, it may be time to consider bringing in Hospice. This patient – the Mt. Zion Institute building […]
The $40 Million Question
January 31, 2013 By
How does a $500,000 School District office renovation become a $40+ million dollar project? With a legal loophole that allows a $39,500,000 change order of a construction contract. • The motion in the Aug. 9, 2011 Board minutes reads, “To allow the administration to enter into a contract with the highest ranking offer and appropriate […]
