I was at the Council meeting a few weeks ago and I’m having trouble understanding something that was passed. They voted 3-2 to raise the registration fee to run for city office from $100 to $300. Here’s what I don’t understand. The 3 in favor say that this woul…
Politics
Special election to be held Nov. 14 for SC House District 28 seat
When Eric Bedingfield submitted a letter of resignation to the Speaker of the House of Representatives stating that he will resign on January 18th, a time table for a special election to fill that vacancy started. Although his August 29 resignation letter made no reference to why he was resigning…
Letter to the Editor
Letter to editor Tax Vote On September 5th the voters of Laurens County School District 55 did two things. First and foremost they voted against a proposed $109 million tax […]
South Carolina changes Election Law to provide for write-ins
In Fountain Inn, a scheduled special election to fill the unexpired seat of Andrew Stoddard was canceled because only one candidate registered for the election. Michael Maier was declared the winner. In Mauldin, Taft Matney and Dale Black are running unopposed and that election has been ca…
Liberals or Conservatives… Who will you vote for?
When it comes to spending our tax dollars here in Simpsonville, are we liberal or conservative? This has nothing to do with what political party you are affiliated with…it’s your frame of mind.
Currently, the Mayor and three other council members are what I would consid…