I like to think these days I’m breathing new life into the old phrase, “just skating by.” Back before a thousand things happened – before a national pandemic, multiple heart attacks and one too many bad breaks, just skating by meant really not trying. It meant settling for less –Continue Reading
Open Letter Recently Kristin Batchelor wrote a letter to the editor of the Irmo News titled “State Needs to Step in on District 5” in which she states she is writing to various state agencies to “step in.” She then lists a litany of her concerns with the board andContinue Reading
Open Letter I would like to respond to State Representative Chip Huggins’ report of “major accomplishments” from the last legislative session that appeared in the July 15th edition of the Irmo News. While claiming to champion “preserving life,” Huggins and his fellow Republicans appear to be only pro-BIRTH, not pro-life.Continue Reading
Open Letter I am writing to you as a frustrated educator, parent, taxpayer, and voter. Several months ago, I reached out with concerns regarding what was happening in Richland-Lexington School District 5. At that time, I said I felt that without corrections, we would lose our superintendent Dr. Christina Melton.Continue Reading
Open Letter The June 12 District Five board meeting began with a trustee’s reprimand of the Director of Communications for not sufficiently celebrating our new superintendent. Trustee Ken Loveless expressed disapproval that, “there was very little recognition on the district website and next to no fanfare in the community and theContinue Reading
Open Letter As Chair of the Lexington/Richland District 5 School Board, I want to assure our community that District 5 is moving forward. We will be concentrating on the well-being of all our students. We will seek, and encourage, teacher input as we set our goals and vision for theContinue Reading
Remember all the talk about how elected officials, government, etc. should be more transparent. I agreed then and still do. I read the other day where at the Special Called Meeting on June 29th Council voted and approved Irmo Town Administrator Bob Brown’s “request to retire”. Never heard of thatContinue Reading
Open Letter I just paid another couple of tax bills. This is just a reminder to all the property owners out there as we are paying more for everything these days. Look at your home, boat and car tax bills. You will find that SCHOOL TAX is usually the biggestContinue Reading
Lexington County has deteriorated thanks to so many subdivisions thrown up too quickly without rhyme or reason. We don’t have enough emergency services to handle the explosion, and roads cannot provide delivery of those we have. First responders cannot get through. Without side roads, and with the nature of lakeContinue Reading
We were “that” family, the family that everyone knew and thought of as the “perfect” family in our community. While we couldn’t imagine something like this happening to us, we could no longer deny our son’s drug addiction. It was no longer something that happened to other people, it wasContinue Reading
A Message from an ‘Outsider’ My name is LaFran Horn, better known as “Randy’s Sister Fran”. I live in Pennsylvania, thus an Irmo ‘Outsider’. On August 22, 2020, my brother and longtime Irmo resident, lost his battle with cancer. Whether or not you knew Randy Jones, this message of gratitudeContinue Reading