THOSE OF YOU TRYING TO SLOW THE GROWTH OF DEVELOPMENT IN BEAUFORT COUNTY GOT A WIN THIS WEEK FROM THE COUNTY COUNCIL, DENYING A SECOND ATTEMPT BY PULTE HOMES TO CREATE THE 244-HOME RAMSEY FARMS COMMUNITY ON 88-ACRES NEAR BATTERY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL IN AN UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BEAUFORT COUNTY. PULTE HOMES HAD A PREVIOUS EFFORT LAST YEAR FOR EVEN FEWER HOMES DENIED LAST YEAR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION SAY EVEN THE REVISED PLAN CAME UP SHORT ON 4 OF 7 CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL. A WEEK FROM MONDAY, COUNTY COUNCIL WILL HEAR ANOTHER REQUEST FOR A ZONING AMENDMENT TO ALLOW A DEVELOPMENT ON ST. HELENAL ISLAND THAT’S ALREADY BEEN VOTED DOWN ONCE BEFORE.
AWAY FROM THE ‘OFFICIAL’ REMEMBERENCES OF 9-11 YESTERDAY, THE CHILDREN AT BEAUFORT ACADEMY, NONE OF THEM WHO EVEN EXISTED ON THAT FATEFUL DAY, WERE GIVEN A HISTORY LESSON BY PLANTING NEARLY 3-THOUSAND FLAGS TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO WERE LOST IN THE TERRORIST ATTACKS. THE TRADITION WAS STARTED BY HISTORY TEACHER DAVID BYRNE AFTER A PARENT DONATED THE FLAGS THT INSPIRED THE MEMORIAL. BYRNE TOLD WSAV THAT THE FARTHER WE GET FROM 9-11, THE MORE IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THE KIDS TO REMEMBER THE SACRIFICES MADE, NOT JUST THE VIDEOS THEY SEE ON THEIR PHONES.
GETTING BACK TO WORK AFTER THE SUMMER IS SOMETHING EVEN THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD IS DOING. BESIDES THE BEACH RENOURISHMENT, THE ISLAND GOVERNMENT HAS HAD 11 ABANDONED BOATS REMOVED FROM ITS WATERWAYS. NEW STATE FUNDING HAS GIVEN LOCAL TOWNS THE MONEY TO REMOVE THE BOATS FASTER THAN BEFORE AND IMPOSE STRICTER PENALTIES FOR THOSE WHO ABANDON THEIR VESSELS. THE TOWN SAYS IT HAS A COMMITMENT TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND IS ASKING BOAT OWNERS WHO DO WANT TO SALVAGE THEIR BOATS TO CONTACT THE TOWN BEFORE THE TOWN SWOOPS IN AND MOVES THE BOATS FOR THEM.
REACTIONS IN SOUTH CAROLINA TO THE ASSASSINATION OF CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL ACTIVIST CHARLIE KIRK RANGE FROM CONGRESSWOMAN NANCY MACE SAYING SHE’LL START CARRYING A GUN WHERE ITS LEGAL AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SECURITY OFFERED BY THE CAPITOL POLICE. SHE’S ALSO CANCELLING ANY OUTDOOR EVENTS FOR THE NEAR FUTURE. HER SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS ABOUT KIRK MIGHT HAVE HELPED GET A GREENVILLE TEACHER FIRED FOR HIS POSTS ABOUT KIRK. WYNNE BLOIEK, WHO’D BEEN TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES AT SOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL FOR MORE THAN A DECADE POSTED HIS THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO KIRK’S CHILDREN, BUT THAT IN HIS HUMBLE OPINION, AMERICA BECAME GREATER AFTER KIRK’S DEATH. “THERE, I SAID IT”, HE POSTED. FELLOW REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES PAMELA EVETTE AND RALPH NORMAN ALSO VERBALLY BLASTED THE TEACHER; A CLEMSON ALUM WHO SAYS HE USES CLIPS FROM THE OLD T-V SHOW ‘THE WEST WING’ TO SHOW HOW A SUCCESSFUL GOVERNMENT SHOULD WORK.