Last December, in a last minute blitz as he left office, County Council Chairman Mark Lazarus worked a grand compromise among other county councilmen. County Council would agree to sign from a $23 million to $25 million contract with SCDOT and, consequently, county residents would get $18 million of the …
Read More »
When three coastal cities chose to de-fund former County Council Chairman Mark Lazarus’ signature SCDOT I-73 funding agreement, locals found it odd that Congressman Tom Rice, Assemblyman Alan Clemmons, and Senator Luke Rankin were silent on that issue. Funding I-73 has been among those politicians’ key initiatives as well. Yesterday, …
Read More »
It is no secret that the City of Myrtle Beach has been persecuting downtown merchants for the past several years. In 2018, the city spot banned the sale of legal products on sections of Ocean Boulevard. The products are allowed to be sold in all other areas of the city, …
Read More »
“McNair Law Firm intentionally withheld material information about the September [2015] Sales from the two mortgage holders to conceal numerous assets in violation of federal and state law” Lane Jefferies [McNair’s Lawyer] knew about and, more importantly, was concerned about Gabby’s wire. This proves he knew about the illicit funds …
Read More »
“For the past 67 days of divided county government, it has cost us $96.4 million to operate the county based on its current 2019 total budget.“ In his Tuesday testimony, County Administrator Chris Eldridge stated that he only notified former Chairman Mark Lazarus, Councilman Tyler Servant, Councilman Gary Loftus, and …
Read More »
UPDATE 3/6/19: Last week, state Representative Russell Fry and his colleagues on the sub-committee refused to even give H.3456 a hearing vote. Fry, the Chief Whip of the GOP caucus, has told Horry residents that he supports the bill but won’t vote for it because he doesn’t like the sponsor …
Read More »
“The tie vote leaves no wiggle room for Mr. Eldridge. He has lost more than the confidence of county council. Mr. Eldridge has lost the confidence of Horry County residents.” In front of a packed county auditorium, Coastal Councilmen Gary Loftus, Tyler Servant, Harold Worley, and Bill Howard voted against …
Read More »
Surfside Beach held a special city council meeting last night to consider adopting the same city ordinances approved by Myrtle Beach and North Myrtle Beach. Surfside Beach City Council voted unanimously 7 to 0 to keep all hospitality funds inside the city. This vote terminates the city’s payments to Horry …
Read More »
Horry County School Board President Ken Richardson gave a press release at 9 a.m. this morning concerning a SLED investigation of questionable past behavior related to Horry County Schools. Communications between Robbie Ferris, First Floor CEO and President, the contractor selected to design the schools, and, Keith Powell , a …
Read More »
Horry County has called a special meeting tomorrow concerning human resource issues related to top administrative staff. March 5th: 3:30 p.m.-Horry County Council Special Meeting, Horry County Government & Justice Center, 1301 Second Avenue, Council Chambers, Conway. This event is open to the public for public input and residents are …
Read More »
Myrtle Beach SC Myrtle Beach Inspired News and Reviews