Columns

In reading John Delfausse’s guest column in the Dec. 17 issue, I have several things that I don’t quite understand.
He starts out by bashing Lancaster County Council on a number of issues, which I actually agree with. It’s true that poor planning has had an impact on where we are today. I doubt, however, there has ever been a council of any county or municipality that has received 100 percent support from its constituents.

A huge portion of our town’s budget will come from tax money we already pay today.
Every time money is spent in Indian Land, customers are charged a Local Option Sales Tax. That money is distributed between Lancaster County and the cities of Lancaster, Heath Springs, Kershaw and Van Wyck.
Today, we do not have a claim on our own tax dollars. However, that changes when we become a town.
What is the Local Option Sales Tax?

Much has been spoken and written about the future of law enforcement in Indian Land if the incorporation effort is successful.
I want to share a few comments to set the record straight.
Section 23-13-70 of the S.C. Code of Laws sets out the responsibilities of deputy sheriffs in our state: “The deputy sheriffs shall patrol the entire county at least twice weekly by sections assigned to each by the sheriff, remaining on duty at night when occasion and circumstances suggest the propriety thereof to prevent or detect crime or to make an arrest.”

Dobys Bridge Road in Indian Land is like a raceway, and the number of vehicles using this road is very high compared to years past.
My main concern is to get people to slow down for the curve in front of my home, which is near Gordon Drive just before the bridge. I have helped many people on this turn who have wrecked their vehicles. There have been multiple unreported wrecks I myself have witnessed.
For years people have been driving recklessly and passing the stopped school bus. I have sent in so many videos of people passing school buses.