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Government

  • Parts of IL now considered urban

    With urbanized clusters now springing up in the Panhandle, Lancaster County Council discussed the future of highway funding in that area during its first meeting of the year Jan. 14.
    Lancaster County Administrator Steve Willis said due to Indian Land’s burgeoning population, as reflected in the 2010 Census, several stretches of the area are now designated as urban by the Catawba Regional Council of Governments (COG).
    Willis said those areas no longer qualify for rural highway funding through COG, like the rest of Lancaster County.

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  • It's Official 1-23-13

    IL Democratic Club to meet Thursday
    The Indian Land Democratic Club will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, in the meeting room of the Del Webb Library at Indian Land. For details, call Sheila Bickford at (803) 548-0351 or see www.indianlanddemocrats.com.

    County Council Strategic Planning Workshop this weekend

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  • County receives good audit

    Following years of solid financial reports, Lancaster County once again received a good rating during this year’s annual audit.
    Sheila Morgan, a CPA with accounting firm McAbee Talbert Halliday & Co., presented the audit results at the Lancaster County Council meeting on  Dec. 10. Morgan issued the county an unqualified “clean” opinion, meaning it was in good financial shape.
    “We’re pleased to say we encountered no difficulties during the audit,” Morgan said.

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  • Few new state laws go into effect in January

    South Carolina voters will have to show a photo ID starting this year. Maybe.
    The law, with a future that is not quite as clearly defined as when a panel of federal district court judges approved it in October, is among the few laws with wide-ranging impact to residents of Lancaster County that go into effect this year.
    There are, however, several laws that went into effect late last year worth noting.
    Voter ID

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  • It's Official 1-16-13

    IL Action Council, Voice to meet today
    The Indian Land Action Council and Indian Land Voice will hold a joint meeting at 7 p.m. today, Jan. 16, at the Del Webb Library at Indian Land, 7641 Charlotte Highway (U.S. 521).
    Representatives from the proposed 14-county Connect Our Future Project will discuss the project and answer questions.The public is invited.
    For details, call Pat Eudy at (803) 548-1787 or Jan Tacy at (803) 802-5412.
    Mulvaney names district director

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  • Council to discuss transportation, continuity plan Jan. 14

    Transportation studies and local government plans are tops on Lancaster County Council’s agenda for its first meeting of the new year on Monday, Jan. 14.
    Council will first hear a briefing on the possibility of Lancaster County joining the Rock Hill, Fort Mill Area Transportation Study, also known as RFATS.
    In a memo to council, County Administrator Steve Willis said due to Indian Land’s burgeoning population, a portion of the area is now considered urbanized.

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  • IL gets double council clout

    Indian Land has stepped to the forefront of Lancaster County Council with a second seat at the table and one of its own now leading the group.
    Brian Carnes, who represents Indian Land’s new District 7, was sworn in during council’s organizational meeting Thursday night, Jan. 3, where new and re-elected members take the oath of office and council officers are elected.

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  • What’s ahead for IL?

    With the re-election of four experienced politicians, and the election of a new second representative on Lancaster County Council, Indian Land enters 2013 in better shape politically than ever before.
    From plans to shape national policies to local ordinances, read on to find out what issues local elected officials have on their minds going into to 2013.
    Brian Carnes
    Sworn in Jan. 3, new District 7 County Councilman Brian Carnes has already broken new ground in 2013 as the second voice on Lancaster County’s governing body.

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  • Mulvaney clams up on House speaker vote

    Sometimes, silence speaks louder than the political rhetoric that has most Americans fed up with Washington, D.C.
    In a move that drew national attention and plenty of Internet chatter, U.S. Rep. Mick Mulvaney didn’t utter a word Thursday, Jan. 3, when called on to cast a voice vote for U.S. Rep. John Boehner’s second term as speaker of the house.
    Mulvaney, of Indian Land, wasn’t the only House member to voice his opinion through a silent protest. So did U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador of Arizona.

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  • It's Official 1-9-13

    Lancaster Democrats to meet Thursday
    The Lancaster County Democrats will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, at 209 Main St., Lancaster. For details, call (803) 287-9011.

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