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‘We don't work for you.' Chapin mayor, council clash again in vote to fire clerk
Chapin Town Council voted to dismiss the mayor’s choice for town clerk in another heated meeting on Thursday. The split vote came from the latest specially called meeting as the council majority struggles over the town’s direction and the mayor’s power with Mayor Bill Mitchell. Mitchell strongly opposed council members’ efforts to remove town clerk Susan Mills, pointing again to his position as a “strong mayor” under Chapin’s form of government, which he said gives him the power to manage, appoint and remove town employees. “I would rate her work as excellent. She has an incredible work ethic, she comes in with two college degrees, working with boards larger than us,” she said. “The job was presumed to be part-time, and it’s been anything but since she started here.” Mitchell said before the vote that he would not enforce the council’s decision. Any new clerk would not be allowed access to any town equipment, websites or even the administrative side of town hall, the mayor said, nor would he issue any paychecks to the town’s clerk selection. “Any ordinance to override [the town form of government] is unlawful upon inception,” he said. “I don’t sign off on them and I
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What South Carolina drivers need to know as UTVs become road legal in November
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The Oldest Working Clock In America Still Keeps Time Inside This South Carolina Town
Up to 50 wagons may have hauled one French clock across the South Carolina countryside. At least, that’s how the local legend tells it. The heavy parts sailed into Charleston first, then rolled inland over rough roads. That clock went up in 1837. It’s still keeping time today, which...