Florence County Citizens In Action

 At the April 17, 2008 meeting of Florence County Council, an ordinance (Ordinance 26-2007-207/8) to reduce the county’s interest rate on existing Certificates of Participation was introduced. But, this wasn’t the whole story. What was left out of the written ordinance was the fact that 4.5 million dollars was added on to the debt to fund optional projects favored by some of the councilmen.

Ladies and gentlemen and members of The Florence County Citizens In Action, thank you for being here today.

On March 20, 2008 petitions signed by over 11,000 citizens of Florence County were delivered to the Clerk of Florence County Council. That was three weeks ago and as far as we know, this mandate from the public has not been acknowledged or discussed by the members of council at an open meeting