Letter | Horry County Council members ignore citizens trying to help. Why?

Horry County Council needs to be more responsive to citizens. I have written a number of letters to members of the council, including the chairman, on topics I think are very important to our fiscal well being, as well as other issues where I thought the council was overbearing at the expense of taxpayers’ best interests.

Has any council member ever bothered to give me the courtesy of a response?

No.

Now maybe I could be some random nag, though I think not. As the person acting in charge of acquisition and contracting at the Department of Defense Inspector General until shortly before I retired, I conducted many audits that saved hundreds of millions of dollars for the department before I retired.

Yet, I have sent letters to Horry County Council about reviewing county expenses, imposing a year-round tent ban (totally unnecessary for 9 months), running a gun range (let private industry do if needed) and forcing businesses to close down.

Do they ever respond to anyone, including the paper?

This story was originally published June 26, 2015 at 9:41 AM with the headline "Letter | Horry County Council members ignore citizens trying to help. Why?."