|
Featured Sections Headlines Opinion Obituaries Sports Crime Blotter Happenings Country Cooking Wandering Minds Classifieds Birthdays Off The Wall On The Record Archives Church Listings Live WebCam
Edgefield
Square  Featured Columns Pastor Williams Tech Tips Carl Langley Editor's Column Dr. Skip Myers Registered Sex Offenders for Edgefield County 2005 Crime Stats Video & Audio Updates Audio Archive (Testing) Video Archive Contact us Contact Info or E-mail the Editor Phone: 803-634-0964 day 803-279-5041 eve 803-279-8943 fax Mail to EdgefieldDaily.com PO Box 972 Edgefield SC 29824 School System EC District Office School Board Strom Thurmond Charter Schools Fox Creek Private Schools Wardlaw Academy Public Offices Edgefield County Edgefield Johnston Trenton Political State and Federal Legislative Contacts Local Political Parties Republican Party Democrat Party Chamber of Commerce Edgefield County Chamber Historical Edgefield Genealogical Society News links Edgefield Advertiser The Citizen News Aiken Standard North Augusta Star The State Augusta Chronicle Atlanta Journal United Press Associated Press FOX News Reuters CNS News WorldNet Daily Newsmax Drudge Report GoogleNews Yahoo!News New York Times New York Post Los Angeles Times Washington Times Washington Post |
 Opinion
Send Pettigrew packing now web posted August 13, 2009 COLUMN – Edgefield County Administrator John Pettigrew, in perhaps his last effort at proving his bias, incompetence, or just outright ignorance, gave the announcement of his resignation to one media outlet in Edgefield County while ignoring two others including EdgefieldDaily.com, which is the county’s most widely read news outlet with over 20,000 readers compared to just over 3,000 readers at the Edgefield Advertiser. Pettigrew stated he delivered a copy of his letter to the Edgefield Advertiser on Tuesday, a copy to the Citizen News on Wednesday (too late for publication) and never delivered anything to EdgefieldDaily.com. I was informed of the resignation on Tuesday and was told not to publish any information at the request of Pettigrew because he wanted time to announce it to employees before going public later in the week. However, county employees learned of the resignation through the Edgefield Advertiser, not Mr. Pettigrew. Not only was the move unethical, a press release is issued to all county media at the same time, unless you are John Pettigrew. I guess he favors one media outlet over the others and wanted to make sure they made more money than other media outlets by giving them an exclusive. A no-no for county officials. But, then again, having brains has not been a strong suit for Pettigrew since he took office. I stopped by his office on Wednesday to wish him well on his new endeavors. It was hard to see him with the mountain of paper, files, and ”to do” lists piled on his desk almost half a foot high. How professional. I’m sure any industry leaders coming to Edgefield County meeting with Pettigrew would walk out saying great things about how organized and professional our County Administrator must be. Wednesday night I attended a Town Hall meeting held by County Councilman Rodney Ashcraft and Mr. Pettigrew’s resignation came up for discussion. One man asked if it was wise to allow him to stay on after he resigned. County Council members Rodney Ashcraft and Genia Blackwell both said no. I agree. In reality, he should have never been hired because he was not, is not, and never would be qualified to hold the position. That much has been proven in his tenure. Do everyone a favor Pettigrew, pack it up and get out now. It’s not as if we’d miss your non-existent leadership anyway. In my opinion, we’re just keeping a high paid welfare recipient on the payroll for nothing. To top it all off, all county computers had their internet connections disrupted on Wednesday. Perhaps that was to prevent anyone from reading our report on the resignation that was placed online early in the morning after it was learned that the Edgefield Advertiser was given an exclusive. I think I will contact state officials on this matter. It seems Pettigrew made sure that only one media outlet would benefit from the “press release” that was withheld from other media outlets. © Copyright 2009
EdgefieldDaily.com All
original material is property of
EdgefieldDaily.com and cannot be reproduced, rewritten or redistributed
without the expressed written permission of Edgefield Daily.com
|
NOTICE:
We still need recipes for Cooking Section WEBNEWS – Send in your favorite or favorites. There is no limit to the number of recipes you can send in. With the Editor’s wife being the driving force behind her own personal section, help her create an exchange of local favorites, home cooking, grilling, sauces, and deserts! Send in your submissions here. |
