From Phil Whittle (SC collector now serving in Afghanistan)…
There are a lot of rumors flying around South Carolina right now concerning the merging of several councils with Palmetto and Pee Dee being the main targets. They want to split Palmetto between Mecklenburg County Council and Blue Ridge or just merge all of Palmetto with Blue Ridge. The other plan is to merge Pee Dee with Indian Waters.

There was a meeting in Columbia (the state capital, centrally located, and the headquarters city for Indian Waters) on Thursday night January 8. I read that representatives from the Southern Region region in Atlanta presented this plan to 5 volunteers from each of the 5 councils attending (Pee Dee, Palmetto, Indian Waters, Blue Ridge, and Coastal Carolina).

Palmetto seems to be in the biggest danger with Pee Dee coming in 2nd place.

I imagine there are other councils going through the same situation.

Regards,

Phil Whittle