Mount Pleasant Magazine March/April 2016

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As you thumb through the digital
) or print pages of Mount Pleasant Magazine,
I hope you feel the love our publishing team has for our maga-
zine and the town
we serve. I’ve lived
in East Cooper since 1979, and my
passion for our town has grown with
each decade. This passion motivated
me to speak at a recent Mount Pleas-
ant Town Council meeting.
The Council meets the second
Tuesday of each month. If you have
something you would like to say, you
can do so during the public state-
ments portion of the agenda. It’s my
opinion that our strong council form
of government is a great way to gov-
ern. In some nearby municipalities,
the mayor hires the town staff. But
in Mount Pleasant, Town Administrator Eric DeMoura hires staff and runs the
day-to-day operations of our town. This keeps the politics out of town services. In
fact, many of America’s largest and best cities relay on a professional manager. Al-
though Mayor Linda Page is the face of Mount Pleasant, her vote counts the same
as the vote of each Council member. In our form of government, each Council
member is in a position to request items for DeMoura to consider. In a sense, he
has nine bosses. This is one reason why it’s important for Council members to
work as a team.
Whether you’re running a retail business, restaurant, construction company or
publishing company, leadership has to be on the same page. In order for DeMoura
and his staff to do the best job they can possibly do, he needs clear objectives and a
blueprint for the future. If the Town Council is not governing Mount Pleasant as a
team, the staff will not be able to efficiently manage our growing town. This is one
of the reasons Mount Pleasant residents have to let our Council members know
how we feel and why it’s important for them to work as a cohesive unit.
Please let our Council members know that you want them to work together.
This link goes to the email address of each Council member: www.ReadMPM.
com/councilmembers. Let your voice be heard, and let them know how you feel
about our town’s leadership.
This link goes to minutes from past Council meetings, going back decades:
As you will see, in the past, even when
Council members disagreed, they acted like gentlemen. Even when there were dif-
ferences, they worked through them.
Enjoy life and be positive – and thank you for reading our magazines.
— B i l l M a c c h i o
Publisher
P u B l i s h e r ’ s N ot e
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Vol. 6, issue 2
March/april 2016
Publisher/Editor
Bill Macchio
Managing Editors
DeNise K. JaMes • Brian Sherman
Art Director
DaNa coleMaN
Designer
KiM hall
Production Manager
cristiNa YouNg
Webmaster
george coNKliN
Internet Marketing
sherMaN Paggi
Writers
Brian Barrie • mary Coy
erin Danly • Bill Farley
Ben Grenaway • amy merCer
Kalene mCCort • Charlie morriSon
Joe SemSar • anne toole
JohN torsiello
Photographers
Jenn CaDy • BranDon ClarK
John KurC • william QuarleS
Brian Sherman • JameS SteFiuK
ricK Walo
Independent Media Consultants
BraNDoN clarK
culleN MurraY-KeMP
Bert WooD
KaleNe Mccort
Administration & Bookkeeping
Diane PaulDine • GinGer Sottile
Distribution
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Mount Pleasant Magazine is published locally
by a team of independent contractors
who reside in east cooper.
Mount Pleasant Magazine is published
six times per year by Media Services, Inc.
1013 Chuck Dawley Blvd., Mount Pleasant, S.C. 29464
copyright © Media services 2016.
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