Don’t forget to vote

Yes, it has been very quiet this Irmo election. Some even ask, is there, or who is running? Is he “that guy “, is he really running? What’s going on?

Well, let’s talk about this. Yes, there is an election for Irmo Town Council next Tuesday the 27th. Yes, there are two candidates running, Gabriel Penfield and George Frazier. Yes, George is “that guy“who lied on his filing papers in the November 2023 election and didn’t live in town when he filed. Already discussed that in numerous other articles. Then why is he running now? Well, he said he would run again back in October 2023 when asked by Al Dozier Irmo News, but so did Barry Walker after he lost the November 2023 election.

My guess is, that they both wanted to run, they both said they were. But based on Barry‘s prior racial thinking and strategies, they would hurt each other’s chances of winning if both ran. So decisions had to be made as to who would run. Coin toss, short straw or odds, not sure which, but it is evident by the one candidate filing on the very last day and hour that it was a strategy of waiting to last minute to be secretive, confuse the other candidate, or neither actually wanted to run.

My guess again is, one was afraid of losing, but never wanted to let Gabriel Penfield run without a challenger. So it wasn’t because either wanted to serve Irmo, just wanted to cause more strife, and trouble for others. This is not a great reason to run, nor is it about serving. But with some, I don’t expect more.

So moving on, to why he is running, why is he not out there campaigning? Where is George’s platform, mailouts, posts on social media, and signs? Well maybe a handful of signs, but really no true, hard, honest campaigning.

What about a sneak campaign? That’s where you don’t campaign hard, work quietly behind the scenes, have no mail outs, no social posting, stick up a few signs, and hope to “Lull” the other candidate into not working hard and the other side to not voting. If you can get a sizable number of your opponent’s voters to stay home and not vote, then maybe you can get your 50 votes, 100 votes to show up and make it close, maybe pull off an upset.

So yes, this is, in my opinion, their campaign strategy.

But don’t be fooled, don’t be “lulled” into thinking your vote doesn’t matter. Get out and vote for Gabriel Penfield, he is out there campaigning, knocking on doors, doing mailouts, and advertising.

Honestly campaigning.

Honestly asking for your vote.

Honestly wanting to serve you.

And not some foolish trickery.

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Well, it must be Election time here in Irmo again.

October 15, 2025

Yes, I got a campaign brochure in my newspaper box the other day, I guess there is a good reason to keep those things. And thank you Councilwoman Barbara Waldman for it — you have my vote. Some things have changed and some things stay the same. Years ago, when you first ran, and being a neighbor of an individual who I assumed talked to you into running for his benefit, I did not vote for you. But over the years of your service, especially after seeing you stand up to the “bully” attempting to pressure you into seconding some ridiculous item he had on the agenda — and you refused — my opinion of you changed. Since your election, and seeing you do what you truly believe is in Irmo’s best interest, you have gained my trust and therefore my vote. I won’t spend much time commenting on the other candidates — that will be their job to introduce themselves and attempt to convince you to vote for them. But I will mention two of them. One, Gabriel Penfield , who has my other vote, has worked hard during his years of service to the town — improving and making better the things that he could. He is a great council member, has a good heart, and is there to make Irmo better. I will write more about him later. The other candidate, whom I will also write more about later (not too positively, however), is the one I wrote about before — being deceitful about where he lived and not residing at the address he listed on his candidate form. If you remember, he claimed to live in a house in Rose Oak that he hadn’t lived in for a couple of years, and at that time was actually living outside the town of Irmo. Anyway you look at it, it was not honest — it was deceitful. And even if someone who evidently doesn’t know the difference between dishonesty and being truthful tried to claim it was a “minor clerical error,” we all know better. We aren’t ignorant as he believes we are — that’s why he was a one and done. We’ve got two great candidates who have proven they put Irmo first. I urge you to vote to reelect Councilwoman Barbara Waldman and Councilman Gabriel Penfield. Thank you for your consideration. — Hardy King

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