08/04/2025
My Dearest Clover,
What I am announcing today may or may not come as a shock. Some folks may be very upset, and some may even be glad. Either way, I need to just say what is on my heart as Iâve made peace with my decision and I can only pray it will be received with understanding. I also hope to inspire and light fires in peoples hearts, something I have tried to do for many years. I was going to do a video message, but at the risk of getting emotional Iâve decided to just write out my thoughtsâwhich Iâm more skillful at anyways.
First let me say, it has been one of my greatest honors to serve you all since November of 2021. However, as of Tuesday July 29, 2025, I have officially and irrevocably resigned my seat on council. Initially, I had hoped to finish out the year and allow my successor to take over when they are sworn in at the January 2026 regular meeting. Due to state law, I had to resign immediately OR continue through the end of this year and then resignâwhich would have caused a special election and more cost to taxpayers (which I was trying to avoid)âbut alas, government is never simple, thereâs always a catch or policy to jump through and someone inevitably gets the short end of the stick. Regardless of how the process has to be handled, my intentions and hope were in the right place with the tax payer in mind.
Now for the personal side of this decision: I have felt in my spirit for several months now that my time on council was coming to a close. I have felt a âpulling awayâ so to speak in many aspects of my lifeâdrawing me nearer to God, and lessening the distractions that affect my family life. Life has pushed and pulled me in so many directions over the last several years that after much consideration and prayer, the kind of prayer that has you digging through scripture to find answers, I have resigned my seat prior to filing season to allow someone who has more time and energy to give to this job, and it is a BIG job if youâre doing it the right way by studying, researching and digging to make informed and constitutional votes. Itâs your lives and money weâre talking about! As previously mentioned, I also chose to do it now, so as to not cause an undue financial burden to tax payers with a special election later.
I am not resigning because I no longer care, or because I canât do the workâIâve always been vocal, strong, independent, truthful and driven. But I am very tired and my fuse has become too short. My family needs me, and I need them. My children are only growing bigger and older and I no longer wish to sacrifice their need for my undivided attention as we embark upon new phases and ages.
Itâs not just council that I have decided to let go, either. I recently retired from a 15 year career I was very successful in and passionate about because of the same pullâmy time and energy is needed elsewhere: For my God, my husband and children and aging family members with health challenges.
There has been much revealed to me by my Heavenly Father over the last six years. I have tried to speak it and show it to others, to stand in the gap but it simply wasnât enough. There are so many ways in which I have fought for the people, not just in our 4.5 square miles, but across our state and nation as well. I have stood before school boards to fight for parental rights. I have been part of pro se lawsuits challenging our election processes which Iâll never stop challenging. I have FOIAâd countless departments, agencies and governing bodies. I have been part of TWO Supreme Court Amicus Briefs. I have challenged every single unconstitutional topic that has come down the pipeline. I have penned letters to state representatives, congressmen, presidents, and more. Most of which were ignored or dismissedâthis includes many in our very own state. I have been slandered, doxxed, made fun of, blocked, whispered about and shamed in many ways. But it never made me waiver. Because regardless of all that, I did it because I felt like I had to in order show the people that the government isnât going to save you. The people, with God, have to save themselves. And I certainly do not share these things for clout, titles or tiaras- I share them with hope that others will do the same. And things done in the name of safety more often than not are chipping away at your God given rights at your own expense. You cannot legislate every aspect of peopleâs lives and expect a good outcome. The world will only right itself when people remember what Jesus taughtâ Love the Lord your God first, and love your neighbor as yourself second. Then and only then will we as a collective humanity be able to unite.
Too many people are comfortable in the carefully curated boxes theyâve allowed themselves to be placed in. Too busy worrying about how someone has offended them, but not realizing the log in their own eye. And weâre too busy trying to survive in a system that is so completely and utterly broken to realize we perpetuate it and have placed our hate and despair on the very people we need to fix this messâour neighborsâour brothers and sisters. The division and hatred has crept into every facet of our lives from the top down and the only way to overcome it is through love.
My highest prayer going forward, is this:
If we want to make meaningful changes in our small towns, then the leaders of them, the ones who are closest to the people, MUST start challenging the counties and states to revert back to the original intentions of our Founding Fathers. Government has grown far too big. We must first demand for truly free and fair elections. We must not be partisan, but instead stand on merit and action, not merely words and popularity or funding. We must be truthful and honest. And above all, we must love one another. We may not agree on everything, but truth spoken in love and understanding is possible and necessary.
To my successor, I pray you are strong. I pray you are steadfast. I pray you are humble and wise. I pray you really dig into the issues brought before you before making a decision. I pray you are guided by the one True God and are unafraid to make decisions that can and will make you lose sleep at night. And I pray you are not a yes man or a peacekeeper. Be righteous with a servants heart. And I pray that you take your oath of office, to protect and defend the constitution of South Carolina and of these United States as seriously as I do. It doesnât take experience to do this, just grit and a firm understanding of the Constitution. And know this now, the only people who benefit from politics, are politicians. Donât be a politician, be for the people (because you are one) and donât vote for anything you wouldnât want imposed upon yourself.
Now is the time for me to rest awhile and love on my children while theyâre still somewhat little. But rest assured, Iâm still going to speak truth when it needs to be spoken. I will still advocate for and support this townâonly now Iâm going back to doing it from beside you and not as a figure head that sits in front of you.
Thank you ALL, for your trust, support, and challenges. Thank you for allowing me to be part of your journey and history in Clover, for being part of my journey, and helping me learn and grow to become the woman I am, a Proverbs 31 woman.
Pray for your leaders, pray for your neighbors, pray for your enemies. May God bless our people, our town, and our nation.
Yours in truth, honesty and integrity ALWAYS,
Brittany Farr
