Governmental Contacts

We encourage you to communicate with the following government contacts.  We hope you will communicate with them with the same respect you would expect when someone communicates with you.  Also, it is most helpful to your cause if your arguments are presented in an impassioned yet rational manner.

If there are any contacts you think we should add or there are errors, please email us at RationalRoads@gmail.com.

SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE

    Go here to find your state legislators.

    SC SENATE

• Sandy Senn:  Senate District 41 (Johns Island between Brownswood and Plow Ground), 803-212-6116, sandysenn@scsenate.gov 
• Margie Bright Matthews:  Senate District 45 (Johns Island west of Brownswood and south of Plow Ground), 803-212-6008, margiebrightmatthews@scsenate.gov

    SC HOUSE

• Matt Leber:  House District 116 (the western portion of Johns Island),  843-227-1331, MatthewLeber@schouse.gov
• Leonidas E. "Leon" Stavrinakis:  House District 119 (the eastern portion of Johns Island), 803-734-3039, LeonStav@schouse.gov 

STATE LAWS

• Municipal Corporations (Title 5)  [Requirements to incorporative are in SECTION 5-1-30]
• Change of Corporate Limits, i.e. annexing (Title 5 - Chapter 3) [Requirements to de-annex are in SECTION 5-3-280.]
• Local Government Comprehensive Planning Enabling Act (Title 6 - Chapter 29) [Includes planning commissions, comp plans, zoning.]
• Executive Sessions (SECTION 30-4-70)

CHARLESTON COUNTY COUNCIL

The following are the elected officials and senior staff who have the most impact on Johns Island:, 

• Herb Sass:  Chairman,  843-693-8305, hsass@charlestoncounty.org
• Joe Boykin:  Councilmember, District 8 (which includes the majority of Johns Island),  843-214-0337, JBoykin@CharlestonCounty.org 
• Jenny Honeycutt:  Councilmember, District 9 (which includes a small portion of eastern Johns Island around Rushland Landing and Headquarters Plantation and a small portion of southern Johns Island around Kiawah River Estates and Kiawah River), 843-693-6447, jhoneycutt@charlestoncounty.org
• Bill Tuten:  County Administrator, 843-958-4001, BTuten@charlestoncounty.org

• If you want to send an email to all of them, just copy these addresses:  hsass@charlestoncounty.org; JBoykin@CharlestonCounty.org; jhoneycutt@charlestoncounty.org; BTuten@charlestoncounty.org

You can find a listing of all county councilmembers at Charleston County Council Members.  If you want to send an email to all of them, just copy these addresses:  

• hsass@charlestoncounty.org; LKobrovsky@CharlestonCounty.org; rlwehrman@charlestoncounty.org; henrydarby@msn.com; tpryor@charlestoncounty.org; kmiddleton@charlestoncounty.org; bmoody@charlestoncounty.org; JBoykin@CharlestonCounty.org; jhoneycutt@charlestoncounty.org; 

Other County Council contacts include:

• Bill Tuten:  County Administrator, 843-958-4001, BTuten@charlestoncounty.org
• Clerk of Council, Kristen Salisbury, ksalisbury@charlestoncounty.org
• Deputy Clerk of Council, Kristen Wurster, kwurster@charlestoncounty.org
• public-comments@charlestoncounty.org

USEFUL WEBSITES

• South Carolina Association of Counties
• Charleston County Council Members
• Charleston County Organization Chart 
• Charleston County Boards and Commissions

• John Tecklenburg:  Mayor, 843-577-6970, tecklenburgj@charleston-sc.gov
• Karl Brady:  District 5 Councilmember (which includes Johns Island), bradyk@charleston-sc.gov
• Rick Jerue:  Senior Advisor to the Mayor, jeruer@charleston-sc.gov

USEFUL WEBSITES

• Municipal Association of South Carolina
• Charleston City Council Members
• Charleston City Staff Directory
• Charleston City Boards, Commissions, and Committees:  Members

CHARLESTON COUNTY

• Joel Evans:  Zoning and Planning Director, 843-202-7202, jevans@charlestoncounty.org
• Andrea Melocik:  Zoning and Planning Deputy Director,  843-202-7219, amelocik@charlestoncounty.org
• Eric Davis:  Greenbelt Programs Director, 843-202-7214, edavis@charlestoncounty.org 

CITY OF CHARLESTON

• Robert Summerfield:  Director of Planning, Preservation & Sustainability, 843-958-6473, summerfieldr@charleston-sc.gov 
• Christopher Morgan:  Planning Manager/Division Director, 843-724-3774, morganc@charleston-sc.gov
• Eric Schultz:  Technical Review Committee (TRC) Administrator, 843-724-3790, schultze@charleston-sc.gov

CHARLESTON COUNTY

• Kevin Bowie, Executive Director,  843-762-2172, kbowie@ccprc.com
• Charleston County Park & Recreation
• Park and Recreation Commission
• Charleston County Parks Foundation

CITY OF CHARLESTON

• Jason Kronsberg, Director of Parks,  843-579-7556, kronsbergj@charleston-sc.gov
• City of Charleston Parks Department
• Charleston Parks Conservancy

BOARD AND ADMINISTATION

• Darlene Roberson:  Board Member, District 8 (which includes the majority of Johns Island), 843-997-8390, darlene_roberson@charleston.k12.sc.us
•  Carol Tempel:  Board Member,  District 9 (which includes a small portion of eastern Johns Island around Rushland Landing and Headquarters Plantation and a small portion of southern Johns Island around Kiawah River Estates and Kiawah River),  843-252-8701, carol_tempel@charleston.k12.sc.us 
• Donald Kennedy:  Superintendent of Schools, 843-937-6318,  donald_kennedy@charleston.k12.sc.us
• Jeffrey Borowy:  Chief Operating Officer,  843-566-1975, jeffrey_borowy@charleston.k12.sc.us
• Jasmeen Shaw,  Executive Director of Capital Programs, 843-566-1975, jasmeen_shaw@charleston.k12.sc.us
• Michael Reidenbach:  Executive Director of Security and Emergency Management (includes traffic), 843-308-6580, michael_reidenbach@charleston.k12.sc.us

JOHNS ISLAND SCHOOLS

• Jermaine Joyner:  Principal, St John's High School, 843- 559-6200, Jermaine_Joyner@charleston.k12.sc.us
• Travis Benintendo:  Principal, Haut Gap Middle School, 843-559-6253, Travis_Benintendo@charleston.k12.sc.us
• Judith Condon:  Principal, Angel Oak Elementary School, 843- 559-641,
  judith_condon@charleston.k12.sc.us 
• Anna Mims:  Principal, Mount Zion Elementary School, 843-559-3841, anna_mims@charleston.k12.sc.us 

USEFUL WEBSITES

• Charleston County School District
• CCSD Constituent Districts (Johns Island is in District 9)
• CCSD Operations Division
• CCSD Security and Emergency Management (includes traffic)