On April 8 th , the Superior Court of Camden County filed a decision against the Camden County Board of Commissioners. For background, Board Chairman Ben Casey  and a former Camden County Administrator had previously held individual private conversations with other Commissioners about raising our property taxes for 2026. Georgia’s Open Meetings Act requires that the Camden County Board of Commissioners MUST make a collective, public decision at a duly-noticed open meeting wit

The Camden County Commission recently embarrassingly discovered that TWENTY years hasn’t been enough time for County Staffs to figure out how to qualify for FAA funding for the replacement Saint Marys airport. The letters they received from the Georgia Department of Transportation pointed out 5 defects in Camden’s submission. (Click on the images to read the FAA and GaDOT letters) The letters they received from the Georgia Department of Transportation pointed out 5 defects in

It is reasonable for folks to be sick and tired of Spaceport Camden talk. But there needs to be at least one more mention on Camden1st.com because it is a reminder to the ‘powers that be’ that it is very difficult to pull off huge projects like Spaceports and Airports. And even Gun Ranges and Landfills. We’ve linked the full story about ABL Space’s failed first small rocket launch. What wasn't written in the 2023 story is that ABL was the first small rocket company to rent a

After 15 years’ forewarning, Saint Marys Airport was permanently closed in 2017 because it posed a security risk to Submarine Base Kings Bay. By 2024, Camden County was the only local government stepping forward to sponsor a possible replacement airport. When the airport closed, AviationPros  reported it was “under-used and deteriorating.” A Georgia state-sponsored study said the airport should be closed, even without plans to relocate it. Yet, after spending hundreds of thou