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C&BP files Freedom of Information Act request seeking documents related to White serving as acting Sussex County administrator

2026-07-10

Checks & Balances Project (C&BP) has filed a Freedom of Information Act request seeking all records, texts, and other communications related to Sussex County Board of Supervisors Chairman Steve White assuming the role of acting county administrator after he apparently engineered the firing of then-County Administrator Richard Douglas. According to another supervisor, Douglas’ firing was… Read more »

Sussex supervisor says White drove surprise firing of county administrator

2026-07-10

Sussex County Board of Supervisors Chairman Steve White proposed firing then-County Administrator Richard Douglas in a surprise closed session during the April 16 board meeting, Supervisor Thomas Baicy told Checks & Balances Project (C&BP). The move surprised Baicy and others, because the issue wasn’t included on the agenda for the meeting. Baicy’s comments came in… Read more »

Sussex Supervisor White voted to give himself a tax break for EMS car use, then defunded position for the fire chief who had questioned EMS finances

2026-07-9

Sussex County Board of Supervisors Chairman Steve White proposed and voted for a county ordinance that gave him and his wife Carolyn a tax break for using their personal vehicles as part of their work on the Stony Creek Volunteer Rescue Squad. The agenda for the board’s Sept. 18, 2025, meeting contained this ordinance: “AN… Read more »

C&BP seeks Sussex County records on firing of county administrator

2026-07-9

Checks & Balances Project (C&BP) filed a Freedom of Information Act with Sussex County, Virginia, seeking all communications and records related to the April firing of County Administrator Richard Douglas. In a motion by Supervisor Alfred Futrell, Douglas was fired April 16 in a surprise vote by county supervisors. His removal followed months of dissatisfaction… Read more »

Sussex County Sheriff Ernest Giles Sr. refers C&BP complaint to local prosecutor and state police

2026-07-9

In response to a request by Checks & Balances Project for an investigation into the activities of Sussex County Board of Supervisors Chairman Steve White, the county’s sheriff said he is referring the matter to the Commonwealth Attorney Regina Sykes and state police. Here’s Sheriff Ernest Giles Sr.’s email to C&BP: “Received. Good morning, Mr…. Read more »

Tips point finger at alleged actions by White and his connection to Stony Creek Volunteer Rescue Squad

2026-07-8

Checks & Balances Project (C&BP) has received multiple tips from readers concerned about the alleged activities of Sussex County Board of Supervisors Chairman Steve White and his leadership of the Stony Creek Volunteer Rescue Squad. C&BP is working to corroborate the details mentioned in these tips and determine if they are accurate. They are posted… Read more »

C&BP files complaints with law enforcement agencies

2026-07-7

Checks & Balances Project (C&BP) has filed complaints with four Virginia law enforcement agencies seeking an investigation into the activities of Sussex County Board of Supervisors Chairman Steve White and the Stony Creek Volunteer Rescue Squad. Filed Monday, C&BP sent complaints to the Sussex County Sheriff’s Department, Commonwealth Attorney, Virginia Bureau of Criminal Investigation, and… Read more »

Checks & Balances Project files complaint with Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services

2026-07-2

Checks & Balances Project (C&BP) filed a complaint with the Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services seeking an investigation of the Stony Creek Volunteer Rescue Squad (SCVRS) and its chairman, Sussex County Supervisor Steve White. C&BP based its complaint on the lack of transparency involving Stony Creek’s finances and that White has voted on issues… Read more »

Volunteer rescue squad had significant cash surplus that county fire chief said was unaccounted for

2026-06-30

A Checks & Balances Project (C&BP) review of the Stony Creek Volunteer Rescue Squad’s (SCVRS) publicly available tax returns from 2015 to 2019 showed the squad made $755,775 in revenues and had expenses worth $451,293, for a surplus of $304,482 over five years. Stony Creek routinely runs a surplus, then-Sussex County Fire Chief Nick Sheffield… Read more »

Stony Creek Volunteer Rescue Squad lost nonprofit status for failure to file taxes

2026-06-29

The IRS stripped the Stony Creek Volunteer Rescue Squad of its nonprofit status in 2023 after it failed to file income tax returns for three consecutive years, IRS records show. IRS records show the rescue squad filed its last tax return in 2020 for 2019. No returns were filed for the 2020, 2021 and 2022… Read more »

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