In October of 2009, we were appointed by the Kershaw County Council to the Capital Sales Tax Commission. Over the months that followed, we worked diligently to understand exactly how the tax would work, to review 27 qualifying projects totaling over $77 million, and finally to narrow the list to eight projects as our final recommendation. What we came to realize, and what came to inspire us, was the realization that the capital sales tax and the projects it would fund have the power to transform our county for generations to come.