BLYTHEWOOD — Blythewood Mayor Pro Tem Andrea Fripp initiated a public confrontation with Mayor Sloan Griffin during Monday night’s town council meeting about his handling of $20,000 of the Town’s H-tax money. Throughout the 45-minute confrontation, Griffin refused to answer Fripp’s and other council members’ questions about the funds that he says he gave to his friend and mentor, Edward Straiter, the CEO of UniversalCMG World Entertainment.
The funds had been allocated in July 2024 from the general fund to be used for the Town’s 2025 Juneteenth celebration. Instead, Griffin bypassed council and instructed the Town’s marketing director, Jordan Langland, to write a check from the H-Tax funds made out to UniversalCMG World Entertainment.
Fripp and two other council members accused him Monday night of bypassing policy, breaking the law, giving the money to a friend and refusing to discuss or answer for his actions…