Charleston Mayoral Race Is Getting Testy
CANDIDATES SPAR OVER ROAD ISSUES … Two candidates for mayor of Charleston, S.C. are bashing each other on the issue of infrastructure, with presumptive frontrunner...
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Gamecock Debt: Major Competitive Disadvantage
FISCAL FACTORS COMPLICATE SOUTH CAROLINA’S HEAD COACHING SEARCH As the University of South Carolina seeks to find a long-term replacement to legendary head coach Steve...
Marco Rubio Lied About His Fundraising
SENATOR HAS A “PINOCCHIO PROBLEM” What little use we once had for U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida evaporated earlier this year when he cast...
Todd Atwater For Governor?
THE STATUS QUO HAS A “PLAN C” Todd Atwater is a “Republican” member of the S.C. House of Representatives. He was elected in 2010 to...
Jeb Bush Is Still Picking A Fight With Russia
INTERVENTIONISM RUN AMOK … We wrote earlier this week on the ridiculousness and hypocrisy of American intervention in Syria: Where our government is now arming...
Gotta Love That Clemson Engineering
Life is good for the Clemson University football team these days … Head coach Dabo Swinney‘s squad is undefeated, ranked in the Top Ten and...
Consumer Comfort Trending Up
RAINBOWS? UNICORNS? Some rare good news this week on the economic front: Consumer comfort – which a month ago was sucking wind – has recorded some...
SC Budget Panel To Assess “Floodmaggedon”
GET READY FOR A MAJOR TAX HIKE, PEOPLE … The S.C. House of Representatives ways and means committee – which takes the first swing at...
The N-Word: Oh, West Columbia …
CITY’S MAYOR ACCUSED OF USING RACIAL SLUR The mayor of West Columbia, S.C. has been accused of dropping the “N-bomb” during a phone call with...
First Steps Debacle Rolls On …
MORE MONEY, MORE FAILURE … A little over two years ago, a South Carolina legislative audit proved what everybody already knew: That “First Steps,” the Palmetto...