We ran a professional survey on this issue and released the results in a press release statewide. Where media actually picked it up, there were groups all over the state who began using it as leverage in an attempt to persuade their senators not to raise our taxes. At the end of the session, the [...]
I wanted to let you know that I greatly appreciate all the constituents of Senate District 13. With all the misinformation spread about, combined with the tax and spend mentality of Columbia, this has been one of the toughest sessions. Having the support of so many of you in Spartanburg, Union, Greenville, really does make [...]
Well, there is a first time for everything – I actually voted for an annual appropriations act. My opposition in the past has revolved around a refusal to prioritize our resources and apply them to the core functions of government. After finally getting the changes this year that we have been fighting for combined with [...]
The Senate Republican caucus has issued what now is the fourth proposal for fixing our roads. I do not support it, because like the other three, it raises taxes first. We just demonstrated in the Senate annual budget, that it's not necessary to raise taxes first to fund our roads, and the vote to send [...]
