I sent this letter out because I have reason to believe the EOC will water down what the General Assembly passed to try to stop Common Core. This puts the director on notice that I'm paying attention. I have also sent this to my Republican colleagues in the Senate in hopes they will voice their [...]
I normally would say at the end of the session that you can release the death grip on your wallet, but this year legislators switched on a time bomb that may explode in November at the General Election. Over one dozen counties may face a local referendum in November on the question of adding to [...]
The budget vetoes have been overridden, for the most part, and that is no surprise. My biggest regret, however, is that I was prevented from casting my votes, nearly all of which would have been to sustain the vetoes. I say that I was prevented because on the day that vetoes were to be taken [...]
The budget vetoes, themselves, hardly were inspiring. I’ve attached a chart to show just how minuscule they were in the scheme of things. I have noted to you in the past that Governor Haley’s health agency has been expanding Medicaid at a furious rate while most of her vetoes pertain to things like the Arts [...]
