GoUpstate image and article: Ballard also remembered Mike Christian, a fellow POW who made a small American flag and hid it in his cell. When the guards weren't around, the prisoners saluted the flag and sang “God Bless America.” The guards eventually found the flag and beat Christian severely. He was returned to his cell [...]
Session Drags On Dear Friend, the General Assembly continues its 2015 session, and I must say little has been accomplished. Now, on one hand that's a good thing in that most things that come out of Columbia are bad for taxpayers, but on another hand it's not good because we still have not dealt with [...]
Dear Friend, the General Assembly has begun its work for 2015, and unfortunately it has begun on a familiar note. Governor Haley and many legislators are looking for another way to raise your taxes. Many of the same, in the meantime, are distracting your attention by preaching the need for “ethics reform” even though the [...]
The tax-increase flavor of the month, is the gas tax. Some legislators, including some Republicans, for years have called for a gas tax increase as a means of funding road and bridge repair. These same Republicans, and their Democrat allies, of course always have voted against proposals, like the half a dozen that I have [...]
