Governor Haley Responds to Latest Border Crisis

My email to Governor Haley: Dear Governor Haley, I have received numerous constituent inquiries in recent days reflecting the belief and fear that some number of the much publicized flood of illegal immigrants is being relocated to South Carolina. Please confirm to me, in order that I may inform my constituents, that no such relocation [...]

2020-07-15T14:34:20-04:00July 21st, 2014|General Info|3 Comments

No Easy Way Out on Common Core

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 [...]

2014-07-18T22:59:07-04:00July 11th, 2014|Education|2 Comments

Tax Increase

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 [...]

2014-06-25T15:54:15-04:00June 25th, 2014|Economy|6 Comments

State Budget

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 [...]

2014-06-25T15:54:56-04:00June 25th, 2014|Economy|0 Comments
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