Archive for September, 2012
Jeff Duncan “This is not the year to pull a straight party ticket”
Congressman Jeff Duncan sent this out yesterday: ============================== Dear Patriots, When our nation declared its independence from Great Britain, it did so by affirming that all men have certain inalienable rights. These rights are given to us not by man or by the government. Our rights and freedoms come directly from our Creator. Thatās important [...]
September 30, 2012
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Another Spartanburg Resident weighs in on Mintz’s term limits Ordinance
From the Sunday Letters to the Editor: As a citizen of Spartanburg, I was very upset with the idea of Spartanburg County Council members taking their first vote to apply term limits to commission boards. If they think it is such a good idea, why didnāt they include themselves? I have always heard, āWhat is [...]
September 30, 2012
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Representative Kay Granger blocks aid to Egypt
Reported at Reuters.com: The Obama administration notified Congress on Friday that it planned to transfer $450 million to Egypt to help the country’s new government, but the move was quickly blocked by a skeptical lawmaker who said she saw no immediate need for the cash infusion. Representative Kay Granger, the Texas Republican who chairs the [...]
September 29, 2012
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Unite for Victory 2012
James Polivka handed out flyers at last night’s Executive Committee Meeting: Tuesday October 2 6 PM Westview Elementary School Oak Grove Road Speakers: Governor Nikki Haley SC GOP Chairman Chad Connelly SC State Treasurer Curtis Loftis
September 29, 2012
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Illegal? Immoral? Unethical? Payoffs? Business as usual? The discussion is on.
Quite a discussion on the Spartanburg Tea Party Facebook page today. Before we begin, let’s review … We’ve seen how the power, the money, and politicians’ scheming to retain both have led to South Carolina having an abysmal “F” grade from StateIntegrity.org http://www.stateintegrity.org/south_carolina South Carolina ranks 45th out of 50 states, receiving a grade of [...]
September 28, 2012
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A Call to Action from RINO Hunt
RINO Hunt put this out yesterday. Will you respond to the call to action? ============== On Monday the Post and Courier released a story that headlined āHarrell offers no details on self-reimbursement of $325,000 from campaign fundsā. The story exposed an investigation that the paper had been working on for more than a month. āHarrell [...]
September 28, 2012
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Term Limits: Representation by district
Today’s Letter to the Editor writer Carol Corson says “do your job, take the vote”: ========== A few months ago, I attended a Spartanburg County Planning Commission meeting where a discussion about at-large appointments was held. Several people, including myself, spoke against that idea. The recent talk of term limits for our county commissions seems [...]
September 28, 2012
Tags: Dale Culbreth, David Britt, Jane Hall, Jeff Horton, Michael Brown, O'Neal Mintz, Roger Nutt Posted in: Uncategorized 3 Comments
Spartanburg County GOP Executive Committee Meeting Friday 7 PM – Mick Mulvaney!
These meetings are open to everyone, I encourage you to attend, meet folks, learn the workings of the party, get involved! ========= FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2012 7-8:30 PM Spartanburg County Council Chambers WHO: All county party officers and precinct committeemen are expected to attend, precinct presidents and Republican elected officials and candidates are encouraged to [...]
September 27, 2012
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Harrell: āI probably will be more specificā on financial records
Can Bobby Harrell “unrob the bank”? If you or I took funds through any mechanism that do not belong to us, and someone pointed it out, could we just give them back and be off the hook? Well if you are the Speaker of the House in South Carolina … I guess you can. The [...]
September 27, 2012
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A Recipe for Tyranny
Talbert Black writes about Speaker Bobby Harrell’s current campaign fund ethics situation: Concentration of power with no transparency . . . That is a recipe for tyranny. Want to live in the freest state in America? Yeah, me too! Unfortunately, South Carolina is one of the least free, in part because of the power and [...]
September 27, 2012
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