Perry Doesn’t Need “The Money”
This article by John Ellis at Business Insider is one of the reasons I like Rick Perry being in the race. Here’s a quote from Politico’s Jonathan Martin, which captures the view of most “insiders” in Washington, DC, regarding the presidential campaign of Texas Governor Rick Perry. Martin writes: “Perry’s comment (about Federal Reserve Chairman [...]
August 18, 2011
Tags: Iowa, New Hampshire, Rick Perry, South Carolina Posted in: Uncategorized 
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James O’Keefe and Medicaid in South Carolina
You remember James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles as the Pimp and the Prostitute in the ACORN sting videos. And then again in the Planned Parenthood sting videos. Well his organization recently made its way to South Carolina for a series of stings on Medicaid offices. This is a long video, I only got through half [...]
July 20, 2011
Tags: James O'Keefe, Medicaid, South Carolina Posted in: Uncategorized One Comment
Amazon … another look
After this article by Stephen Largen in the SHJ Friday, (which implies that had the Lexington deal for Amazon gone through, a deal involving a Spartanburg facility was in the works), I was encouraged by some folks here in Spartanburg to “take another look” at the Amazon deal. I didn’t blog much about it, depending [...]
May 16, 2011
Tags: 5 year exemption, Amazon, BMW, Boeing, brick and morter, safe harbor legislation, South Carolina Posted in: Uncategorized 19 Comments
NLRB tries to block SC Boeing Plant
James Rosen writing at The State reports: The top lawyer for the National Labor Relations Board issued a ruling Wednesday saying Boeing violated federal labor laws in deciding to start manufacturing for its new line of 787 planes in South Carolina — and seeking to force the firm to make the Dreamliner aircraft at its [...]
April 21, 2011
Tags: Boeing, Jim DeMint, NLRB, South Carolina Posted in: Uncategorized No Comments
SC House 42 Poised to Flip from Dem to GOP
House District 42 is made up of Union County and part of Spartanburg County. Currently the Democrat incumbent, Mike Anthony, sits on the Spartanburg Delegation for House District 42. Randy English is our Republican challenger for this House seat. Polling of likely voters last week shows we are in striking distance of winning. If you [...]
October 10, 2010
Tags: 42, Delegation, Democrat, GOP, House District, Mike Anthony, Randy English, Republican, South Carolina, Spartanburg, Statehouse, Union Posted in: Statehouse Races No Comments
*PRESS RELEASE* Public Hearing on Immigration Reform
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: J. J. Gentry October 1, 2010 803-212-6306 Public Hearing on Immigration Reform Columbia, S.C. – A public hearing on immigration reform will be held in North Charleston on Thursday, October 7, 2010. Senator Glenn McConnell (R-Charleston), Chairman of the South Carolina Senate Committee on Judiciary, has appointed a special Senate subcommittee [...]
October 2, 2010
Tags: immigration, McConnell, South Carolina Posted in: Immigration One Comment
Touring the NAFTA Super Highway
As I toured hundreds of miles of I-35 through Missouri and Iowa, the construction could not possibly have gone unnoticed. The fact that they were completely ripping up a concrete road to replace it with another concrete road quickly got my attention. Isn’t concrete supposed to last 50+ years? Most of I-35 was built in [...]
August 4, 2010
Tags: ACPA, American Concrete Pavement Association, asphalt, Canada, Canadian, concrete, Construction, cornfields, Destruction, I-26, I-35, I-85, I-95, Iowa, Kerry Wood, Mexican, Mexico, missouri, NAFTA, Roads, South Carolina, Super Highway, Touring, Truckers, Trucks Posted in: National No Comments
