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No place to rest in peace
Sunday, March 14, 12 00 a.m.
Around Lowcountry watercoolers, hardly a conversation ends without some reference to traffic or parking. The remarks are not usually happy.
Recognizing greenbelt success
Sunday, March 14, 12 00 a.m.
Charleston County's greenbelt funds have been used to great effect since voters endorsed a half-cent sales tax to aid that effort in 2004. As the Greenbelt Advisory Board develops plans to spend the final allocation, it will be able to build on that success.
More audits to save money
Sunday, March 14, 12 00 a.m.
Over the last five years, the state Legislative Audit Council has made recommendations that have saved the state, and its taxpayers, an estimated $10 million annually. And the agency has been instrumental in the pending reform of the state Employment Security Commission.
Spare parole agency from cuts
Saturday, March 13, 12 00 a.m.
The misguided notion of slashing the Department of Probation and Parole's budget is far more about citizens than prisoners. Prisoners will continue to be released to community supervision. Indeed, their numbers are expected to increase because of prison overcrowding.
Fight nuclear waste decision
Saturday, March 13, 12 00 a.m.
Opponents of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site celebrated its supposed demise in a mock funeral in Nevada on Tuesday. But a former governor cautioned that the ceremony might be premature.
Signs of renewal at Florence Crittenton Home
Sunday, March 14, 12 00 a.m.
While it's too early to celebrate, there's a palpable air of excitement at Charleston's 19 St. Margaret Street.
Incentives for retail a bad idea
Thursday, March 11, 12 00 a.m.
I step into the debate on the proposed incentives special legislation for a large new shopping center in Jasper County very slowly. I have known its developer Mel Sembler and his wife Betty for over 15 years, and they are first-rate people. Yet this is not about any one person. It is about our administration's continuing commitment to look out for the taxpayer. That is why it's vital you make your voices heard and support the decided stand taken by a number of leaders in the Senate, like Tom Davis and Greg Ryberg, who are trying to stop this unwise use of more than $100 million of taxpayer money.
Let's talk of history, heritage
Thursday, March 11, 12 00 a.m.
The Post and Courier of March 8 included Sen. Glenn McConnell's expression of disappointment that I oppose a monument honoring South Carolina's signers of the 1860 Ordinance of Secession being placed at the Patriot's Point Naval and Maritime Museum. He suggested that my real agenda was more about modern politics than history, alleging that I 'bitterly criticized' Sen. Robert Ford and Rep. Tim Scott for endorsing the proposed monument and that my true motive was to label Sen. Ford and Rep. Scott as 'traitors who somehow deserted a cause they should be serving.'
Civil War sesquicentennial provides opportunity for dialogue
Tuesday, March 9, 12 00 a.m.
We live in an age that is largely unconcerned with history. This is too bad because the past is a valuable source of wisdom and guidance. When history is twisted or glossed over, it undermines our ability to learn from the past and inform a positive vision for the future.
What's at stake in judgeship case
Monday, March 8, 12 00 a.m.
Within the next few weeks, the S.C. Supreme Court is expected to issue an opinion on a lawsuit that has riveted the state's legal community and put the Legislature on alert. There's far more than the future of one Charleston-based judge at stake.
Cigarette tax increase a winner
Sunday, March 14, 12 00 a.m.
The South Carolina state Senate can play a pivotal role in improving critical health concerns by passing legislation to increase our state's lowest-in-the-nation cigarette tax to at least a dollar a pack. Smoking remains the leading preventable cause of premature death in this state.
Budget cuts and teacher furloughs
Saturday, March 13, 12 00 a.m.
Why is it that the House Ways and Means Committee feels that teacher furloughs and laying off other front-line state employees is a great way to save money? Have they thought this plan through, seeking out every alternative?
