South Carolina’s jobless rate drops below 10 percent

December 20, 2011 By

The State Posted on Tue, Dec. 20, 2011 Staff reports South Carolina’s jobless rate fell below 10 percent in November for the first time since April as retailers beefed up sales staff for an unexpectedly good holiday shopping season and others dropped out of the job search. The state’s jobless rate dropped more than half a percentage to 9.9 percent from 10.5 percent in October, according to a report from the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce released this morning. It was … Read More

Newsletter – The Facts: Censored by the Media‏

December 12, 2011 By

Dear Friends, Thanks to the internet and social media, traditional media outlets no longer have a monopoly on where you get your news - making it more difficult for them to hide the truth.  In the last few weeks, I have been attempting to inform the public about the Chairman of the SC Democratic Party’s attempt to use the Supreme Court of SC to raise your taxes by $3 Billion a year. They are trying to create a backdoor tax increase by suing the state, asking that everything sold in … Read More

Charleston rules state’s economy

December 8, 2011 By

S.C. near top in nation; gradual recovery forecast BY YVONNE WENGER ywenger@postandcourier.com Thursday, December 8, 2011 COLUMBIA -- Only three states have an economy more competitive than South Carolina, and Charleston is king in the Palmetto State. What state leaders do with that edge will determine how South Carolinians fare in what University of South Carolina economists on Wednesday called a fragile economic recovery. Bobby Hitt, the state Department of Commerce secretary, … Read More

The Washington Examiner: Labor board broke federal law on Boeing suit

November 30, 2011 By

 byConn Carroll Senior Editorial Writer November 27, 2011   Then-National Labor Relations Board Chairman Wilma B. Liebman and Peter Carey Schaumber, a longtime board member and former chairman, meet in a conference room at NLRB headquarters in Washington, Monday, Aug. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) What if there were emails showing Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor coordinating with Attorney General Eric Holder and White House press secretary Robert Gibbs … Read More

Release – $3 Billion Tax Hike Case in Court Today

November 29, 2011 By

SC Supreme Court hears arguments for & against backdoor tax increase  (Columbia, SC) – Today, the SC Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could result in a recurring $3 billion tax increase and 50 percent growth to our state’s budget.  Representing the plaintiffs in this case – who initiated this lawsuit by suing our state – the sitting Chairman of the SC Democratic Party has also been acting as lead spokesman for the plaintiffs in this effort to use the Court system … Read More