[Jennifer Kunda] had the responsibility of preparing and revising a comprehensive development plan; preparing zoning ordinances; making recommendations for revisions to zoning and land development standards; and more. … Nevertheless, she is positioning herself as some sort of “outsider” to the process. But this isn’t true.
It is not typical for a newly minted member of the House to derail a major legislative priority of his own party within the first few days of his arrival in Columbia. But that is what Republican Greg Ford did.
When House member Harriet Holman spoke in favor of Donald Trump’s demand that South Carolina redistrict its Congressional map, she had the nerve to say that “Representation isn’t about protecting political careers. It’s about improving people’s lives.” Holman, however, is the very personification of political opportunism.
One in a series of posts about our republican opponents in november In the tidal wave of bad legislation that…
Armed with Google’s version of “the truth,” Ranck seems satisfied, but voters are not. Why is Ranck even on the County Council if she doesn’t want to provide aggressive oversight of Google and its data centers, one of the biggest issues facing her?
The ideological split between Progressive Democrats and the centrist wing of the party is played out most visibly in places like New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles. It rarely makes an appearance in South Carolina, given the moderate tendencies of the Palmetto State’s Democrats. But one young Democrat, Collin Holloway, is taking his policy cues from Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. “I am proud to wear the label of ‘Progressive Democrat’,” Holloway says. “They have the most ambitious vision for the future. I don’t like using labels, but I like the policies.”
If you thought a candidate for office who served for 23 years in the Summerville Police Department would make law and order his top legislative priority, you would be wrong. Montez Aiken, who is running to oust incumbent Republican Harriet Holman from House District 102, is the sort of police officer I wish had stopped me when I was speeding. … Aiken has an abundance of that quality sorely lacking in the Statehouse and in the nation generally: empathy.
McCravy is the type of legislator South Carolina desperately needs: one who is not consumed with Republican culture wars and wedge issues. She is a candidate with impressive real-world experience and a track record of actually making things happen for the good of the entire community.
In an era of intense political polarization, with common decency in short supply, Baxter’s DNA is all about cooperation and making connections.
While lawyers and businessmen are perhaps a necessary component of our State Legislature … Sally Hebert’s candidacy for South Carolina House District 94 comes as a breath of fresh air.