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Another Travel Day

Today is another travel day, so updates will be light until I get home this evening.
As a conversation starter, let me know if you attended any of the local “TEA” parties a couple days ago? The disparate coverage on TV was interesting, to say the least, as was the general opinion on [...]



If Kids Could Vote…

…Governor Sanford would not win the next election. Word has come down the pike that despite the local school board canceling the Memorial Day weather makeup day, the governor has vetoed legislation that allows school boards to make the final determination on makeup days.
And so we’re back to Memorial Day possibly, maybe, supposedly, being [...]



Sanford Spoke in Fort Mill Today

Gov. Mark Sanford spoke to the Fort Mill Rotary Club today and continued to outline the reasons for his refusal of $700B in stimulus money designated for South Carolina. Sanford has been under considerable criticism for not taking the money to help fund school and public safety coffers in need of cash.
From The Herald:
Sanford [...]



Is This The Last Year for the Knights?

Thursday is the start of the Charlotte Knights season, and it is possibly the LAST season they’ll play in Fort Mill. I predict, in answer to one of the questions asked by The Herald, that attendance WILL be up, as people take advantage of what might be the last year minor league baseball is [...]



Tega Cay Uproar Over Parks & Recs Funding

Tega Cay residents are in a tizzy this week as an email went out from a couple of concerned town volunteers over Parks and Recs funding for the area’s parks that supposedly went to other projects in the town. This email has resulted in the town Council’s office being inundated with angry outcries from [...]



To Stimulate…or Not To Stimulate – That is the Question

At a rally in Rock Hill yesterday, citizens and school officials alike protested Gov. Sanford’s continued refusal to take $700M offered to SC from the stimulus package. Sanford wants to use the money to pay down state debt and avoid having future generations of South Carolinians pay for our current day spendiness.
Those who showed [...]



York County Landfill….Full?

I’m sorry, but I find it hard to believe that the York County landfill will run out of space in the next few months. I’ve been there – it doesn’t look that full to me.
My husband and I do not pay for a trash pickup service. As such, we make weekly trips to [...]