Feb 11, 2015
Vincent Sheheen might have lost the governor’s race, but he’s still got a bunch of great ideas to make South Carolina a much better place. The state senator from Camden’s latest proposal [S. 426] seeks to create a mental health court program that diverts low-level...
Feb 11, 2015
Eric Holder is shortly to step down from the office of Attorney General and I would like to wish him good … riddance! In my opinion, the guy has been a political hack and a disgrace to the office. One of the only things that could top his departure, in my...
Feb 4, 2015
There was much fanfare last week surrounding West Ashley High School’s annual Mr. and Miss West Ashley Pageant. Held in the school’s auditorium, this year’s pageant featured 34 students competing for the crowns. But in the end, only one male and one female student...
Feb 4, 2015
West Ashley was very much on the mind of Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr. last week as he delivered his final annual State of the City address. For the 39th time, Riley took to the rostrum in City Hall. He spoke of a robust city, with a crackling, resurgent economy, that is...
Feb 4, 2015
Camellias, a southern landscape favorite, show off a blaze of color throughout the winter months. Middleton family history holds that in the year 1786, French botanist Andrè Michaux, gave the Middletons some of the first camellias to be planted in an American garden....
