Upstate Legislator Looking at Lowering Drinking Age

Representative Fletcher Smith is looking at introducing legislation that would lower the drinking age for service members from 21 to 18. According to The State newspaper Rep. Smith believes that if you are old enough to fight, then you should be old enough to drink. The State newspaper is also running an online poll asking [...]

Pageland Watermelon Festival

This coming weekend (July 20-22), Pageland will celebrate one of South Carolina’s most treasured fruits - the watermelon. There are at least two watermelon festivals held in South Carolina every year. One is in the lowcountry (Hampton) and the other is held in the Pee Dee (Pageland). Make sure that you visit at least one [...]

Town of Hollywood Election to be Monitored by Dept. of Justice

According to the Post and Courier, the Hollywood’s town election will be monitored by the US Department of Justice. Let’s have a short history lesson.
Just to clarify things…Over the past few years, since Charleston County Election Commission Director Marilyn Bowers took over, many of Charleston County’s towns and cities have opted to let the county [...]

Visit Charleston

Charleston is home to several festivals every year. Two of these festivals are known globally. They are Piccolo Spoleto and Spoleto Festival USA. These two festivals run concurrently and draw several thousand people to the Holy City. Here’s a little information on both festivals.
Spoleto Festival USA
According to Spoleto Festival USA’s web site, the festival, “has [...]

SC Republican’s Prepare to Move Primary

South Carolina Republicans are watching Florida closely. Many state parties are toying with moving their primary closer to the start of 2008 - and some are even thinking of moving their’s to late 2007. This is causing SC Republicans to think about moving the South Carolina Republican Primary.
Currently the SC primaries hold the title of [...]

Go Home Nazis!

Unfortunately, there are people in the world who happen to come to South Carolina every once in a while to preach their hate. This happened today in Columbia. I tried to get some pictures of the event, but the police had the area blocked off.
When listening to the evening news, though, it seems like it [...]

April in South Carolina

As pollen saturates South Carolina and many people try to find relief by staying indoors, true South Carolinians will be out and about attending these events:
Governor’s Frog Jump (April 5-7)

This festival is located in Springfield. According to their website, “Springfield has been the site of the Governor’ Annual Frog Jump Contest since April 5, [...]

1712 Carolina - No Longer One Colony

In 1712, the colony known as Carolina ceased to exist. Backcountry settlers had been quietly governing themselves in what is known today as North Carolina. Since the capital city of Charles Towne was too far away to successfully influence the Backcountry settlers, they became independent of the city.
This was a very contentious political time in [...]

The State Capital

In the next few postings I’ll focus on the state capital of South Carolina. We’ll talk about the move from Charleston to Columbia and the changes Columbia has experienced over the years.

New Insurance Chief Attemps to Expand Wind Pool

According to a Post and Courier report, new Insurance Chief Scott Richardson, will be temporarily expanding the wind pool. He will also be introducing a legislative package that he claims will help reduce the burden of insurance payments to coastal residents.
To learn more about this story visit:
Post and Courier