“Draconian?”
Draconian: The word is defined as “harsh,” with synonyms including “brutal, cruel, drastic, exorbitant, extreme, heavy-handed, oppressive, rough, severe or strict.” And yes, it’s already being applied to the budget “cuts” experienced
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Sister Get Your Gun
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Going Under
As goth beauty Amy Lee once sang, South Carolina is “going under” people. Oh, and “drowning you” with record unemployment and stagnant income levels. After a record explosion in state spending over the previous
Sic Willie On Tim Scott
The incoming freshman class of the S.C. House of Representatives couldn’t have picked a better Chairman than Charleston’s Tim Scott - or so says our founding editor in an exclusive video interview, taped yesterday afternoon on Interstate 26 between G-Vegas and Columbia, S.C. “He’s
“Sit Down And Shut Up … Or Else”
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