Letters to the Editor – March 25, 2015
Interim Darlington County Administrator Tommy Edwards asked each member of the Darlington County Council to prepare their vision and plan to move the county forward.
Spring is Here
Though the bite of winter remains, proving it does not surrender without a fight. March is here and springtime is near! I have said it many times, and it merits repeating; there is no place on earth where springtime makes its entrance more beautifully than in the place of my beginnings, Darlington!
Another tragic display of South Carolina’s Domestic Violence Problem
On February 5, around 1:15 p.m., students at the University of South Carolina received a text message warning “SHOTS FIRED” — two words that would send chills and panic through the large campus that is home to nearly 32,000 students.
Gov. Haley’s $29,000 football tickets and higher ed reform
I love this state, I really do – and that’s why I get so frustrated when we can’t do the obvious right thing for stupid reasons.
Rural America: It’s complicated, really complicated
There are two closely held, widely believed, narratives about rural America. The national media narrative, with roots in the 1980’s farm crisis, is fatalistic.
About February
As I write, the calendar on the wall nearby is reminding me that we are halfway through the month of February.