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FOCUS, Ervin: Our nation’s soul will endure

FOCUS, Ervin: Our nation’s soul will endure

By Tom Ervin, special to Charleston Currents  |  Two Fridays ago, I stood in line for almost three hours to vote. It was heartwarming! 

A young mother pushed a double stroller holding her twins and carried a third baby tucked in her backpack. Many elderly voters waited patiently in line while leaning on their walkers. Several voters arrived in wheelchairs. College students were voting with their parents.

Although the line wrapped all the way around the parking lot at the Greer Recreation Center, everyone was smiling and talking. Almost everyone wore masks and exercised social distancing. Several of us pleaded with a poll worker to move the young mother with her three small children to the front of the line. When he agreed, everyone cheered. Another woman passed out bottles of water to strangers. These folks were demonstrating their love of freedom and democracy.  They were determined that their voices would be heard.

by · 11/02/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news, Views
NEW for 11/2: A birthday; Nation endures; On opinions; More

NEW for 11/2: A birthday; Nation endures; On opinions; More

IN THIS EDITION
TODAY’S FOCUS:  Our nation’s soul will endure
COMMENTARY, Brack: Newspapers have a responsibility to publish opinions, endorsements
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: S.C. Ports Authority
NEWS BRIEFS:  Live improv is back at Theatre 99
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
MYSTERY PHOTO: Where’s this door?
CALENDAR: Redux’s annual art auction will be Nov. 9-21

by · 11/02/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue, Uncategorized
BRACK:  We’ve all got the “Pothole Blues”

BRACK: We’ve all got the “Pothole Blues”

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | Sometimes the only way to make a point and make sure it gets through is through humor.

As the state Senate stumbles drunkenly to find a way to figure out a way to fix state roads and bridges, former gubernatorial candidate Tom Ervin of Greenville turned to song to make his point.

He wrote – and had recorded – an aptly-named song, “Pothole Blues,” as first reported Sunday by our sister publication, Statehouse Report.

He says he’s gotten so frustrated by the continued “lack of vision and failed leadership” by state senators and Gov. Henry McMaster in funding the billions of dollars of needs for state road and bridge repairs” that he had to do something.

by · 04/24/2017 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views
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ERVIN: Best advice for my daughter

By Tom Ervin, guest columnist | Several years ago, my wife and I drove to Athens to the University of Georgia campus to watch my daughter receive her master’s degree in communications. After the graduation ceremony, we enjoyed a leisurely lunch together at a downtown restaurant. Then, my daughter shocked me by asking: “Dad, what’s your best advice for me now?”

by · 04/11/2016 · Comments are Disabled · Views