David Brown: In my opinion, it is difficult to find a more perfect example than the need to fund repair of our roads via the gas tax option rather than through the general revenue option. The reasoning unfolds likes this: The roads need fixing.
S.C. Encyclopedia | South Carolina has two official mottoes. These were engraved on the original great seal in 1777: “Animis opibusque parati” and “Dum spero spiro.”
By Kyra Morris, contributing editor | In May of 2015, Volvo chose South Carolina to build its first plant in North America. Volvo will build its factory on a 2,800-acre parcel of the Camp Hall Industrial Campus near Ridgeville in Berkeley County. It will be a 575-acre first phase development with an initial 2,000-worker assembly plant. Volvo’s investment for its American presence in our home state will begin at $500 million.
Why Ridgeville? Ridgeville is a small town with a population of approximately 2,000 people who live 12 miles northwest of Summerville. Ridgeville is also 30 miles from a thriving port that currently exports more than 800 BMWs a day. The proximity to a vital port that provides access overseas is a very important factor for Volvo.
By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | We’re surrounded by rules. They’re what make the world go round without everybody stepping all over everybody else.
Some rules are overt: Speed limits, no murdering others, pay taxes, don’t hit your little sister. Some of them are more covert: You don’t tell the lady next to you at church that her dress or hairstyle is horrible. You don’t laugh out loud when some guy says something monumentally stupid.
YOU DON’T EXPECT to see azaleas bloom with the deep, rich color of a South Carolina peach, but you can find them at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens along the Ashley River west of Charleston. The attraction, which is attracting more visitors than ever, has more than a half million azaleas on its grounds, according to director Tom Johnson.
Palmetto Poem by Vera Gómez
Charcoal can be found almost anywhere
there has been fire. Among the ash,
dust to dust, among the embers set aglow.
Almost anywhere: in the streak
of teared-lace mascara, in the remnant
of a striked match, in the man cremated.
If you haven’t been to downtown Charleston lately from West Ashley, you’ll soon find out that the roadway looks a little different. Instead of four lanes of vehicles crossing the Ashley River into Charleston, there are now three. The outside lane has been partitioned into a walk/bike lane to test how traffic will react. Also: two winners, a scholarship, water parks and a new film.
This mystery photo snapped by contributing photographer Michael Kaynard might just be too tough. We’ll give you a big hint — it’s in downtown Charleston, but on which street? You might remember it if you walk the downtown streets frequently. Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and be sure to include the town where you live now.
We Can Do Better, South Carolina! (2019) by editor and publisher Andy Brack offers incisive commentaries on the American South, politics, the common good and interesting South Carolina leaders. Available exclusively for Kindle for $7.99. A paperback version will be ready soon. Learn more.
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