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MYSTERY PHOTO: Jet lake

Here’s an odd sight — a lake that has a peninsula formed to look like a jet. Where is it?Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live. And if you’ve got a clever mystery photo for our readers, send it to the same address (Try to stump us!)

Our previous Mystery Photo: Last week’s mystery, “A pretty old thingamajig,” shows an old GE refrigerator from 1930 that West Ashley pilot and Realtor Ed Sutton is hoping to restore.

by Charleston Currents · 11/29/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

NEW for 11/29: Public comment on 1-526; Knowing, doing, acting

IN THIS EDITION
FOCUS: Wednesday is last day for public comment on I-526 project
COMMENTARY, Brack: Act appropriately (this time) as new surge headed here
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Morris Financial Concepts, Inc.
NEWS BRIEFS: S.C. justice leaders react to Brunswick convictions.
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
MYSTERY PHOTO: Jet lake
CALENDAR: Dunning, CJO to bring holiday swing to Charleston Music Hall

by Charleston Currents · 11/29/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

SPOTLIGHT: Morris Financial Concepts, Inc.

Morris Financial Concepts, Inc., is a nationally recognized, fee-only financial consulting firm that helps you identify and align your resources, values and goals to achieve an enriched life.

by Charleston Currents · 11/29/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Underwriters

FOCUS: S.C.’s long ties with Barbados, a new republic

By Herb Frazier | Barbados will become a republic on Nov. 30 when it removes Queen Elizabeth as the head of state on the 55th anniversary of the nation’s independence from England.

Barbados and Charleston have a historic and cultural tie that dates back to April 1670. Settlers from Barbados established the Carolina colony which grew into modern-day Charleston.

As a parliamentary republic, Barbados will have a ceremonial elected president as head of state. The prime minister remains the head of government.

The move cuts the last vestiges of the colonial umbilical cord with England, said Charleston resident Rhoda Green, Barbados’ honorary consul to South Carolina and founder of the Barbados and the Carolina Legacy Foundation.

by Charleston Currents · 11/22/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news

NEWS BRIEFS: New battle over vouchers, public education dollars

Staff reports | Look for another education battle in 2022 as key Republican leaders push a bill that would siphon public education dollars to private schools under the guise of “education freedom.”

According to Statehouse Report, S.C. Rep. Shannon Erickson, R-Beaufort, recently sent an email through the Palmetto Promise Institute to push H. 3976, a bill she introduced in February to create “education scholarship accounts” for tens of thousands of early reading program or special needs students. Anyone in the proposed program would get about $5,000 a year in an online savings account to use for a student’s education.

by Charleston Currents · 11/22/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs

CALENDAR: Chanukah in the Square set for Nov. 28

Staff reports | Live entertainment, food stations and children’s activities will be part of the 14th annual Chanukah in the Square, which will be held 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 28 at Marion Square in Charleston.

by Charleston Currents · 11/22/2021 · Comments are Disabled · calendar

MYSTERY PHOTO: A pretty old thingamajig

Here’s something you may never have seen. Can you identify it with a little specificity and tell us what it is and how old it is? Extra points for a brand name. Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live. And if you’ve got a clever mystery photo for our readers, send it to the same address (Try to stump us!)

Our previous Mystery Photo

Last week’s mystery, “Peeking through the treetops,” shows the steeple of Central Baptist Church on Radcliffe Street in Charleston. The sharp angle of the photo masks a large well-known “Jesus Saves” painted near the top of the steeple.

by Charleston Currents · 11/22/2021 · 1 comment · Mystery Photo, Photos

NEW for 11/22: On Barbados, henhouse politics, education, Chanukah

IN THIS EDITION
FOCUS: South Carolina’s long ties with Barbados, a new republic
COMMENTARY, Brack: Henhouse redistricting abuses democratic principles
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: S.C. Clips
NEWS BRIEFS: Look for new battle over vouchers, public education dollars
FEEDBACK: Two write about McMaster’s attempt to censor a book
MYSTERY PHOTO: A pretty old thingamajig
CALENDAR: Chanukah in the Square to be celebrated Nov. 28

by Charleston Currents · 11/22/2021 · 1 comment · Full issue

SPOTLIGHT: SC Clips

In the spotlight today is SC Clips, an affordable, daily information digest that provides you with the South Carolina news you need every business day. Subscribers receive a daily email news round-up before 10 a.m. that provides a link to each day’s edition of SC Clips.

by Charleston Currents · 11/22/2021 · 1 comment · Underwriters

FOCUS: Analyst says to review portfolio on proposed tax law changes

By Kyra Morris, contributing editor | Many may be concerned about the changes in the new taxes under the $1.75 trillion Build Back Better Act, which is President Joe Biden’s signature social safety net and climate change bill. It has received a procedural vote in the House and still needs a final vote before it heads back to the U.S. Senate.

The analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office indicating the ultimate cost of this bill will be a determining factor. This article reviews the proposals as of Nov 6, and may at least give us some guidance and potential planning ideas.

Little change for many. The first thing that needs to be remembered is that if your taxable income is below $450,000 for married filing jointly (MFJ) or $400,000 for single (S) taxpayers, the proposed new tax laws have very little changes.

by Charleston Currents · 11/15/2021 · 3 comments · Focus, Good news