Charleston Currents

Brack: 7th cent in sales tax would cripple S.C.’s growth

JAN. 19, 2015 | If a bill being pushed to add a seventh penny of state sales tax to fix roads ends up making it through the legislature, the state would suffer mightily.

Simply put, it’s a dumb idea. Not only would it make the Palmetto State less competitive, but it would catapult South Carolina into having the highest sales tax rate in the Southeast and the second highest in the nation! Imagine an economic recruiter trying to explain that to a prospect who wants to locate here.

by Andy Brack · 01/21/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views

Bostick: Sherman’s march into S.C.

By Doug Bostick | JAN. 12, 2015 — Major General William Tecumseh Sherman captured Savannah on Dec. 21, 1864. In a telegram to President Lincoln, he offered, “I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the City of Savannah …”

by Charleston Currents · 01/12/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, History

Letters: Obama column insults, offends Republicans

Your comments [Brack, 1/5] that imply that South Carolina Republicans don’t support President Obama because he’s (egad!) black are insulting and offensive.

by Charleston Currents · 01/12/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Feedback, Views

Brack: Haley should make time for inaugural poem

JAN. 12, 2015 — There’s at least one thing that will be different about Wednesday’s inauguration of Gov. Nikki Haley — the state’s poet laureate won’t be reading a special inspirational poem. Why? There’s just not enough time, even though inaugurations, like baseball games, have no fixed time limitations.

by Andy Brack · 01/12/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views

Brack: Give Obama more credit, less hate

The list of accomplishments, particularly economic, is impressive. Yet, all you hear around water coolers and tables full of Republican men at breakfast is harping and carping, moaning and groaning, about how bad Obama is.

by Andy Brack · 01/05/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views