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BRACK: Republicans should work to expand, not restrict, voting

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | Red states like South Carolina face increasing pressure to fiddle with election laws. They should resist.

But expecting Republican leaders to dial back the rhetoric is hopeful at best, looney at worst. Why? Because of this: “These voter suppression efforts are based on a big lie that the election was stolen,” observed state Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter, D-Orangeburg. “Sadly, I have not heard one Republican elected official at the state or local level here, disavow the lie and admit that Joe Biden won the election fair and square.”

by Andy Brack · 07/19/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views

NEW for 4/19: Maritime forest at polls; Thank a teacher; New bridge

IN THIS EDITION
FOCUS: Maritime forest looms large in Sullivan’s Island election
COMMENTARY, Brack: Now is the time to thank a South Carolina teacher
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
NEWS BRIEFS: Feedback sought on Ashley River bike/pedestrian bridge
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
MYSTERY PHOTO: Not the Citadel
CALENDAR: Dill Sanctuary offers Birding Day April 24

by Andy Brack · 04/19/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

NEW for 11/16: The economy ahead; Democrats ahead; Concert; Cook-off

IN THIS EDITION
TODAY’S FOCUS: Divided federal government may help economy
COMMENTARY, Brack: S.C., Democrats have keys, but need to turn on engine
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Charleston Gaillard Center
NEWS BRIEFS: City Paper to offer $10 virtual concert 8 p.m. Tuesday with McCain, Hall
FEEDBACK: Harp was key for this reader
MYSTERY PHOTO: Interesting place for a mural
CALENDAR: Animal Society’s virtual chili cook-off to be Nov. 21

by Charleston Currents · 11/16/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

At the Feb. 26 endorsement of Biden in Charleston were (l-r): former Charleston councilman Paul Tinkler, former Charleston Mayor Joe Riley, S.C. Sen. Marlon Kimpson, U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, Charleston County Auditor Peter Tecklenburg, Biden. | Photo by Adam Schultz / Biden for President

FOCUS: South Carolina played key role in Biden victory

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | It can be argued that without South Carolina, Biden wouldn’t be president-elect.

In February, he won the Democratic presidential primary in South Carolina. It was his first big win that preceded a string of wins built on the strong backing of U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, the Palmetto State’s kingmaker. Clyburn’s endorsement of Biden in late February is widely viewed as the key to Biden’s win here, which was key to securing the nomination.

But much earlier, the late U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings, who was chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in 1972, tapped Biden as the Democrat for Washington senators to support in the Delaware race for U.S. Senate. Then 29, Biden was a county councilman and unknown to many.

“He ended up taking a chance on me,” Biden said in April 2019 at Hollings’ funeral.

by Andy Brack · 11/09/2020 · 1 comment · Focus, Good news

NEW for 11/9: S.C.’s election role; Hartsville funnyman; 2020 SUCKS concert

IN THIS EDITION
TODAY’S FOCUS: South Carolina played key role in Biden victory
COMMENTARY, Brack: Meet the Hartsville man who can make you laugh
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Morris Financial Concepts, Inc.
NEWS BRIEFS: Statehouse will be different for Dems in 2021
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
MYSTERY PHOTO: Orange archway
CALENDAR: City Paper to offer 2020 SUCKS virtual concert with McCain, Hall

by Andy Brack · 11/09/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

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 Andy Brack · 11/02/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news, Views

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 Charleston Currents · 11/02/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue, Uncategorized

NEW for 10/12: Hats off to U.N. food program; Activist court; How to vote early

IN THIS EDITION
TODAY’S FOCUS: Beasley leads Nobel Prize-winning food program
COMMENTARY, Brack: Activist high court keeps S.C. election barrier in place
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Titan Termite & Pest Control
NEWS BRIEFS: How to vote early in the 2020 general election
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
MYSTERY PHOTO: Off the top of your head, where is this?
CALENDAR: Wine-ing down and Safe Sounds

by Andy Brack · 10/12/2020 · 1 comment · Full issue

FOCUS: Five Lowcountry Senate races to keep an eye on

By Lindsay Street, Statehouse Report | Political observers are watching five Lowcountry state Senate seats as being ripe for plucking by Democrats in the November elections. But Republicans aren’t worried about losing control of the Senate because they’ve targeted Democratic seats across the state that may flip, too. Read the full story in Statehouse Report.

“Democrats could pick up four races in Charleston County, and if Democrats win four races in Charleston County, they would be looking at a tie (in the Senate),” Democratic strategist Tyler Jones of Charleston said, adding that a tie could benefit Democrats since not all Republicans vote along party lines. He said a tie would have big consequences in 2021, a redistricting year.

But S.C. Republican Party Chair Drew McKissick isn’t worried: “No fear at all about losing the Senate at all,” he said. “There are seats that are ripe for Republicans to win in this cycle in the Senate.”

by Charleston Currents · 09/28/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news

A Trump balloon in London. Via Unsplash.

BRACK: It’s time for Trump to go

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | Donald Trump is not a Boy Scout. In fact, he represents just about everything scouts are not supposed to be.

While the reputation of the scouting movement has been tarnished by scandal in recent years — far less scandal than that in Trump’s Washington — scouts are taught to aspire to be trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent. These values are the tenets of the Boy Scout Law. More than 40 years after being a scout, these teachings remain ingrained.

by Andy Brack · 09/28/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views