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JULY 4, 2008 -- Wrapped in the shroud of history provided by the Old Exchange Building in Charleston, the American Civil Liberties Union this week opened a national office in Charleston. Charleston Mayor Joe Riley, above at left, cuts a ribbon with SC interim executive director Graham Boyd during a ceremony in the building where South Carolina leaders ratified the U.S. Constitution in 1788. "There is a deep and abiding need here in South Carolina for the continued protection of our most central American values," said Boyd, a South Carolina native. "The ACLU's South Carolina office is committed to preserving the principles contained within the Bill of Rights for all South Carolinians." Riley welcomed the civil rights organization to the Holy City as an important new voice to protect civil rights in South Carolina. "It's so important we have an organization that is always there to disregard partisan politics or the interest of the moment, and they try to keep us focused on why this country is such a great place," Riley said. NOTE: Editor Bill Davis will be back next week. |
JULY 4, 2008 -- Gather
ye mossbacks
for a story you might not want to hear (but need to): When
it comes to the subject of drilling for oil off of the South Carolina
coast or any part of the East Coast, you're being played for suckers by
politicians. You should be offended by what they and the media are doing.
JULY 4, 2008 -- With
gas prices soaring, watchful eyes are focused on the economic impact to
tourism, South Carolina's No. 1 industry. Total tourism demand nets the
Palmetto State $16.7 billion annually, with the economic impact of tourism
expenditures in the Myrtle Beach area $5.8 billion.
"No amount of public relations lipstick will make this pig pretty." -- Blan Holman, lawyer with the Southern Environmental Law Center, on Santee Cooper's public relations efforts about a proposed coal-burning power plant in the Pee Dee. More: Post and Courier.
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