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Roach: 69% from Howard Rich and associates
If you ever wanted to know what lawmakers were thinking when they passed a certain bill, a good place to start is a little blurb they call the “Whereas Clause.”Most of the time, the “Whereas Clause” is...
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House 81: Trojan Horse in Horse Country
UPDATE 7/20/08: According to the Aiken Standard, Scott Singer has returned all but $3,000 of the funds sent to his campaign by Howard Rich, noting that he did not feel comfortable getting so much money...
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Few: 51% from Howard Rich and Associates
Sheri Few may have lost her runoff election, but she won the distinction of being the GOP primary candidate in House District 79 who took the most cash from Howard Rich and associates: 51% of her...
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Nutt, Whitehurst bankrolled by voucher interests
It would’ve been a lot of money for voters to swallow.But then again, “voters” were never aware of it.90% of the out-of-state voucher cash that fueled the Roger Nutt and Trey Whitehurst campaigns was...
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Nanney: 45% from Rich and Associates
House District 22’s next lawmaker filed her post-election campaign finance disclosure on Saturday, and the good news is that 55% of her money came from “South Carolina,” the triangular-shaped state...
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Howard Rich spent a lot of money on Katrina Shealy
Senate District 23 candidate Katrina Shealy took an incredible amount of money off Howard Rich’s hands in her recent primary loss to Republican Jake Knotts.And I mean incredible. The State on Friday...
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Senate 12: Bright funding kept in the dark
On May 27th, Senate candidate Lee Bright turned in his final pre-election campaign finance disclosure.Here’s how much out-of-state voucher cash it showed:$0.00With just two weeks to go before the...
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House 66: Howard Rich targets Gilda
What’s the best way to surprise your enemy while advancing for a lethal blow? I have no idea.Go ask a ninja.But if you’re one of millionaire Howard Rich’s voucher groups, and you want to take out Rep....
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Newest EOC member signed anti-public school pledge
Somebody please tell Gervais this is a joke.Somebody please tell me that the newest member of the Education Oversight Committee is not a signatory of an oath against public education … a pledge that...
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Bustos, McDaniel, Millwood: Bankrolled by Rich
Any psychic could have told you on June 10th that Joe Bustos, Annie McDaniel, and Joey Millwood got 55%, 85%, and 65% of their campaign contributions, respectively, from New York millionaire Howard...
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Newest EOC member removes name from anti-public school pledge
Julie Hershey, the newest member of the South Carolina Education Oversight Committee, claims she never signed the anti-public school pledge that says:"I proclaim publicly that I favor ending government...
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Another theory on Hershey and the anti-public school pledge
It's been six days since Gervais first told you that the newest member of South Carolina Education Oversight Committee, Sanford appointee Julie Hershey, was a listed as a signatory of a pledge that...
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Obama-Bryant blog war escalates
Below: A screen shot of Obama's personal blog"I would be foolish not to respond," says presidential candidateB & P News - Amman, JordanPresidential candidate Barack Obama has taken to his blog to...
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Howard Rich deputy a signatory of anti-public school pledge
So for the past few days, we’ve been discussing Julie Hershey, the newest Education Oversight Committee member, whose name showed up for a brief period (4 years, at least) on the anti-public school...
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"No possibility" Julie Hershey didn't sign anti-public school pledge
From The State, Education panel appointee answers critics:The president of the Alliance for the Separation of School and State said [newest Education Oversight Committee member Julie] Hershey signed...
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Howard Rich Primary Recap
Vouchers are not an end in themselves; they are a means to make a transition from a government to a market system … I sense that we are on the verge of a breakthrough in one state or another, which...
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Little Pigs Barbeque: Timelessly terrific
The first time I ate at Little Pigs Barbeque, this blog wasn’t even two months old.It was November of 2005, and a reporter for The State newspaper had contacted Gervais by email about doing a story on...
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20,000 foot view of SC politics
I once had a boss who would always advise taking the "20,000 ft. view" of things. It was his way of saying you should occasionally take a step back and look at the big picture if you really want to...
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Kyle Boyd comes clean: 55% of funds from Howard Rich & Associates
When campaign finance disclosures were due on July 10th, Gervais waited patiently to find out how much money SCRG voucher/tax credit candidate Kyle Boyd got from NYC millionaire Howard Rich and his...
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