FORT MILL, S.C. — It’s an educational campaign of sorts. The target audience is Charlotte criminals.
The York County Sheriff’s office wants potential bank robbers, murderers and rapists to know that York County’s jail and legal system is not understaffed like the Mecklenburg County system.
There’s a new billboard flashing [...]

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The Conservativist has compiled a list with some links to all of the Web sites of candidates running for county and state offices in Spartanburg County.  I wish there was a resource like this for the whole state.  It’s so hard to find information on some of these people.

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As pointed out by Governor Mark Sanford, courtesy of The State:
1. State law requires an individual to complete 1,500 hours of instruction to become a cosmetologist. It takes more hours of licensing to become a cosmetologist in SC than it does to become a police officer (396 hours) or carry a concealed weapon (8 hours).
2. [...]

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How 21st Century of us….
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Gov. Mark Sanford is signing legislation that lets people shampoo hair in salons without having taken the mandated 1,500 hours of training for a cosmetology license.
The measure exempts from licensing requirements salon employees whose sole duty is to wash hair.
Sanford says the current law for shampooing is an [...]

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Two more families of firefighters killed in the Sofa Super Store blaze have filed lawsuits against the store’s owner, several furniture manufacturers and other companies, alleging the businesses were negligent in the deaths of their loved ones.
The suits were filed Tuesday on behalf of Lauren B. Mulkey, widow of Capt. Louis Mulkey, and Raymond C. [...]

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In Beaufort we have another case of overbearing politicians imposing their personal will on the people of the city and throwing away the concept of private property. The council unanimously passed a preliminary ordinance to ban smoking in all indoor places open to the public as well as outdoor venues such as patio dining, [...]

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S.C. Speaker of the House Bobby Harrell said Tuesday he won’t run for governor in two years, after all.
The Charleston Republican had been among a handful of prominent politicians considered possible candidates in the budding contest to succeed Gov. Mark Sanford.
But Harrell said Tuesday he thinks he can do more good continuing to serve as [...]

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This is a video from Brad Warthen’s blog on The State.

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The Charleston County Republican Party is sponsoring a debate of the two GOP candidates for 9th Circuit Solicitor on Monday at the party’s regular executive committee meeting.
Blair Jennings and Scarlett Wilson will be at North Charleston City Hall at 7 p.m.
Bill Sharpe of WCSC Live 5 News, will moderate the debate with panelists Rocky D [...]

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The competitors each say that constituent service is at the heart of their motivation for running.
“I can provide true constituent representation for working families and my neighbors struggling to pay their taxes,” said Bussjager, 58, a real estate broker and auditor.
Young said she is motivated to run for the same reason she ran in [...]

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Charleston lawyer Dwayne Green decided to run against state Sen. Robert Ford after he heard Ford say that if U.S. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois were to win the Democratic presidential nomination, it would doom the party’s candidates in the fall.
Ford apologized soon afterward, but the comment was out there.
Ford, who needs to defeat [...]

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Second Congressional District Democratic candidate Rob Miller of Beaufort has accepted three invitations to debate his primary opponent, Blaine Lotz of Hilton Head Island.
The winner of the June 2 primary will face incumbent Joe Wilson in November.
Miller has accepted invitations to debate Wilson May 23 on Frank Knapp’s radio program in Columbia; on May 28 [...]

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In an April 26 memo to trustees, Burgess wrote, “It is inappropriate to place a general ban on the image of the Confederate Battle Flag being worn on articles of clothing and/or accessories. Such a ban will cause a larger concern than the high school administration has expressed in an e-mail, to me, dated April [...]

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A candidate running for a House seat in Richland and Kershaw counties has asked his opponent to sever her ties with a third-party group that advocates using tax credits to pay for private schools.
In a letter to his opponent, Sheri Few, David Herndon said he has concerns about the campaign tactics [...]

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President Bush has nominated Walt Wilkins to serve as the next U.S. attorney for South Carolina., U.S. Sens. Lindsey Graham and Jim DeMint announced Wednesday.
Wilkins is an assistant U.S. attorney in Greenville, where he has prosecuted cases involving mortgage fraud, large-scale gambling and human trafficking. He has a degree from USC’s School of Law.
The State

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Gov. Mark Sanford today said he would veto the Senate’s cigarette tax hike if it comes to his desk in its current form.
Sanford said the state should not raise any tax without an offsetting tax cut.
He criticized the Senate plan as a “double tax increase” for the way it increases taxes immediately, but will also [...]

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The bill would eliminate the state’s Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test and replace it with a test that would give teachers more timely feedback, require a review of the state’s accountability system every five years and restructure the annual school report cards so they are shorter.
Some lawmakers say state law doesn’t need to be changed for [...]

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South Carolina House members delayed taking action on amendments to a $7 billion state budget that would restore money to college research and tourism programs.
A mix-up in the 180-page amendment’s drafting and extended debate on an immigration bill left House members saying Wednesday they wanted more time to review changes to the Senate version of [...]

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SUMMERVILLE — The continuing drama of a state senator demanding a trial after spending a night in jail on a DUI charge enters a new chapter.
State Sen. Randy Scott, R-Summerville, who was arrested April 19 and released the next morning on a personal recognizance bond, will face the Spartanburg solicitor’s office when he goes before [...]

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The two Charleston Republicans have been leading their chambers through what almost everyone characterizes as the most divisive issue to hit state politics in years.
There are two hang-ups: certain legislators, most vocally some Democrats, don’t want the state to touch the matter; others, more privately, say they have a problem with the burden the legislation [...]

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