THE BUDGET AND Control Board is a uniquely South Carolina institution built on the assumption that all wisdom resides in the Legislature and designed ? like most of the government,
ALTHOUGH Richland County Councilman Norman Jackson insists he hasn?t done anything wrong, a federal administrative law judge rightly determined that Mr. Jackson is in violation of the law that prohibits…
COLUMBIA City Council is wisely taking a responsible, cautious, prudent approach to the question of whether to sell Capital City Stadium to a developer for use as a Walmart.
FOR TWO weeks, supporters of our state?s new voter identification law crowed that they had been vindicated by the announcement by Gov. Nikki Haley?s Department of Motor Vehicles director that…
IF ALL THAT comes of the construction of a Habitat for Humanity home by young offenders at the Department of Juvenile Justice is that a family gets a dependable roof…
THE LAST TIME the board of the Department of Health and Environmental Control needed a new director, it knew exactly where to look: in the office of legislative and constituent…
WHILE IT?S a relief that Richland County finally came to its senses and is seeking to continue its long-standing fire agreement with Columbia, it?s also troubling that county officials crafted…
MITT ROMNEY was not our first choice for the Republican nomination for president of the United States, but he was one of two candidates who stood head and shoulders above…
COLUMBIA Mayor Steve Benjamin knows that his annual State of the City address, while an appropriate and worthwhile undertaking that allows the city?s top elected leader to celebrate triumphs and…
AFTER MONTHS of flirting with candidates who considered inexperience an asset, obstinance and vitriol a virtue and extremism ? even flakiness ? a job requirement, Republican voters seem to be…
THE 2012 GENERAL Assembly convenes on Tuesday to face the same problems as its predecessors: an unaccountable government whose autonomous and often duplicative parts work at cross-purposes; a special-interest-driven tax…
WITH YET another resurgence of sexually oriented business activity, perhaps this time Columbia City and Richland County councils will get the message: Don?t let your guard down.
IT?S BEEN a while since South Carolina?s Gamecocks and Clemson?s Tigers both were headed to significant bowl games with hopes of ending highly ranked nationally and setting a foundation for…
IF IT WASN?T clear enough before that Richland County Council should walk away from a plan to spend $1 million on land for an unneeded park in Lower Richland, it…
AS LEXINGTON County Council searches for a new administrator to oversee day-to-day activities, it must reject the secretive process it used to select outgoing executive Katherine Hubbard.
FOR YEARS, elected officials have been told that when someone gives them a free flight, they should report its value based on what it could cost them to buy a…
