By Sen. Tom Davis | One of the problems with state government in South Carolina – aside from the fact that it is too large, wasteful and inefficient – is that it routinely makes decisions that benefit well-financed special interests [...]
My thoughts on a new blog post by Tim Ferris about “the benefits of pissing people off.”
Here are few quotes from the post:
“Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity: you’ll avoid the tough decisions, you’ll avoid confronting the people who need to be confronted, [...]
CONGRESSMAN HAS MISSED STAGGERING 35% OF VOTES, MOST OF ANY U.S. HOUSE MEMBER
The people of South Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District pay Congressman Gresham Barrett a cozy $174,000 per year, plus some pretty cushy benefits. But they may [...]
In the course of a two-hour debate that ended with Mecklenburg County, NC granting domestic partner benefits to its employees, this interesting exchange occurred:
With little public debate the Mecklenburg BOCC will accept a report tonight which encourges the commissioners to offer domestic partners the same benefits that are currently offered to married couples.
