Time to Elect a Democratic State Senator from Summerville

It certainly is interesting watching the three-ring circus at the national level. But the clown acts don't get much better at the state level. So, it's time for Summerville to have a state senator representing their interests in 2012. 

Voters are already taking notice.

Even in South Carolina, President Barack Obama has a higher rating than Freddie Mac Lobbyist Gingrich.

As for Rick Perry? He condemns government help for the poor while encouraging churches to help out, but his most recent tax records show that he only gave one one-thousandth of what he made to his church. When he made $1 million, his total church giving was less than $100. 

What happen to compassionate conservatism? Gingrich even suggested that those “wonderful (read: poor) children” could replace the unionized janitors at their own schools.

And at the state level it is not much better. Gov. Nikki Haley’s ratings are lower than President Obama. She has even the Republican Legislative leadership and the very conservative Post & Courier editorial staff against her — something about supporting Georgia and making a bad environmental decision concerning Savannah River.

Also, did you notice that Haley is asking the tax payers to build her a wine cellar in the Governor’s mansion?  And her “chef” was found running his business on government property. Well, Haley did say that she supported private business.

And finally we find out that transparency will be easy for her administration – she has told her staff to destroy all emails! The result of that is using private email accounts for government business. Imagine that.

At the Senate level the citizens of South Carolina citizens are embarrassed again by Republican Sen. Jim Demint putting his demagoguery before the Veterans by being the ONLY Senator, Republican or Democrat, to vote against job benefits for them. Maybe we need to ask Demint to enlist in the Army and walk in a veteran's boots: protecting our freedom! 

Education Czar and State Superintendent Mick Zias continues to give millions of dollars he could be getting for South Carolina children to other states. Even his board disagrees with this crazy move. Again, demagoguery before the best interests of our state and especially our children.

“There was a good bit of funding out there that the superintendent had arbitrarily rejected the opportunity to apply for,” said Tim Moore, a board member. Read more here. 

Democrats are for a balanced budget, but in balancing the budget Democrats put public education first, followed closely by Medicaid (especially children’s benefits), Jobs, and fixing our infrastructure.

This next November Summerville and Dorchester County will get to vote on our state senator (). While no Democrat has officially declared for the seat, he or she will offer a better alternative than the status quo. 

I think it is time to send a Democrat to Columbia!