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Inglis encounters hostility at Upstate town hall meeting

August 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment

(report filed by SCRN’s Susan Trautsch)

Congressman Bob Inglis encountered some resistance recently at a Boiling Springs town hall meeting when he said he was concerned that many are buying into a fear factor.He told more than 350 participants, “The twenty-four hour news cycle drives a fear factor that I think we really need to turn down. Way too many of these talking heads in that 24 hour news business have become famous by selling fear.”

Inglis says it’s a reality he has to deal with and wants his audience to be aware, but not afraid. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health & Medicine, Human Interest, News, Politics & Government

Governor Sanford sends editorial explaining travel

August 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment

The governor’s office released Thursday the following letter to statewide media:By Governor Mark Sanford

Gov. Mark Sanford

In my first race for Congress a local reporter in Myrtle Beach had taken a few words from an interview and used them in a different context to paint a picture that was far from what I believed. When I confronted him on taking my words out of context his simple reply was, “Life is out of context.”

I believed then, as I do today, that when reporters, who are supposedly there to simply report the news, do these sorts of things in telling the story they favor, it isn’t right – and it seems to me this past weekend’s story on airplane travel falls along these lines. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legislature, News, Politics & Government

Progress Energy joins move toward Smart Grid

August 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Progress Energy has applied for $200 million in federal infrastructure funds in support of the company’s investment in an electric Smart Grid in the Carolinas and Florida. The company submitted its application to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), which will award $4.5 billion in Smart Grid grants nationwide as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.”Smart Grid” is a term used to describe a modernized electric transmission and distribution system — enabled by digital technology — that delivers detailed, real-time information about energy use to customers.

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Filed Under: Business, Environment & Conservation, News, Politics & Government

Woman shot after fleeing from Charleston police

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A City of Charleston police officer shot a 26-year-old woman at a busy Charleston intersection Wednesday, after the woman tried to flee.

A North Charleston woman was leaving a department store in Charleston when a police officer identified her as the same woman that was considered wanted in several counties. The officer, Jeffrey Soniak, who was in plain clothing, followed the woman, signaling her to stop. Then, she rammed several cars at a busy intersection, and tried to run Soniak over with her Chevy SUV. City of Charleston Public Information Officer Charles Francis told WCSC in Charleston the officer, Corporal Jeffrey Soniak, saw her coming.

“He kept saying, “stop!” and she wouldn’t, he tried to get out of the way, and she still came after him,” says Francis.

Francis says once the woman continued to ignore Soniak’s calls to stop, he fired the shots. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Accidents & Disasters, Crime & Courts, News

ACLU: SC sheriff may have overstepped his authority

August 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment

The head of the American Civil Liberties Union in South Carolina is questioning a South Carolina sheriff’s authority.

Colleton County Sheriff George Malone made a rule for his employees to not be allowed to visit nightclubs or bars after they get off of work, claiming the act would be considered “unethical.” The rule applies to any employee, patrolling the roads, or in-office clerks. However, the state’s American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU, executive director Victoria Middleton says Malone overstepped his boundaries.

The Associated Press reports Middleton thinks the warning may infringe on First Amendment rights to association of the employees. Malone had said any employee that did not follow the rules would be reprimanded, and possibly lose his or her job.

This measure came after two recent deadly shootings occurred from arguments initiating in a nightclub or bar.

Filed Under: News, Recreation & Entertainment, Uncategorized
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