News and Views from around the state: April 21, 2025

 

Navy Blue Angels do their performance at an Airshow.
Beaufort native, Maj. Brandon Wilkins, flies the No. 2 F/A18
and flew in the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Air Show, 
Sat., April 12, 2025. A show he grew up watching as a child. 
Photo by: Sean P. Twomey

Easter: South Carolina: In her Easter column Cindi Ross Scoppe, Post and Courier, says there are some politicians at the State House that are truly doing the Lord’s work while being public servants. I enjoyed this read.  

Boat Tax: South Carolina: South Carolina pays some of the highest boat taxes in the country, but are some South Carolinians being double taxed on their boat? Bristow Marchant, The State Paper, investigates.

SC Politics: Curtis Loftis vs SC Senate: Defending Curtis Loftis: The South Carolina State Senate Overreach, James Bessinger, The Carolina Courier, says it should be up to the voters of South Carolina that has elected him four times with nearly 80% of the vote in 2022 to decide whether or not to remove him, not the South Carolina Senate He calls such a move a political ambush carried out behind closed doors that undermines every voter who cast a ballot in his favor. I could not agree more.  

Education: Charleston County: A bill passed by the House and the Senate is heading to the Governor Henry McMasters desk. If signed, it will abolish the Charleston County School District’s constituent school boards. CCSD is the only school district in the state that uses the system.

Education: Berkley County: A student reported a teacher for “acting off” and reeked of alcohol according to a state disciplinary report. Administrators went into his classroom while he was out for lunch and found five unopened beers chilling in a lunchbox on his desk. He’s been fired.

Lowcountry Survival: Alligator encounters are on the rise. Here’s what to do if you find yourself face to teeth with one.

Business: Beaufort: A Utah company is investing $7 million in a high-tech facility in Seabrook. TL+CO Business Solutions will hire 35 people to assemble and supply parts for the defense and aerospace industry.  

Military: Beaufort: Marine Maj. Brandon Wilkins, who flies Blue Angel No. 3 F/A-18, flies in an event he watched as a child, the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Airshow.

Food Drink and Fun: Here’s a map of the most popular beer in every US state. South Carolina drinks Guinness? Guinness? Damn tourists and implants…

Sports: Gamecocks only Heisman winner, George Rogers says he’d play for head coach Shane Beamer and is rooting for LaNorris Sellers to win the Heisman.