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SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN PARTY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Matt Moore 803.988.8440 Wednesday, May 25, 2011 Columbia, SC - SCGOP Chairman Chad Connelly today announced Matt Moore as SCGOP Executive Director.  Moore previously served as SCGOP Transition Director. "Job number one for our South Carolina Republican Party is to build on our historic victories while upholding our conservative

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Congressman Tim Scott is featured in a New York Times article titled “Close-Knit, New to the House, and Resistant to Blending In” published on April 10, 2011. Please see below for an excerpt: “The new lawmakers — Mr. Gowdy and Representatives Jeff Duncan, Mick Mulvaney and Tim Scott — are making their own mark, both within their freshman caucus, where they are well liked and respected (Mr.

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Congressman Tim Scott will have a "Monthly Constituent Outreach" session.  The first session will be held at the Waccamaw Neck Regional Council of Governments office located at 1230 Highmarket Street in Georgetown on Wednesday, April 13th.  A congressional staffer will be available from 12:30 PM to 4:00 PM. If you have concerns or questions, come and express them to Congressman Scott's

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Georgetown County Republicans unanimously elected Jim Jerow as party chairman at their convention today. A Pawleys Island resident, Jerow is the past president of the Waccamaw Neck Republican Club and was chairman of the successful SCGOP Victory 2010 effort in Georgetown County last fall. He replaces Tom Swatzel, who honored a two-term pledge limit by not seeking reelection. Glen O'Connell

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Roland Lambert, Georgetown County GOP Executive Committeeman and President of the Lower Georgetown County Republican Club, made a hole-in-one on Sunday, April 3rd while playing a round of golf at the Cherry Hill Golf Course. Congratulations to Roland!

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An excerpt from the article: “At the College, Ryan is modest, says (Professor) Stewart. After Election Day last semester, it was left to Stewart to inform her master’s in public administration students that their classmate was now an elected official. Despite his commitments to campaigning and holding office, Ryan has been a model student, she says, and is unique in that while most of her

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Congressman Tim Scott was featured in a Post & Courier article on Sunday, March 20th entitled "Scott & Clyburn: New and old in S.C. politics converge," that compared Scott with old guard Democratic Congressman Jim Clyburn. Here's an excerpt: "At 45, Scott is fresh and vibrant, a standout in Congress' conservative freshman class. He also is one of two black Republicans elected to the U.S. House

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Published in the Georgetown Times- February 20, 2011 Local fees, rates, taxes It appears that Mayor Jack Scoville is afflicted by a touch of amnesia concerning the fact that Georgetown City fees, utility rates, and taxes skyrocketed under the Democrat Party-controlled city council over the last several years. From FY 2007 to FY 2010 city residents and business owners were hammered by the

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Published in the Charleston Post & Courier- Friday, February 18, 2011 BY JIM DeMINT WASHINGTON — The Muppets are in town. No, not for a show. They are in Washington to do business. Inside the Beltway, 'Sesame Street' turns into K Street and Elmo is a lobbyist. Last year, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was allocated $420 million by Congress. And President Obama is asking Congress to

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 14, 2011 Contact: Tom Swatzel (843) 222-7456 GEORGETOWN- The Georgetown County Republican Party announced today that candidates for Georgetown City Council can file with the GOP starting at noon on March 7th. Three city council seats, currently held by Democrats Rudolph Bradley, Clarence Smalls, and Peggy Wayne, are up for election this year. "Clearly a lot of

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A recent Coastal Observer article highlighted that in the upset win of Republican Kevin Ryan over 14-year incumbent Democrat Vida Miller for state House, Miller outspent both Ryan and the county GOP combined by a two to one margin. The Georgetown GOP spent nearly $20,000 on an effective postcard campaign to make voters aware of Miller’s extremely liberal voting record. Here's the link to the

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Rep. Kevin Ryan, 22, who beat Vida Miller, learns ropes as youngest S.C. House member rbehre@postandcourier.com Monday, December 13, 2010 State Rep. Kevin Ryan knows who some think he won the District 108 House race only because he had an "R" next to his name in a tea party year. But the Pawleys Island Republican believes there was more to his winning 52 percent of the vote Nov. 2 to oust

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Elections prove S.C. is verging on being a one-party state By Robert Behre The Post & Courier- Sunday, November 7, 2010 As South Carolina's major statewide Democratic candidates paraded into the International Longshoremen's Association hall just 19 hours before the polls opened, a rock song blared to fire up the crowd. The song, Chicago's "Alive Again," would be no harbinger of how the party

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Election Day was outstanding for Republicans in Georgetown County. All Republicans on the ballot in the county won except for Jim Pratt in the Sixth Congressional race against Jim Clyburn. Kevin Ryan overwhelmed Vida Miller in Georgetown County to become the youngest member of the state House. From a state perspective, Republicans were elected to all of the state constitutional offices- quite

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The Sun News- November 3, 2010 By Gina Vasselli A 22-year-old Republican challenger defeated a 14-year incumbent Democrat to represent District 108 in the S.C. House of Representatives. Vida Miller conceded defeat to Kevin Ryan on Tuesday, even without results from Charleston County's voters. "I knew it was going to be close from our poll numbers," Miller said. "I wish him well." Numbers

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Tomorrow is about electing candidates to office in Washington and Columbia that will fight against the Obama agenda and represent the conservative values of our nation, state, and community. I'm convinced that if we get our voters to the polls, Republicans will win. But we can't take victory for granted. Please ask your friends and neighbors to vote and vote straight Republican so we can defeat

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"Kevin Ryan has an understanding of state government that is almost startling. A self-described 'policy nerd,' Ryan would fit in well with the reform-minded conservative legislators he admires." Myrtle Beach Sun News editorial http://www.thesunnews.com/2010/10/30/1781961/no-job-for-a-rookie.html

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By Yvonne Wenger Charleston Post & Courier- Friday, October 29, 2010 COLUMBIA — More than a dozen Republican activists have pushed back against social conservative Cyndi Mosteller and her group of Nikki Haley critics. Jill Kelso, executive committeewoman for Georgetown County Republicans, has gathered GOP leaders from Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties, as well as from around the

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The Georgetown County Republican Party is running a radio ad that highlights Democrat Vida Miller’s extremely liberal record. The ad focuses on her refusal to support the S.C. Marriage Protection Amendment, support for increasing the gas tax, votes for wasteful pork barrel spending, the fact that she sponsored a bill that would give state-issued, taxpayer funded debit cards to politicians to

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Miller forced to return illegal contributions from HMO in August FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 20, 2010 GEORGETOWN--The Georgetown County Republican Party on Wednesday called on Democratic state Rep. Vida Miller to return campaign contributions from a Georgetown based medical transportation firm that violate limits set by state law. This after Miller had to return campaign contributions in

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Published in the October 13, 2010 edition of the Georgetown Times Supporters of liberal Democrat Rep. Vida Miller have characterized recent mailers by the Georgetown County Republican Party as “untrue” and containing “innuendo.” We meticulously researched Rep. Miller’s record on various public policy issues and believe voters are entitled to know the truth about her actual voting record in

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At a time when politicians are trying to impose higher taxes, in the midst of one of the worst economic recessions in history, it's refreshing to see that GOP state House candidate Kevin Ryan has signed pledges to oppose all tax increases. Kevin signed "Taxpayer Protection Pledges" from both the Americans for Tax Reform and the S.C. Association of Taxpayers. He joins Sen. Jim DeMint, Nikki Haley

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 27, 2010 GEORGETOWN-- The Georgetown County Republican Party today called on former county Democratic Party Chairman Jamie Sanderson to apologize to county voters that supported the S.C. Marriage Protection Amendment for calling their support of the 2006 constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage "homophobia." "Your depiction of the 77 percent of

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 27, 2010 PAWLEYS ISLAND- U.S. Senator Jim DeMint today endorsed Republican State House candidate Kevin Ryan's conservative stance in his District 108 race against incumbent Democrat Vida Miller. "If we are going to change the way business is done in Columbia and Washington, we've got to change the people we send there. Kevin Ryan is a strong conservative who

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From the Georgetown Times- September 17, 2010 There is no doubt that our state’s schools have suffered as a result of recent budgetary constraints. The status quo education establishment has directed cuts at teachers and classrooms while avoiding the larger systemic problems that have plagued our schools for decades. We have a bloated and antiquated structure of education governance and

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Calls on incumbent opponent Miller to sign pledges FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 13, 2010 PAWLEYS ISLAND--Republican State House candidate Kevin Ryan has signed pledges from both state and national taxpayer advocacy groups that he will oppose any tax increases if elected and challenged his opponent, incumbent Democratic Rep. Vida Miller, to also sign the pledges. "I stand with taxpayers in

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Saturday, September 11, 2010- Charleston Post & Courier By ERICA WERNER and CALVIN WOODWARD, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama told voters repeatedly during the health care debate that the overhaul legislation would bring down fast-rising health care costs and save them money. Now, he's hemming and hawing on that. So far, the law he signed earlier this year hasn't had the

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From the September 8, 2010 edition of the Georgetown Times: Our State Representative, Democrat Vida Miller’s recent opinion piece lamenting the lack of money being spent on public schools was very misleading. Ms. Miller focused on only a small portion of state funding and did not include local and federal funds, which amount to about 60 percent of the total funding for schools. I know that

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Political scientist expects GOP to pick up 47 seats, in addition to 8 or 9 in Senate By Steven Thomma, McClatchy Newspapers Friday, September 3, 2010 WASHINGTON -- The Democrats are likely to lose 47 seats and control of the House in November's elections, a top political analyst said in a new forecast Thursday. Larry Sabato, a political scientist at the University of Virginia, also said the

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This letter appeared in the September 3, 2010 edition of the Georgetown Times: Just a few weeks ago Republican State House candidate Kevin Ryan did something that to my knowledge no other candidate in South Carolina has done — he started reporting his campaign contributions and expenditures in real-time. He’s posting records of all contributions and expenditures online within 24-hours of

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From Gallup- August 30, 2010: Republicans also maintain wide gap in enthusiasm about voting by Frank Newport PRINCETON, NJ -- Republicans lead by 51% to 41% among registered voters in Gallup weekly tracking of 2010 congressional voting preferences. The 10-percentage-point lead is the GOP's largest so far this year and is its largest in Gallup's history of tracking the midterm generic ballot

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For Immediate Release: August 16, 2010 Contact: Kevin Ryan kevin@ryanforhouse.com (843) 385-1242 PAWLEYS ISLAND-- Kevin Ryan, Republican candidate for State House District 108, has posted all of his campaign's financial information online at ryanforhouse.com in an effort to provide complete financial transparency. The campaign has pledged to post records of all contributions and expenditures

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Democrats haven’t stimulated the economy. They’ve tranquilized it. Published in the August 9th edition of the Georgetown Times By U.S. Senator Jim DeMint In January 2007, when Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid took control of Congress, the unemployment rate was 4.6% and the national debt was $8.6 trillion. Today, unemployment is 9.6% and the nation is $13 trillion in debt. Pelosi and Reid have

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PAWLEYS ISLAND S.C. — State Rep. Vida Miller is returning a campaign contribution she received from an HMO after local Republicans alleged the company had given more money than allowed by law in this election cycle. Read more at this Georgetown Times link: http://www.gtowntimes.com/local/Rep--Miller-returns-HMO-contribution-

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Filing is underway for anyone interested in seeking a seat on the Georgetown County School Board. See this story from the Georgetown Times: http://www.gtowntimes.com/local/Filing-for-School-Board-seats-begins-today

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 2, 2010 Contact: Tom Swatzel (843) 222-7456 GEORGETOWN--The Georgetown County Republican Party today called on Democrat state Rep. Vida Miller to return campaign contributions from an HMO that violate the limits set by state law. "We know that Rep. Miller is beholden to a lot of special interests that contribute to her campaign, but she cannot be above the law.

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Published in the July 28, 2010 edition of the Georgetown Times: It is always interesting to find out who is contributing to re-election campaigns of our elected representatives, especially in an election year, to see if our representatives are actually representing their constituents or other entities. According to a recent media report, Democratic state Rep. Vida Miller has raised about

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Click here for an article from the July 22nd edition of the Pawleys Island Coastal Observer.

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A July 17th post from former Georgetown County Democrat Party Chairman Jamie Sanderson on his blog "The Politics of Jamie Sanderson": The Waccamaw Neck Republican Club is sponsoring a campaign volunteer recruitment meeting this Monday. My first thought when I saw this is was where are the Georgetown Dems? The Waccamaw area is going to be crucial to keeping State Rep. Vida Miller in her seat

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 11, 2010 Contact: Jim Jerow (843) 237-9456 PAWLEYS ISLAND- The Waccamaw Neck Republican Club is sponsoring a campaign volunteer recruitment meeting at 6:30 pm on Monday, July 19th at the Pawleys Island Library. People who are interested in actively helping Republicans win this November are invited to attend. Door prizes will be given away. Contact Jim Jerow at (843)

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Myrtle Beach Sun News Editorial- July 2, 2010 The S.C. Republican Party's quarterly meeting passed last weekend with barely a mention of repercussions against state Sen. Jake Knotts for his noxious ethnic slur, and committee member Jill Kelso of Georgetown makes no effort to hide her frustration. "To me, we missed an opportunity," said Kelso, who represents the Georgetown County Republican

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The polls open at 7 am and close at 7 pm. This election will finally decide who the Republican Party nominees are for the November election. The stakes will be high this fall. Will Republican and independent conservatives take back our country from the grip of liberal politicians by electing true fiscal conservatives to office? The answer is up to you. Your vote is needed. Registered voters

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The Sun News- June 17, 2010 By Aliana Ramos The Georgetown County Republican party is the latest group to call for the resignation of Sen. Jake Knotts, R-Lexington, over a racial slur the senator made on an Internet political show. Knotts referred to President Obama and Rep. Nikki Haley, a GOP gubernatorial candidate, as "ragheads" about a week before the Republican primaries on the Internet

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From the June 15th edition of the Georgetown Times: The Georgetown County Republican Party will decide Wednesday whether to support a resolution asking for a midlands lawmaker to resign for using a racial slur against gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley and President Barack Obama. The County Republican Party Executive Committee will discuss the resolution that censures Republican state Senator

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The polls open at 7 am and close at 7 pm. Your vote is important in determining the Republican Party nominees for the November election- an election in which we must take our country back from the liberal tax and spend Democrats. The GOP primary also provides you with an opportunity to weigh in through an advisory referendum on two very important issues, the Obama takeover of healthcare and the

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Contact: Kevin Ryan kevin@ryanforhouse.com (843) 385-1242 For Immediate Release: May 18, 2010 The South Carolina Business and Industry Political Education Committee PAC (BIPECPAC) has officially endorsed the candidacy of Republican Kevin Ryan for S.C. State House District 108. BIPECPAC is a nonpartisan, statewide organization of business leaders that promotes the election of pro-business

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Published in the May 19, 2010 edition of the Georgetown Times: Unfortunately, Charles Smith is just wrong regarding the direction of the Georgetown County Republican Party and the actions of our chairman, Tom Swatzel. As officers of the county GOP we approved the party’s stance against the school board deficit spending legislation that Democrat legislators tried to push through, as well as the

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Published in the May 12, 2010 edition of the Georgetown Times By Tom Swatzel Republican Sen. Ray Cleary is to be commended for standing with Georgetown County taxpayers and Governor Sanford in voting to sustain the Governor’s veto of legislation that would have allowed the Georgetown County school board to use school construction bond money to fund operational deficit spending. . . Click here

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 11, 2010 Contact: Tom Swatzel (843) 222-7456 GEORGETOWN –The Georgetown County Republican Party Tuesday sent a letter to county Democratic Party Chairman Nancy Kolman urging the Democrats to join the GOP effort to get the county school board to provide taxpayers easier access to the district’s basic financial and board meeting information via the school district’s

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On Thursday Senator Ray Cleary announced that he would vote to sustain Governor Sanford's veto of H. 4755, which would have allowed the county Board of Education to use general obligation bonds to fund operational deficits- deficit spending just like Congress. The bill was sponsored by liberal Democrat Reps. Vida Miller and Carl Anderson. Click here for a Georgetown Times story on Cleary's

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The Georgetown Times- April 26, 2010: GEORGETOWN, S.C. — Gov. Mark Sanford has vetoed a House bill that would allow the Georgetown County School District to use borrowed construction funds for operational costs. Click here to read the story

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April 26, 2010 Both Georgetown County Republican Party Chairman Tom Swatzel and former county Democrat Party Chairman Jamie Sanderson have over the weekend written letters to Republican state Sen. Ray Cleary about H. 4755, a bill that would allow the Georgetown County Board of Education to borrow money to pay for any future operational deficit spending. Swatzel and the county GOP have urged

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The following letter was sent to Senator Cleary on April 24th. Dear Senator Cleary: On behalf of the Georgetown County Republican Party I am respectfully asking you to vote to sustain Governor Sanford’s expected veto of H. 4755, which may be delivered to the state House Monday night. As you are well aware, the county GOP strongly opposes this legislation because it enables the county Board of

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Published in the Pawleys Island Coastal Observer- April 15, 2010 By Jill Kelso The Georgetown County Republican Party has come out against an unconstitutional scheme by Democratic Representatives Vida Miller and Carl Anderson that would allow the county school board to borrow money to pay for operational deficit spending – something no unit of government in the state is allowed to do. The

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Published in The Georgetown Times- April 12, 2010 By Kevin Ryan The South Carolina House of Representatives spent [a recent] week debating how to spend more than $5.1 billion of your tax dollars. This state budget for the fiscal year beginning in July now moves on to the Senate. I think it is important for the people of this district to know about a few votes that were cast by our current

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By Scott Harper The Georgetown Times- April 7, 2010 GEORGETOWN, S.C. — A key Republican leader says the county school district is failing to provide adequate financial information on its Web site and needs to be more open with taxpayers. Meanwhile, state Sen. Ray Cleary says he “dropped the ball” when voting in favor of a controversial State House bill that would allow the school board to use

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 6, 2010 Contact: Tom Swatzel (843) 222-7456 GEORGETOWN – After trying to access the Georgetown County Board of Education’s annual budget and spending habits to better understand the motivation behind legislation by state Representatives Vida Miller and Carl Anderson to allow the school board to borrow money to cover operational deficits, the Georgetown County

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 29, 2010 Contact: Tom Swatzel (843) 222-7456 GEORGETOWN--The Georgetown County Republican Party today blasted a bill that passed the General Assembly last week, sponsored by Democrat state House Representatives Vida Miller and Carl Anderson, that would allow the Georgetown County Board of Education to borrow money to pay for any operational deficits in next year's

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From the Augusta Chronicle- February 18, 2010 By James E. Sanderson, Jr. Certainly, it has surprised some in our community that as a lifelong Democrat and a member of the United Steelworkers of America for 36 years, I decided to become a Republican. It wasn't a choice I made capriciously, nor was it something that hadn't already been a long time coming. I'D LIKE TO START out by saying that I'm

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Published in the Pawleys Island Coastal Observer- August 13, 2009By Tom SwatzelIt all started several years ago when the Georgetown County Transportation Committee refused to pave a parking lot.Democrats Rep. Vida Miller and Senator Yancey McGill appeared before the CTC to ask the committee to approve using road improvement funds to pave a parking lot at a proposed library in McGill’s

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August 4, 2009GOP candidates for City of Georgetown offices debut campaign websites this week Marty Tennant, candidate for mayor, and Paige Sawyer, incumbent candidate for city council, debuted their campaign websites this week.Tennant's site is www.martytennant.com Sawyer's site is www.paigesawyer.comTennant faces liberal Democrat Jack Scoville, a long time Democrat Party activist, and petition

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Published in the Coastal Observer- June 4, 2009By Tom SwatzelDo you agree with liberal Democrat Rep. Vida Miller that you and your family should be taxed to pay for the election campaigns of politicians running for the General Assembly or statewide office?Especially now, in this severe economic recession -- with state and local governments having to cut back on basic services including laying off

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From the April 30, 2009 edition of the Pawleys Island Coastal ObserverBy Carole FaulkFormer county Democrat Party chairman Richard Smith’s recent defense of liberal Democrat Rep. Vida Miller’s state house bill that would force taxpayers to fund the political campaigns of candidates for the General Assembly and state offices is a masterpiece in deception.Never did he acknowledge the fact that

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Published in the Georgetown Times- April 19, 2009By Jill KelsoRecently liberal Democrat State House members, including Rep. Vida Miller, introduced the "SC Clean Elections Act," a measure that would force taxpayers to pay for the election campaigns of politicians running for state offices.Under the proposed law, candidates would agree to limit the amount of money spent on their campaign and not

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Published in the Georgetown Times- April 10, 2009By Tom SwatzelLast Tuesday, the Democrats in the State House showed Governor Mark Sanford a thing or two. They voted in unison, led by a motion from the House floor by Rep. Vida Miller, to delay legislation that would have restructured the troublesome, nearly unaccountable Employment Security Commission (ESC) into the Department of Workforce.The

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 4, 2009Contact: Tom Swatzel (843) 222-7456GEORGETOWN- Georgetown County Republicans unanimously reelected Tom Swatzel as party chairman at their convention today, and adopted a resolution calling on Republican candidates and elected officials to follow the party platform. A Murrells Inlet resident, Swatzel was first elected as county party chairman in 2007. He served

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March 23, 2009The Georgetown County Republican Party's reorganization is off to a successful start.State law requires political parties to reorganize every two years.The precinct meetings on March 9th resulted in a nearly 30% increase in attendance versus 2007, quite an accomplishment in a non-presidential election cycle.Additionally, almost 25% of the attendees were first-time participants,

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 25, 2009Contact: Tom Swatzel (843) 222-7456PAWLEYS ISLAND- - Three dozen local activists and interested parents met at the Pawleys Island Library Monday night to discuss the state of education in South Carolina, the need for education options, the impact of school budget cuts, and a plan for encouraging parents to become more engaged in their children's

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 23, 2009Contact: Tom Swatzel (843) 222-7456GEORGETOWN--The Georgetown County Republican Party announced today that candidates for Georgetown City Council and Mayor can file with the GOP starting on March 9th.Three city council seats, currently held by Democrats Brendon Barber and Jack Scoville, and Republican Paige Sawyer, are up for election.The position of Mayor,

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 16, 2009Contact: Tom Swatzel (843) 222-7456GEORGETOWN--The Georgetown County Republican Party today blasted Democrat Rep. Vida Miller for supporting a move by Big Labor bosses to strip employees of a secret ballot vote now guaranteed by federal law in union organizing elections.Miller voted against a state House Resolution that expressed lawmakers' opposition to a

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 9, 2009Contact: Tom Swatzel 843-222-7456GEORGETOWN--The Georgetown County Republican Party announced today that its precinct reorganization meetings will occur on March 9th and its convention will be held on April 4th. S.C. Republican Party rules require all county parties to reorganize every two years."From a grassroots level this is the way to determine the

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 28, 2009Contact: Jill Kelso 843-543-0180PAWLEYS ISLAND--According to yesterday's Greenville News, Democratic state Rep. Vida Miller was one of six legislators identified in documents just released by the state Employment Security Commission that were "warned of dangers facing the unemployment trust fund" over the last two years- a fund that has recently required

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Published in the January 26, 2009 edition of the Georgetown TimesLast Monday the Times ran a vitriolic guest editorial by former Georgetown County Democratic Party Chair Jamie Sanderson.Mr. Sanderson did not mince words when he personally attacked a former State House candidate and myself for our outspoken commitment to policies of school choice in South Carolina.I stand by my position and that

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 15, 2009Contact: Tom Swatzel 843-222-7456GEORGETOWN-- The Georgetown County Republican Party on Thursday called on the Democrat Party-controlled Georgetown City Council and Mayor to personally pay the legal bills for small business owner Jeanette Ard, who was forced to sue the city when officials hit her with nearly $800,000 in fines for refusing to install a public

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 13, 2009Contact: Tom Swatzel 843-222-7456GEORGETOWN--The Georgetown County Republican Party Tuesday blasted Democrat state Rep. Vida Miller for supporting an increase in the gas tax, even after saying during her reelection campaign in October that she did not support an increase in the tax "right now."According to Monday's Georgetown Times, when addressing a recent

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County GOP NewsNovember 6, 2008Despite the national trend of Republican losses on Election Day, in this year of Barack Obama, Republican candidates did well in Georgetown County.John McCain, Lindsey Graham, and Henry Brown all won in the county.Republican State Senator Ray Cleary, Sheriff Lane Cribb, Coroner Kenny Johnson, and Probate Judge Waldo Maring all won reelection without any

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From the October 29, 2008 Georgetown Times:For three elected members of a local County Council to write a letter such as this letter is unprecedented, but we have concluded we have a serious problem which needs to be remedied. Per the South Carolina Election Commission there are 22,676 registered voters in Legislative House District 108 who are resident in Georgetown County. County Councilmen Ron

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 28, 2008Contact: Tom Swatzel 843-222-7456GEORGETOWN--The Georgetown County Republican Party today sent a mailer to voters in County Council District- 2 calling for a boycott of Democrat James Sanderson's campaign.The mailer states in part: "To protect Georgetown County's economy and jobs, boycott liberal Union Boss James Sanderson . . .To protect Georgetown County

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 27, 2008Contact: Tom Swatzel 843-222-7456GEORGETOWN-- In response to a Democrat state Rep. Vida Miller email calling ads and mailers about her legislative and issues record "accusations and untruths," the Georgetown County Republican Party sent a letter today to Miller challenging her to specify her claims.County Party chairman Tom Swatzel wrote, "In the email you

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 20, 2008CONTACT: Tom Swatzel 843-222-7456GEORGETOWN -- The Georgetown County Republican Party today started running radio ads that target Democrat State Rep. Vida Miller's support for increasing the gas tax and opposition to offshore drilling, and her refusal to vote for the state’s Marriage Protection Amendment.The ad on the gas tax and offshore drilling states in

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 8, 2008CONTACT: Tom Swatzel 843-222-7456 GEORGETOWN—At a debate held yesterday for the candidates seeking the state House District 108 seat, Democrat State Rep. Vida Miller stated that she was ‘kicked off’ the Five Rivers Community Development board of directors for failing to attend board meetings during a time period in which most of $5 million in state and

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 6, 2008CONTACT: Tom Swatzel 843-222-7456GEORGETOWN -- The Georgetown County Republican Party today started running a radio ad that targets both Democrat State Rep. Vida Miller's opposition to Governor Mark Sanford’s efforts to cut state spending, and the thousands of dollars in campaign contributions she has received from a number of nationally recognized liberal

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 29, 2008CONTACT: Tom Swatzel 843-222-7456GEORGETOWN -- The Georgetown County Republican Party today started running a second radio ad that blasts Democrat State Rep. Vida Miller's refusal in 2007 to support ratification of the state's Marriage Protection Amendment, even after 77 percent of voters in the county had in November 2006 approved the amendment to

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, September 15, 2008CONTACT: Tom Swatzel 843-222-7456GEORGETOWN - The Georgetown County Republican Party started running a radio ad today that targets Democrat State Rep. Vida Miller's refusal to support South Carolina's voter-approved Marriage Protection Amendment that defined marriage as being between one man and one woman.The ad says, "Seventy-seven percent of

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On Friday, John McCain introduced Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his choice for vice-president. Palin is a fiscal and social conservative. A mother of five, she's commander of the Alaska National Guard and is known for her government reform efforts.Here's what the Wall Street Journal had to say in an editorial published on August 30th about the choice of Governor Palin:A Reform TicketIf any doubt

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The following column is from the August 20th edition of the Georgetown Times:God, nature disagree with gay choiceBy Tim CallahanJamie Sanderson, chairman of the Georgetown County Democratic Party, says we are not to judge. That we are to respect one another's choices, even if that is to support gay marriages.Then why does he judge Tom Swatzel, Republican Party chairman, and call him a bully?

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The following is an editorial from the August 8th Georgetown Times:Political parties in Georgetown County are expressing a difference of opinion over developments in Massachusetts regarding approval of a law allowing out-of-state homosexual couples from to marry there.The Georgetown County Republican Party chairman criticized county Democrats for a link to a Web page approving of same-sex

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 7, 2008Contact: Jill Kelso (843) 543-0180MURRELLS INLET- Republican State House candidate Jill Kelso announced Thursday that if elected, she will introduce legislation requiring recorded roll call votes on all bills considered in Columbia."It's time to let the sunshine on everything that happens in the Legislature," Kelso insisted. "Citizens not only deserve to know

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 4, 2008Contact: Matt Moore (803) 454-1134GEORGETOWN - Today SC Club for Growth labeled "deceptive" and "hypocritical" a post card mailed to voters last week by Democrat state Rep. Vida Miller, District 108, regarding the recent state sales tax holiday on school supplies.In the mailing Miller said, "Any time government finds a way to let you keep more of your money,

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 30, 2008Contact: Tom Swatzel (843) 222-7456GEORGETOWN - A day after the Massachusetts legislature voted to repeal the state's 95 year old law preventing out of state gay and lesbian couples from marrying there, the Georgetown County Republican Party today blasted the county Democrat Party for advertising a website that promotes same-sex "marriage," a stand dramatically

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 25, 2008Contact: Tom Swatzel (843) 222-7456GEORGETOWN-- After public pressure from the Georgetown County Republican Party, the Georgetown City Council on Thursday decided to waive the $800,000 in fines the city had imposed over the last year against Jeanette Ard for refusing to install a public restroom in a small ice cream shop she added to her floral business on

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FOR IMMEDATE RELEASE: July 23, 2008Contact: Tom Swatzel (843) 357-1673 GEORGETOWN - The State Ethics Commission has found the Georgetown County Democrat Party guilty of violating state campaign finance disclosure law by failing to publicly report United Steel Workers union officials' ongoing contribution of rent-free office space at a Georgetown union hall that was used as Democrat Party

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A July 16th Georgetown Times article (click here to view) raised the issue that the Democrat Party-controlled Georgetown City Council may have engaged in an illegal meeting to decide matters concerning Jeanette Ard, the Front Street businesswoman that was denied a certificate of occupancy for a small ice cream shop she added to the rear of her business in 2007, and has been fined over $800,000 to

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 14, 2008Contact: Tom Swatzel (843) 222-7456 Jill Kelso (843) 543-0180GEORGETOWN- Jill Kelso, Republican candidate for state House District 108, announced today that for the quarter that ended on July 10th, she had raised over twice as much in campaign contributions, $45,965, including a candidate loan, than her opponent

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July 9, 2008The following opinion piece from today's Georgetown Times takes on the Democrat Party controlled Georgetown City Council and Mayor for their role in allowing small business owner Jeanette Ard to be fined nearly $400,000 to date for not installing a public restroom in an addition to her Front Street business, even though the city approved her building permit without the restroom, and

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, June 30, 2008CONTACT: Tom Swatzel 843-222-7456GEORGETOWN-- A Georgetown business owner and former Democrat city council candidate is receiving help from an unexpected source in her ongoing fight with the Democrat-controlled council over whether her downtown ice cream shop must install a public restroom.Monday, Tom Swatzel, chairman of the Georgetown County

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As this article from The State newspaper shows, Republican voters turned out in numbers that overwhelmed the Democrat turnout for last week's primary elections- again documenting the strength of the GOP with voters in South Carolina.In Georgetown County the GOP attracted the overwhelming majority of primary voters with the appeal of the party's conservative platform of lower taxes and limited

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