Nov. 4 is a critical day for our community. Tucked away at the bottom of the ballot — way below all of the races that dominate the headlines and the TV commercials is a simple question:Will you support adding a one-cent sales tax, for up to ...
The Chamber of Commerce supports the November 4th Roads Referendum and urges our investors, the business community, and the public to vote “YES”.We helped found a community coalition that is fighting hard for the referendum’s ...
It’s October and an election year. So along with the changing leaves and Oktoberfest beer in the supermarkets, we’re also being bombarded with political polls.Before my Chamber life, I was the Communications Director for the House ...
In 2010, retiring S.C. House Representative Michael Thompson filed House Bill 4468, a thinly veiled piece of satire about the General Assembly’s use of the study committee. Rep. Thompson wrote:“The General Assembly finds that: (1) on a ...
Cooler temperatures mean the action in the South Carolina political scene is heating up. There was a lot of news this week in South Carolina politics, so we’ll get right to it.Opening Statistic – There are only 32 days until the November ...
By now, I’ve covered how to research a candidate and what you can do to help. One thing was beaten into my head a long, long time ago in a in journalism school far, far away: “Why? Give them the Why!”I touched on it in the first ...
Knowing which candidate you are going to support is not enough. You must take action if you want your pro-business candidate to get elected.For the candidate, a campaign is kind of like a start-up business: You need to raise as much capital as you ...
As we learned in my previous blog, the numbers don’t lie! They strongly verify how important small business is to our way of life both nationally and locally. The Greenville Chamber recognizes this and is proud to declare September 15-19 ...
I’m switching up blog posts this week to interject some information about a Federal issue of critical importance to the Upstate economy. Last week, I wrote that we would talk about how to help pro-business candidates in this ...
Small Business matters! Why you say? Well the numbers don’t lie! Let’s start nationally… according to research by Public Affairs Council, 88% of Americans view small businesses favorably. And in fact, 68% of Americans would ...
