All Write-ups 

 

Borrowing To Meet Payroll: No More: January 1, 2012. How the district improved its ailing financial position.  

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Adding More Teachers: November 14, 2011. Where are our role models? 

Role Models: November 14, 2011. Where are our role models? 

Distractions: October 31, 2011. Three main obstacles that the school board has addressed. 

Central TIF Request: October 13, 2011. Explained why I don't support renewing the Central TIF.  

Sure-Up General Fund Account: September 28, 2011. Ways the school board is improving district finances.  

SDPC Long-Term Budget Problems: December 9, 2010/ September 14, 2011. 

2011 PASS Scores:  August 25, 2011. 

2011-12 School District Budget: August 10, 2011.  

Selling Schools Makes Sense: July 24, 2011. Why I voted to sell (not give away) unneeded school facilities.  

Part II LMS Budget Meeting: July 14, 2011: Video and commentary on April 4th budget meeting. 

School Board Pay: June 28, 2011. Is School Board Trustee pay too high or excessive? 

Ellenburg Decision Incorrect: June 15, 2011. The city of Pickens' decision to force Ellenburg to resign was incorrect. 

Part I LMS Budget Meeting: June 14, 2011: Video and commentary on April 4th budget meeting.  

Even Number Of School Board Seats: May 31, 2011. Discusses how 6 seats are working out.  

All Different Proposals: April 6, 2011. Discusses different proposals to eliminate positions for 2011-12. 

General Fund Account: March 21, 2011. Explains meaning of, what it is and what it is not.  

School Board Committees: March 7, 2011. Board committees get board members more involved.  

There Is A Silver Lining In Recessions: February 14, 2011. Top to bottom reviews -- the silver lining.  

Egypt: What We Are Not Seeing: February 4, 2011. I have doubts democracy is coming to Egypt. 

Why The Slow Job Growth: January 14, 2011. Discusses the reasons for slow job growth in the US.  

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Disconnect With The Public: November 23, 2010. Discusses disconnect between government and the public. 

How Do We Pay To Run New Buildings: November 11, 2010. 

Splitting The Board - That Needs To End: October 25, 2010. 

Second Middle School In Easley: October 11, 2010. Discussion the plan's expansion to $374 million.  

Illegal Workers Found At Construction Sites: September 28, 2010. Additional employee page raise later costs jobs.  

Unwise Additional Pay Raise:September 17, 2010. Additional employee page raise later costs jobs.  

2010 ACT Scores Up: September 6, 2010. Higher ACT scores good, but there is more to the story.  

2010 PASS Results Revisted: August 24, 2010.  

2010 PASS Results Expose Deeper Problems: August 10, 2010. Must improve communication and curriculum.  

Wall Street Reform Misses Mark: July 27, 2010. Discusses three big reasons why reform law missed the mark. 

Ending Q2 Like A Lamb: July 15, 2010. Slowing economy raises challenges and uncertainty for schools.  

What's Wrong With The US Economy? June 24, 2010.  

PASS Scores: May 27, 2010. Pass/ Fail cut off on PASS test have been lowered, increasing awards. 

School Tax Data: May 12, 2010. School District tax data and analysis going back 15 years. 

School Board Update: April 16, 2010. 

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All China Options Doom The US Economy: March 31, 2009.  

China Holds The Cards: March 13, 2009. Discusses why excessive borrowing is hurting all of us. 

Credit Has Become A Dangerous Thing: March 1, 2009. Discusses why excessive borrowing is hurting all of us. 

Four Phases Of The Economic Decline: Jan 20, 2009. Discusses the phases of this economic decline. 

Recession or Coming Economic Collapse?: Jan 2, 2009. Is a recession or is an economic collaspe on the way?  

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School Board And Economic Update: Nov. 15, 2008. The economics facing the school board and economy.  

Who's Needed On The School Board: Oct 9, 2008. Qualities needed in school board candidates. 

Superintendent's 2008 Evaluation: Sept 23, 2008. Superintendent's evaluation, contract extension and pay.  

It Is Time To Re-evaluate: Jun 25, 2008. It is time to re-evaluate the Superintendent and her long-term plan. 

School District Audit: Jan 16, 2008.  A look at how fast school district spending grew last year.  

Test Scores To Focus On: Jan 1, 2008. Test scores that best reflect how our children are doing in school. 

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Character And Values Are Both Important: Dec 13, 2007. We must teach students character and values.  

Pickens High School Location: Nov 27, 2007. Discusses the selection for the location of the new Pickens High School. 

High School Capacity: Nov 11, 2007. School board meeting where the new high schools' capacities were voted on. 

Inefficient Use of Time & Money: Oct 29, 2007. School district leadership wastes taxpayer money and teacher time. 

We Need Open Govt: Oct 1, 2007. Pickens County School Board/ District's move away from open government. 

Act 261 of 1981 Uncovered: Aug 1, 2007. Discusses the spending cap that was put on the school board in 1981. 

Four Challenges: Jul 1, 2007. Discusses four challenges the Pickens County School District faces. 

Superintendent's Pay Raise: Jul 1, 2007. Discusses the Superintendent's surprise pay raise and contract extension. 

Entertainment Industry "Ingredients" Jul 2, 2007. When are we going to question Hollywood's ingredients? 

Lottery Money: Jun 21, 2007. This write-up tells you where the lottery money is going. 

Tax Swap & Tax Hike: Jun 2, 2007. How the tax swap, and the school board property tax hike will affect you. 

School Board Design: May 14, 2007. Discusses the current school board design.  

Library Book Removed: March 10, 2007. Alex Saitta explains why he voted to remove "Fat Kids" from the library shelf. 

Greenville Plan: What Happened, What Next. February 6, 2007. 

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Greenville Plan -- Colleton Ruling: Dec 15, 2006. Explains the Supreme Court ruling on the Greenville Plan.  

Greenville Plan: A Better Way: Dec 12, 2006. Explains the Greenville Plan, and a better way. 

Final Thoughts Reassessment Overcharge: Sept 23, 2006. Discusses school board actions and reassessment law. 

Reassessment Overcharge Spent: Aug 29, 2006. Discusses how the school board spent the reassessment overcharge. 

2006-07 School Budget Update: Jul 31, 2006. 

How To Protect Local Control Of Budgets: Jul 22, 2006. Simple, better financial management of those budgets. 

Tax-Swap Law Explained: Jul 16, 2006. Detailed explaination of the new sales tax/ property tax law.  

Extra Pay Raise Vs. Buildings: Apr 24, 2006. Do we use new revenue for an extra pay raise or fixing school buildings?  

Baby Boom And School Funding: Mar 1, 2006. Boom's preference changing from schools to medical care. 

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Wicked Ways Of The North: Jul 25, 2005. Greenville Plan not invented in Greenville, but in New York. 

Greenville Plan Coming To Pickens: Jul 12, 2005. The borrowing scheme the Pickens School Board is considering. 

Path To Economic Crisis: Jun 27, 2005. Discusses all the high level of public and private debt in this country. 

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Morals & Values: Dec 26, 2004. The decline of morals and values and how it is hurting our ability to teach our children.  

Merry Christmas, Not Happy Holidays: Dec 13, 2004. Secularists are taking Christ out of Christmas. How you can stop it. 

Productivity -- Economic Magic: Sep 1, 2004. Why increasing productivity raises wages and profits, and lowers prices.s. 

Libel: July 28, 2004: The definition of libel, something everyone should keep in mind when posting to message boards. 

Think About Your Vote: May 30, 2004: Don't allow your leaders to make the same mistakes that they made up north.  

Gay Activists' Smears and Distortions: May 3, 2004. Smears and distortions homosexuals are using in the marriage debate. 

Capitalism Vs Socialism: Mar 13, 2004. Now you'll know a capitalist and socialist enterprise when you see one. 

Targeting Our Children: Feb 29, 2004. How gay activists are our targeting our children, in order to sell their lifestyle. 

Income Taxes: What Sanford Is Thinking: Jan 27, 2004. Why the income tax is the most destructive tax of the big  three. 

 

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