Saluda County: What Happened on March 9th and What Comes Next
Two weeks ago, Palmetto State Watch published a report by Saluda County resident Regina Sanders, raising the alarm about Ordinance 15-25, a proposed 30-year Fee In Lieu of Tax (FILOT) agreement with Orion US Land Holding Co LLC, publicly known as Project Octans. The piece exposed a deal that would slash the county’s solar tax…
Did South Carolina’s Top Doctor Lie Under Oath?
Last Wednesday on March 4th, I, along with thousands of South Carolinians, witnessed both in person and online, what appeared to be perjury take place during a State Senate Medical Affairs Subcommittee hearing. Dr. Linda Bell, who serves as the State Epidemiologist and Director of the Bureau of Communicable Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) within…
S.960: Establishment Aims To Gag SC Watchdogs
A bill that would threaten the effectiveness of watchdogs in South Carolina was filed on February 26, 2026 and began moving almost immediately. It appears that Senate leadership has not taken too kindly to our efforts to hold them accountable and decided to file S.960. The significance of the date this bill was filed was…
Concern in Saluda County: Ordinance 15-25 and the Truth Behind Project Octans
Saluda County is being asked to approve Ordinance 15-25, a 30-year Fee In Lieu of Tax (FILOT) agreement for Orion US Land Holding Co LLC, known publicly as Project Octans. Renewable energy is important, but so is honesty, transparency, and responsible stewardship of our county’s future. This ordinance raises serious questions that must be answered…
Fast-Tracked and Funded or Political Theater? Following the Money and Politics Behind the MMR Bill
On February 5th, 2025, something unusual happened in our Republican majority of South Carolina. A bill was filed by a Democrat, State Senator Margie Bright Matthews. That a bill was filed is nothing out of the ordinary; thousands are filed every year. The vast majority of these bills go quietly into a committee where they…
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