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A Councilman’s Call For Help: Greenville County Council Goes Rogue

Greenville County Council has not been afraid to throw its weight around regardless of what their constituents think. This past summer, the majority of the council rammed through the highest millage increase in Greenville County history. Watch these videos taken by constituents where the council rushed through voting without public comment as constituents voice their…

Richland County Sponsors Doxxing: Your Tax Dollars Used Against You

In an email obtained through FOIA by a concerned citizen, Palmetto State Watch was alerted to the recent email exchange between Richland County Economic Development Director Jeff Ruble and the Department of Commerce. Since Scout Motors’ unexpected move into South Carolina in March, residents of Blythewood have been concerned with the extremely fast-paced development on…

How To Get Involved In Local Government

Want to get involved locally but don’t know where to start? Vicki Simons created a great, concise video on how to speak to your local county council. This can also be used when speaking to town councils, agencies, etc. Click on this link to see her in-depth written structure of how she forms her speeches…

The Puppet Masters Behind Scout Motors

Residents of Blythewood are concerned with Scout Motors complete disregard of environmentalism for the wetlands they are moving into and for the citizens they are building around. If you look into Scout Motors’ parent company, Volkswagen, you start to understand why they created a subsidiary company to distance themselves from their history of poisoning the…

Graphs: Career Politicians In SC

South Carolina has a major jam up in our State House. Multiple politicians have made a career out of their local seats, and it’s time to take a closer look into who some of the politicians are. Check out the graphs below cover the SC Senate and SC House. For a video summary, check out…

Triple Threat in Myrtle Beach

Myrtle is becoming SMART + Home to a cables connecting to Atlanta & South America For the past several years, SMART cities have been popping up all over the United States. Since at least 2018, this initiative has been prepping Myrtle Beach as its next victim thanks to the willingness of Myrtle’s city leaders. National…

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