Scott Talley for State Senate
People, Not Special Interests
Over the past few months I have been attacked by a few special interest groups that are mad that I’ve consistently stood with South Carolina’s public schools. Below is a piece by the Spartanburg Herald Journal’s Bob Dalton describing these group’s dirty tactics.
Thank you for joining me and standing up against these lies and dirty attacks. Let’s show them that voters are ready for honesty in politics.
Sincerely,
Scott Talley
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Another take on the S.C. Club for Growth
First, let me say that this isn’t a slap at Lee Bright or Roger Nutt, nor is it a pat on the back for Scott Talley or Keith Kelly. The four of them are big boys who can handle their own business.
It is, however, a fact check on the S.C. Club for Growth’s endorsements.
Last week Matt Moore, the Growth’s executive director, claimed in a letter that Talley and Kelly voted against “critical tort and workers’ compensation reform.” Fact: Talley voted in favor of the tort reform bill in 2006, and
voted for workers’ compensation reform in both 2006 and 2007. Fact: Kelly voted for the worker’s comp bill in 2007. While it’s true that he didn’t vote for tort or worker’s comp reform in 2006, there’s a good reason - he didn’t enter the General Assembly until 2007.
When I called Moore to ask him how the Growth got it wrong, he said the group had worked hard to ensure the accuracy of its information. OK, mistakes happen, even though the Legislature has a Web site that tells you when someone was first elected and contains journals that document recorded votes.
Then came Tuesday’s endorsements, and I saw that Talley has “consistently stood in the way of tort and workers’ compensation reform,” and that Kelly has “consistently attempted to block much-needed reforms.”
OK, saying “consistently stood in the way” or “attempted to block” isn’t the same as saying “voted against,” so the Growth, I’m sure, will guarantee the accuracy of its information.
I wonder if the Growth worked as hard to verify the accuracy of its information in this example, from The State newspaper, about an exchange of mail pieces it had with Sen. Jake Knotts:
“A second charge - that Knotts voted against a 2 percentage point income tax cut in 2005 - omits that Knotts voted for a business tax cut the same day.
“The Club for Growth flier said Knotts ‘complained there would be less to spend on government programs.’ The cited source, the Senate journal, contains no such statement.
“Instead, Knotts was among a group of senators who signed a statement saying two bond-rating agencies warned the state could not maintain its AAA bond rating if it cut income taxes without raising other revenues or cutting spending.”
You can read the whole story here
Also included in Tuesday’s endorsements was the usual knock that Talley and Kelly voted to elevate the “liberal” Judge Don Beatty to the state Supreme Court. There are two problems with that.
First, isn’t the test for whether someone will be a good Supreme Court justice whether they were a good Appeals Court or Circuit Court judge, not whether they are liberal or conservative? Have they upheld the law and followed the constitution, or have they legislated from the bench? I’ve never heard the Growth - or any other group that rails against those who elected a “liberal” to the bench - accuse Beatty of legislating from the bench.
(This is where the Growth could come back and say that earlier this year Beatty voted to give workers’ comp rights to illegal immigrants. Not true. Beatty voted with the four other justices to uphold the current law.).
Second, to show what a liberal Beatty is, the Growth and the other groups always point to a handful of votes when he was a House member last century (interesting that they could find Beatty’s votes taken in the 1990s, but
couldn’t find three taken in the past two years, isn’t it?).
The real head-scratcher is why would Fred Dent and William Lowndes, two-well respected Spartanburg businessmen, want to serve on the Growth’s board. Why would they want to be associated with a group that some say is either sloppy
with the truth or has a healthy disregard for it and uses a well-respected Spartanburg judge as a prop in their political games?
- Robert W. Dalton
Finally, a doctor friend of mine once told me that the best way to deal with a suspicious Growth is to cut it out. But if that’s not an option, you’ve always got to keep an eye on it.
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Please update your voters (especially Greer) on what is happening with the old Victor Mill site. I know you actually saw the mess the day you stopped at my home canvassing the area a couple of weeks ago.
I contacted the editor of the Greer Citizen last week asking for an update on the project and have heard nothing. Hopefully he is investigating and will publish something in the Citizen.
When can we expect that cancerous eyesore to be levelled and something put in its place that will enhance the community?
Thanks for your response.
I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ARE DOING! THERE IS ONE THING THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED! THE SCHOOL KIDS SHOULD NOT BE TAUGHT EVOLUTION IN THE SCHOOLS. THIS IS A THEORY THAT HAS NO PROOF THAT THIS EVER HAPPENED. THE BIBLE ACCOUNT OF MAN BEING MADE BY GOD IS CORRECT WITH ALL EVIDENCE ONE COULD ASK WHICH SHOWS THIS IS TRUE! OUR PASTOR DR. HANK WILLIAMS OF BOILING SPRINGS FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, 3600 BOILING SPRINGS ROAD, BOILING SPRINGS, S. C. 29316 HAS PREACHED A SERIES OF MESSAGES ON THIS AND HAS DOCUMENTS I AM SURE HE WOULD BE GLAD TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT EVOLUTION HAS NO PROOF! A LAW NEEDS TO BE PASSED THAT WILL GUARANTEE THE EVOLUTION LIE WILL NEVER BE TAUGHT IN SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOLS!
ROBERT L. JOHNSON, 131 OAKWOOD DRIVE, WOODRUFFF, S. C. 29388 864 476 0058