After everything I've seen in Columbia, the backroom deals, the insider contracts, the caucus incumbent protection rules, and the arrogance of people who think they own the system; I've come to one truth: We the People are still the real power. We just need to start believing it and acting like it again.vvvv

If....You are a Carolina fan, and you were watching the Carolina-Clemson game, and IF you found out that Clemson coaches had hired and selected the referees, and IF you discovered that the Clemson coaches decided the pay for their hand chosen referees, and that they had the power to terminate those referees, would you expect the game to be called fairly?

Something’s not adding up.

Santee Cooper — the state-owned power company — just signed a deal to talk only with BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT about restarting the two old nuclear
reactors at V.C. Summer in Fairfield County.

Here's a riddle for you:

How can a college football team be ahead by 8 points with 3 minutes left in regulation--and lose by 7 without going into overtime?

I know the answer now.

That's what I heard every morning from my Drill Sergeant when I was in basic training.

How can "We the People" of South Carolina take back OUR State Government?

Oversight Lost--Why South Carolina Taxpayers Keep Paying the Price

As I sat in a meeting discussing the best use of $1.8 million by a government entity, a legislator with more than 20 years of service asked, "Representative, why are you so concerned about this $1.8 million? We're responsible for a $14.5 billion budget."

On November 29, 2022, I walked into the South Carolina Statehouse as an elected representative for the very first time.

Along with 26 other new legislators, I began what they call "freshman orientation." It was a full day and a half of paperwork, and procedures--signing forms for health insurance, filling out disclosures, listening to lectures, and being briefed on the ethics rules we were supposed to uphold.

Once I decided to run for the South Carolina House of Representatives, I had to ask myself a hard question: What issues would I devote my time and energy to if I won the trust of the people in district 40?

In 2022, I was the oldest freshman ever elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives. People often ask me, WHY?

Why would a happily retired, financially secure businessman, who had spent years enjoying time with his wife, children, and grandchildren, suddenly give up that life of peace and leisure to step into the chaos of politics?

The seed that was planted in me began in 2020, during the "mask mandate."