Meadors versus Bryant

You got me there, Nice Pete, and I'll admit it. What I'll also admit is that if you believe this is "your" money, then you really do need to vote for Meadors, indeed campaign for him. You believe that the role of government is to take money from the citizens and then redistribute it areas it believes needs it more. That's fine, that's just socialism.
Before you argue that socialists can be Republicans too, I'll admit that as well. Anyone can be a Republican by simply declaring themselves so. Just admit that you're also a redistributer, and we'll call it even.

P. S. You might want to visit these other places--your tax dollars funded them too.

Star Academy Dropout Prevention Program (NR) $1,200,000
Anderson Districts 1&2 Career & Technology Center (NR) $824,302
Science South $750,000
National Historic Register Site- Randolph Cemetery $200,000
Quaker Cemetery $70,000
Morris Island Lighthouse $500,000
Darlington Old Carnegie Library $125,000
Johnsonville Library $550,000
McClellanville Arts Council $12,500
Newberry County Opera House $50,000
Weldon Auditorium $500,000
Town of Chesterfield/Old Courthouse Arts Renovation Center $125,000
Gaffney Arts & Cultural Center
Chapman Cultural Center $3,000,000
Aiken Cultural Center $250,000
Colleton Cultural Center $285,000
Edelman Cultural Center $100,000
Dr. Benjamin E. Mays Historic Site & Museum $200,000
York County Museum $500,000
Florence Museum $3,900,000
Fountain Inn Museum $100,000
Fountain Inn Civic Center Auditorium $100,000
Child’s Haven $85,000
Oconee Hospital/EMS Center $500,000
Reedy River Restoration Project $500,000
Cherry Grove Inlet Dredging $1,000,000
Camp Cherokee- Sewer Line $200,000
Hemingway Health Complex $250,000
Lakelands Rural Health Network- Electronic Records $98,000
Midlands Community Health Center $200,000
I-85 Water and Sewer Infrastructure $950,000
Town of South Congaree- Water and Sewer $450,000
Batesburg-Leesville Water and Sewer $500,000
Darlington Waste Water Plant $75,000
Greenwood Sewer Extension Line $990,000
Town of Great Falls- Sewer Extension to Montrose Development $500,000
Horry County Health Department $200,000
Bryan Renovation for Crisis Capacity $7,330,000
Richland County Mental Health Commission Building Project $50,000
Charleston/Dorchester Community Mental Health Center $400,000
Greenwood Genetics Center- Maintenance of Effort $821,000
Camp Spearhead $1,000,000
Lyman Center $1,500,000
LRADAC- New Building $5,150,000
Wisdom in Living Life Ministry $ 150,000
Callen Lacy Center $200,000
Children in Crisis $100,000
Nurturing Center $100,000
Sea Haven $100,000
Women in Unity Children’s Learning Center $50,000
Edgefield County Children Helping Others $100,000
Phyllis Wheatley Community Center- Roof Repair & Mold Eradication $200,000 Spartanburg Children’s Shelter $300,000
Allendale DSS Building $500,000
Weed & Seed Safe Haven $200,000
Dillon Criterion Center $50,000
Oconee County Fire Fighting Equipment $150,000
Colleton Farmers Market Revitalization Project $150,000
Lynches River Environmental Discovery Center $120,129
Erosion and Sediment Control at Congaree Pointe $475,000
Keeper of the Wild $75,000
Lake Wylie Visitor Center $235,000
Anderson County Parks & Recreation $800,000
Camp Croft State Park- Bridge $250,000
Mt. Pleasant Waterfront Park $500,000
Dorchester County Youth, Senior, and Tourism $160,000
Historic Mineral Springs Park $165,000
Promotion for Recreation Facilities in Charleston County $125,000
Historic Duncan Park $60,000
Aiken County Brownfield Project- Clearwater Village $165,000
Oakley Park $150,000
Atlantic Beach Marketing, Tourism and Planning $225,000
Murrell’s Inlet Project $235,000
Marion County Tourism and Education Resource Center $165,000
Lee County Park $150,000
Darlington Byerly Park $150,000
Fingerville Community Park- Spartanburg $80,000
Little League Sports Complex on Bryant Road $70,000
Lake Ashwood Project $65,000
Richland County Recreation Commission- Friarsgate Park $25,000
Horry County Community Parks, Recreation, and Tourism $300,000
Palmetto Trails $100,000
Myrtle Beach Fixed Base Operator $2,000,000
City of Sumter- Downtown Redevelopment
for Economic Development and Recreation $360,000
Columbia Black Expo $250,000
Woodruff Municipal Complex Engineering, Architectural
& Environmental Studies $50,000
St. Stephen’s Revitalization $100,000
Donaldson Development Commission $3,000,000
Abbeville County Courthouse Renovation & Operational Costs $225,000
SC Center for Fathers and Families $500,000
Saluda Drug Court $38,000
Greer Police & Courts Complex $450,000
Aiken County Economic Development $1,760,000
Salter’s Road Expansion Project $2,000,000
Traffic Safety Hazard Mitigation- St. Paul’s Church Road $150,000
Hardscrabble Road Intersection Improvements $200,000
North Springs, Harrington, and South Springs Intersection Impr. $100,000
City of Easley- Town Center Infrastructure Improvements $950,000
I-95 Corridor and Global Logistics Triangle $700,000
Bull Durham Project- Town of Estill $150,000
Overlay Redevelopment District $300,000
Pee Dee Ballistic Shoothouse $400,000 Town of Lexington- Middle Schools- Security Camera System $20,000
Burgess Center $185,000
Brookland Community Develop. Corp.- Respite for Seniors $275,000
Chesnee Senior Center $250,000
Westminster Town Hall Renovations $500,000
Third Army Water Line $500,000
City of Conway Stormwater Filtration $230,000
Liberty Industrial Development $200,000
Lake Marion Water Authority $250,000

Total: $58,578,931

And please don't complain about the condition of the roads on your way there.

To put it another way, $58,578,931 equals approximately $26.08 for each registered voter in South Carolina (2,246,242 as of Jan. 16, 2008.)

Incumbency does have its advantages, if you don't mind a bit of costly pandering at taxpayer expense.

Alright, there seems to be some sort of effort afoot here to silence people whose posts are neither obscene or libelous. Kevin Bryant posted a link to his website above to explain an earlier question and for some reason taht post now had three thumbs down.

Those of you who really do believe in open political discourse and not just in paying lip service to it might want to go back to some of those posts with NEGATIVE reviews and read them (click "show"), then decide if there's anything offensive or slanderous about them. In the case of Bryant's and most of those by Republikin, Dunebuggy and a few others, the THUMBS DOWN is apparently nothing more than an effort to silence an OPINION or, in the case of Bryant, to stifle information that might not support your own arguments.

If you think the THUMBS DOWN is unfair, you have one chance per post to give it a THUMBS UP to keep it visible to everybody.

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