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Robert Barber Announces Bid for Comptroller General

Posted on30. Mar, 2010 by Tim Kelly.

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Former state representative Robert Barber – who narrowly lost a bid for Lt. Governor in 2006 – today announced his candidacy for Comptroller General.
“To be honest, I was very content running my restaurant and spending time with my kids and grandkids,” Barber said. “But I just can’t sit back and do nothing while South Carolina [...]

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The Love Song of Richard A. Eckstrom

Posted on18. Feb, 2010 by Tim Kelly.

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With apologies to T.S. Eliot

Let us go then, you and I,
When the evening is spread out against the sky,
Like a pig stretched across Maurice’s pit;
Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets,
The muttering retreats
Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels
I’m willing to be your guinea (sp?) pig.
Streets that follow like a tedious argument
Of insidious intent.
I [...]

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