Special Interests
Every group that “rates” lawmakers is a Columbia special-interest group. Agree with their special interest, get an A. Disagree and get an F. And be assured that for every issue – more taxes or less taxes, pro-life or pro-choice, right to carry guns or no guns – there is a special-interest group.
I don’t represent Columbia special interests. I don’t need their money, and I don’t want their favors. I represent the people in southern Spartanburg County. District 35 includes all or some of the schools in districts 4, 5 and 6.
In my first term, I voted against taking our tax dollars from Woodruff, Byrnes and Dorman high schools and R.D. Anderson Applied Technology Center and giving them to private schools, thereby lessening the educational opportunities for our children. I voted for a mandatory school bus replacement cycle to ensure reliable transportation. And I voted to override the governor’s veto so that autistic children are now covered by their parents’ health insurance.
SHJ: Magazine ranks Woodruff High one of best in U.S.
Congratulations Teacher, Faculty, and Students of Woodruff High for being listed as one of the nation’s best High Schools by US News & World Report. You make our area and our state very proud. Here’s the article from the Spartanburg Herald Journal:
Magazine ranks Woodruff High one of best in U.S.
By Ashlei N. Stevens
Published: Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Woodruff High School has been listed among “America’s Best High Schools,” according to a new report by U.S. News & World Report magazine.
