Horry County “Slush Funds” Draw Scrutiny
COUNCIL MEMBERS TRY TO BLOCK DUBIOUS “RECREATION” FUNDS Last month we brought our readers the story of some good ol’ boy taxpayer fleecing in Pickens...
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Myrtle Beach Businesses Seek Better Representation
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“REFORM” CANDIDATE URGED TO RUN FOR MAYOR … A group of reformers and small business leaders in Myrtle Beach, S.C. are encouraging a successful businesswoman...
Myrtle Beach Crime: Back In The News
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DRUGS, PROSTITUTION CITED … Just in time for the tourist season, reports of crime in Myrtle Beach, S.C. are bubbling back up to the surface....
SC Coastal Tax Data: Mixed Bag
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REVENUE UP MODESTLY … PICTURE INCOMPLETE There’s a battle raging in Myrtle Beach, S.C. between taxpayer-subsidized tourism leaders and government watchdogs over just how many...
SC Coastal Heroin Epidemic Spreads Inland
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LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE CAUSE … We’ve written several times now about a growing heroin epidemic along South Carolina’s coast. Users of the drug are overdosing...
Coastal Heroin Addicts: Lock Them Up?
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LOCAL LEADER CALLS FOR MANDATORY JAIL TIME … We wrote not long ago about the deadly heroin epidemic gripping Horry County, S.C. The problem? Large amounts...
Myrtle Beach Claims Record Number of Summer Tourists In 2016
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WATCHDOGS DISPUTE OFFICIAL ESTIMATES … Government-subsidized tourism leaders claim South Carolina’s Grand Strand drew a record 18 million visitors during the summer of 2016 –...
Coastal Gaming In SC Could Be Huge
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PROMISING JOB, REVENUE ESTIMATES … Earlier this week we ran a post concluding that South Carolina’s coastal tourism economy had a simple choice: Diversify or...
SC Coast: Diversify Or Die
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PALMETTO STATE’S TOURISM ECONOMY MUST EVOLVE … OR CEASE TO EXIST One of the most disappointing things about South Carolina is that it is needlessly...
The Jellyfish Invasion Isn’t Letting Up
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SOUTH CAROLINA COASTLINE STILL UNDER SIEGE … Jellyfish may be out of the headlines … but they’re not out of the water along the South...