Primary Colors House 81 Republican Primary profiles
Rep. Rudy Mason’s death on June 4 elevates House District 81 to a three way GOP primary race among Skipper Perry Rebekah Sutherland and Kathryn Kling for Mason’s unexpired term. An Oct. 5 special election follows. Perry touts long city council service and timing to campaign. Sutherland, an educator and software trainer, cites educational reforms. Kling, antique mall co owner and activist, seeks broader constituent involvement. Independent Scott Singer may petition to run.
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Rudy ‘Mason
Mason
Skipper Perry
Rebekah Sutherland
Kathryn Kling
GOP
House
Senate
Perry
Aiken
Rudy
Kling
Market Place
Attorney General's Office
Scott Singer
Singer
District 81
Quiet start but storm season forecast by Gray
Hurricane expert Bill Gray reiterates a busy season with 14 named storms, nine hurricanes and four intense. He notes mid-August activity and predict likening this year to 1996 and 1995, with a 54 percent chance of at least one intense storm hitting the East Coast and 40 percent for the Gulf Coast.
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Charleston
Tropics
Bill Gray
Gray
Colorado State University
East Coast
Gulf Coast
Governors warn Keep hands off state budgets
Republican governors praised Congress tax cut plans but warned they will not allow GOP lawmakers to raid state budgets. They accuse Washington leaders of trying to pull up to 86 billion from welfare funds to balance a 792 billion proposal. Governors demand a reliable partnership and greater inclusion in policy framing.
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ST. Louis
Washington
Congress
GOP
John Engler
Michigan
Southern Party Debuts With Civil War Echoes in N C Inn
In Flat Rock North Carolina the Southern Party held its inaugural rally under a wooden pavilion at the Woodfield Inn. About 150 attendees, many in Civil War garb, heard leader Ron Holland declare the group a future political force. He invoked Appomattox and Lee as he warned against underestimating the party and displayed a Confederate flag. The party has registered with the Federal Election Commission and in Florida and Georgia.
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Flat Rock
N.C
New Southern Party
Washington
Ron Holland
Woodfield Inn
King George's
Holland
Lee
Appomattox
Southern Party
Federal Section Commission
Florida
Georgia
Fried Green Tomatoes Festival Supports Abused Persons
Beech Island hosts the Third Annual Fried Green Tomatoes Festival at the Country Ranch benefiting the Coalition to Assist Abused Person and the Cumbee Center. Three bands performed bluegrass and rock as attendees enjoyed the fried green tomatoes, with Fare Baughman of the Country Ranch among the performers.
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Beech Island
Coalition To
Cumbee Center
TDC
Armed and Dangerous
Fare Baughman
Ginny Southwort
James Smith
Billy Roth
Coalition To Assist Abused
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