Monday, October 1
7:00 p.m.
at
Berkeley Electric Co-op
3351 Maybank Highway
Johns Island Here's why it's important --
Carol Tempel needs your support. She needs to have us all stand behind her on Monday, October 1, when she answers questions about the issues that are important to residents of SC House District 115, Charleston, and the entire state.
Her opponent has declined this important invitation to speak, and to hear the concerns of the voters.
So be there, and bring your family, friends and neighbors. This is an opportunity to get to know Carol. And it's an opportunity for those of us who know her, and know how important her candidacy is to us, to show her we're behind her. Carol Temple
Petition Candidate
SC House 115
 Carol Tempel, who is running as a Petition Candidate for SC House 115, wants to hear your opinions. She also wants you to know where she stands on issues like education, jobs, social security, health care, and public safety. That is why she will be appearing at a Candidate Forum on Monday, October 1.
Sadly, her opponent, Peter McCoy, who has held the seat for two years, has turned down the invitation to appear at this event. Perhaps he doesn't think voters need to know where he stands. Maybe he would like to avoid defending his voting record of the past two years.
Apparently, he has excused himself from this event stating that the location, the Berkeley County Electric Co-op at 3351 Maybank Highway on Johns Island is not home to his constituents. In fact, it is just about halfway between the voters on Kiawah and Seabrook Islands and those on James Island -- equally convenient to both.
So Carol has decided to accept the invitation of the League of Women Voters and the American Association of University Women to tell voters about herself.
We need to get out on Monday and show our support for this great candidate. Bring family, friends and neighbors out to meet Carol and hear her views. Let's show her we care about our representation in Columbia as much as she does!
And as for Peter McCoy, let's just assume that he will be represented at this forum, too...
by jodimullenfondell.blogspot.com
Tempel Town Hall Meeting
Monday, October 1, 7 :00 - 8:00 pm
Berkeley County Electric Co-Op
3351 Maybank Highway on Johns Island, SC
next to the fire station
If you haven't yet been introduced to FreedomWorks, it's time. Despite it's patriotic sounding name, FreedomWorks is funded by all those right-wing extremists that believe that no tax is a good tax (unless it goes to big corporations), and that money that you don't work for -- like investment income and inheritance -- is more valuable than money earned through actual hard work.
Here in South Carolina, we have lots of notables on the FreedomWorks roster. The lovely Jim DeMint scored a 91% on FreedomWorks' economic scorecard in 2003; he worked tirelessly to end up with a near-perfect 98% for his 2011 voting record (what on earth could that 2% have represented???). Today, though, he out-DeMint's DeMint, with a just-announced perfect score of 100%. "You-lie" class act Joe Wilson and Tim Scott are also reported by FreedomWorks to be "other winners." On that, I must agree. And that is not a compliment.
Tim Scott believes fervently in what these FreedomWorks folks call "school choice". He himself went to public school in South Carolina, and despite his apparent success, he is at the forefront in dismantling public education. In the illogical twists and turns of the FreedomWorks right-wing mind, he has convinced himself that the key to helping children in poor neighborhoods is for businesses to get involved in school programs, without nasty government intervention -- or dollars -- and this will provide quality education for all.
Yes, you heard him right. Tim Scott actually says he believes we can "think our way out of poverty."
Why would a smart man say something so dumb? Because there really is absolutely no defense for killing public education. Businesses will not equitably fund all neighborhoods. Parents may not know which are the best choices for their children, and even if they know, may not find open seats available, or have the means to transport a child to that school. And, guess what, those good schools are not going to be plentiful, and they aren't going to be cheap.
Honestly? In Tim Scott's America, school choice will exist only for those with the most cash, and the means to investigate, apply for, and then get their kids to the "best schools." When we allow Tim Scott and Jim DeMint, and here in the SC House, folks like Peter McCoy to win their war against funding public schools, we will see even worse discrimination between the rich and poor. Oh, and those who will be getting both taxed and slammed will be the middle class, because how else can you pull off this sleight-of-hand?
 Bobbie Rose has a more reality-based and let me say democratic philosophy about education. She knows that the only way to provide good schools for all is for South Carolina to work with the Federal Government to provide the long-overdue investment in our children. This means that folks like Tim Scott and Jim DeMint will have to pay slightly higher taxes so that all children will have the opportunity they deserve. (Sorry, guys, that's how true "freedom works.")
 And let's not forget how important it is to get real pro-education legislators in Columbia to work with the federal government to distribute our tax dollars equitably and sensibly. Carol Tempel, SC House Petition Candidate, knows first hand how to turn education around in South Carolina. She knows, unlike her opponent Peter McCoy, that slash-and-burn tax cuts will never work."School choice" isn't really about choice. But this election truly is about choice. We can choose those folks that talk about freedom while they curtail ours, or we can elect candidates who will represent us, our families, our children, our future.
 Government didn't just happen, and our government was not imposed on us, and it has been working for us for quite some time. But there are many of us today who believe government should just get out of the way. If we look at the poor employment figures for South Carolina, we can see firsthand the results of cutting back government. We have lost jobs in education and in public health and safety. We have inadequate government funding to build and upgrade roads and schools. Our electrical grid is fragile. We have lost opportunities in developing clean energy and moving ahead with fast and efficient public transportation. When we lose government jobs, when funding is cut for important government projects and even more jobs are lost, the effect ripples throughout our communities. Those lost jobs are individuals who have to struggle to pay for the roof over their heads, and are no longer able to spend money in the community. When that happens to the extent that we have seen over the past years, businesses are forced to cut back, and more jobs are lost. South Carolina House Representative for District 115 Peter McCoy has fought over the past two years to chop and slash government spending, so that big tax savings can go to big business. He does not recognize the damage that those tax cuts do in terms of loss of government jobs and services, and contracts to small businesses to improve our communities. In fact, those tax cuts he brags about actually cost us more in lost services. When will private sector jobs come back? Those jobs will come back when people in the community have the financial security that will allow them to spend and grow their neighbors' small businesses. When those small businesses grow, they hire. Carol Tempel understands the way government jobs fuel our communities, and our businesses. This is why she will fight for smart taxation and spending, so that Charleston and South Carolina can begin to grow again.
Choose
Carol Tempel
South Carolina House 115
Petition Candidate
 Carol Tempel knows what works and what doesn't. She has run a successful small business, and she has been a top school administrator right here in Charleston. Now she wants to put her talents to work for a greater goal -- she wants to change the downward spiral of education, jobs and quality of life in Charleston and in South Carolina.
Her opponent, Peter McCoy, doesn't just follow the Tea Party dictum of cut taxes and services, he doesn't just believe that less government is ALWAYS better government, he has worked in Columbia for nearly two years to cut services to hard working South Carolinians. His latest scheme is to give back $280 to families with school-aged children and tell them, "Good luck finding a quality education with that."
Carol knows that when public education is done right, it is the best value democracy can offer. But when our legislators chop at our education funds year after year, we are left with fewer teachers, larger classes, buildings falling into disrepair, school programs that have fallen behind for want of supplies and technology.
Yet Peter McCoy continues to believe that if we just chop a little more off, the problem will fix itself.
It hasn't happened yet, and it's not going to.
So give your support and your vote to Carol Tempel for South Carolina House #115.
Carol Tempel
Petition Candidate
SC House 115
It may well be that Peter McCoy, that cute young lawyer who narrowly beat Anne Peterson Hutto in 2010, thanks to a third party candidate, seems to be a bit worried about the upcoming election.Why do I say that? Because he has called his opponent, Carol Tempel, his "extreme left opponent."I don't think so. Carol represents moderate, sensible views on education, jobs, taxation, and women's rights.It seems to me that someone who wants to drain the already depleted state education budget in order to offer a big $280 tax deduction to apply to private school tuition is the real extremist.McCoy also is in favor of further cutting the budget when it comes to jobs -- that's right, jobs like teachers, policemen, and firefighters.Meanwhile, he throws his support behind privatizing services like schools. You know what that means, right? It means paying a private company more money to do a job less efficiently than good government can do.Carol believes that good public education has always been within our grasp, but it will take our representatives in Columbia working for the people, and not corporate interests, to create a policy that taxes wisely, and spends just as wisely -- less waste, more spent on the ground, in the schools, on the streets.
If you believe more money should go to prisons than public schools, Peter McCoy is your guy. If you want to see our schools shine, then throw your support behind Carol Tempel.
As for calling Carol his "extreme left opponent", it's not just fear talking, it's that Same Old Song.
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