September 16, 2015 In advance of tonight’s Republican presidential debate from the Reagan Presidential Library (CNN at 8:00 p.m. EDT), TMPR’s Taft Matney will join hosts Tara Servatius and Bob McLain on-air and in-studio at Greenville’s 106.3 WORD from 6:00 until 8:00 to talk about the presidential campaign from a South Carolina point of view. UPDATED (10:19 p.m.): Along […]
“Making An Impact in Mauldin”
January 23, 2015 TMPR is more than a firm that helps groups chart a course for their futures or creates brand messaging for organizations or shapes public policy or consults political campaigns. It’s also the people who make the firm work and what they do outside of TMPR. In addition to serving as TMPR’s managing […]
Speaker Jay Lucas Previews 2015 Legislative Session
January 7, 2015 A number of things will be different when the first session of the 121st General Assembly convenes on Tuesday, January 13. Among them, the House will open with new top leadership. When Speaker Jay Lucas gavels in the House, he will do so with 252 pre-filed pieces of legislation that need to be read across the […]
Are You G-Hacked?
September 11, 2014 If you’re like a lot of people, your Gmail account is a lifeline. With that single Gmail address and password, you have, as the company boasts, “One account. All of Google.” Sure, with one login you get Google+, Google Drive, Google Maps, YouTube, Blogger, and more, but that’s not always a […]
A Servant’s Heart
By: Taft Matney — August 14, 2014 As Councilman Sid Cates called my name to answer questions about a proposed resolution Monday afternoon during Greenville County Council’s Finance Committee meeting, I just finished reading the news on my phone that Dozier Brooks passed away over the weekend. I guess it was fitting that County Square […]
The State House’s Loss is the Statehouse’s Gain.
July 17, 2014 There are a lot of types of people who work at the Statehouse, and the overwhelming majority of them get an unfairly negative characterization. Sure, there are some people who don’t play by the rules or who are only out for themselves, but they are in the minority. The SC House […]
GREENVILLE BUSINESS MAGAZINE: “Upstate Special Purpose Districts Seminar Covers Legal, Financial, Growth Issues”
(NOTE on 7/2/14: We’re offering this as an “In Case You Missed It” because since we hadn’t launched the new TMPR web site when this article came out, chances are you did miss it.) May 21, 2014 More than 45 commissioners, superintendents, fire chiefs, managers, and financial officers of Upstate fire, water, and sewer districts […]
TMPR Bats Cleanup for BuzzFeed Election Coverage
April 5, 2013 Following this week’s special primary runoff in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, BuzzFeed talked with TMPR’s Taft Matney about how divorces and candidates’ personal lives factor in to elections and campaigns in 2013. It’s too bad that more of what he said didn’t make the piece, but his point was that in […]
