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 […]
“Train” Means More than a Choo-Choo.
December 19, 2014 Yesterday was the second and final day for members of the South Carolina House to prefile legislation for the 2015-16 legislative session, and one of the most interesting bills came from Representative Joshua Putnam (R – Dist 10 – Anderson, Greenville, and Pickens Counties — @RepJoshuaPutnam on Twitter). When an elected or appointed official gets in […]
Ever Think About the Folks Behind the Scenes?
November 24, 2014 The Wizard of Oz himself is the one who told us, “Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain,” so we don’t. Without the men and women BEHIND the curtains our lives would be a lot less interesting, though. When you watch the news, you see a storyteller on one side of […]
Exit Poll Generates Controversy
November 6, 2014 Through Twitter and Facebook, we asked on Election Day whether or not you took a certain exit poll at your precinct. Apparently 1000 South Carolina voters did. As we expected after hearing some of the questions, many respondents expressed strong feelings about the racially-charged perception of the survey. A number of those people contacted Greenville-Spartanburg CBS […]
TMPR Has Gone Pink
October 3, 2014 October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and TMPR has gone pink. This year for women in the United States, estimates are that there will be: 232,670 new cases of invasive breast cancer, 62,570 new cases of in situ (on-site) breast cancers (that are non-invasive but conditions that increase risks of invasive cancer), and 40,000 […]
Social Media Oversharing. Think BEFORE You Post.
September 18, 2014 Former South Carolina governor and current US House member Mark Sanford recently took to his congressional Facebook account to offer a 2346 word update because, “One, in as much as you sign my paycheck and you have elected me to represent you in Washington, I think I owe you my thinking on […]
Q & A: Logos and Taglines — Is it OK to…?
July 21, 2014 “Do you feel it is necessary to always use the official slogan? I think if we used a variety of informal but related slogans, the variety would attract attention, keep people guessing and anticipating what will be next, and be something people would talk about. The primary slogan needs to continue […]
Is it REALLY That Important to Have Someone Representing YOUR Interests?
July 21, 2014 Whenever someone asks us how important it is to have a professional advocating for them, we respond with a question that often stops the conversation in its tracks and starts a new one. “Would you be your own attorney?” The smart answer is, “No.” The law and the courts are complex. […]
Thomas Ravenel’s Senate Bid and His Renounced Citizenship. — UPDATED
By: Taft Matney — July 15, 2014 FOREWORD: To be clear, with all of the questions surrounding Thomas Ravenel’s citizenship, this isn’t a will he win/won’t he win political piece. This is based only around the question of whether he could serve if elected. After promising to do it, Thomas Ravenel presented officials in Columbia with petitions containing […]
SC’s FOIA Law. What’s on the Agenda?
June 30, 2014 Not all governmental bodies are large enough to have a full-time public affairs official on staff, but it doesn’t mean they have to go without one. In some cases, agencies outsource those functions to a third-party like TMPR where we work with them on media relations and public information, policy issues, […]
