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		<title>Weekly Press Clips &#8211; Week of March 1, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[QUOTES OF THE WEEK
&#8220;Some argue that we should not criticize members of either political party &#8211; especially Republicans. Fortunately,  there is hope outside of the political parties. S.C. Club for Growth represents a &#8220;special interest group&#8221; that has too often been taken for granted in Columbia &#8211; South Carolina&#8217;s taxpayers&#8230;&#8221; &#8211; SC Club for Growth [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scclubforgrowth.org/weekly-press-clips-week-of-march-1-2010</link>
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		<title>Executive Director&#8217;s OpEd in The Sun News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[http://www.thesunnews.com/2010/02/20/1325764/exposing-graft-waste.html
Too often people in power see  themselves as above criticism. Perhaps that explains why a recent  opinion piece regarding S.C. Club for Growth&#8217;s 2009 legislative  scorecards struck such a nerve. A few follow-up letters defending the  status quo and mischaracterizing our work to defend taxpayers later  appeared in these pages. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scclubforgrowth.org/executive-directors-oped-in-the-sun-news</link>
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		<title>Weekly Press Clips &#8211; Week of Feb. 15, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[QUOTES OF THE WEEK
&#8220;Polygraphs, missing millions and an executive director who knew nothing about the agency’s failure to timely pay $20 million in taxes withheld from the jobless are among the things JoAnne Payton remembers most from her short stint as a financial supervisor at the state Employment Security Commission.&#8221; &#8211; The Greenville News describing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scclubforgrowth.org/weekly-press-clips-week-of-feb-15-2010</link>
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		<title>SC Club for Growth PAC Announces &#8220;Anti-Reform Annette&#8221; Campaign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Visit AntiReformAnnette.com for more information
SC Club for Growth PAC today announced its &#8220;Anti Reform Annette&#8221; education effort, intended to highlight the legislative record of Summerville&#8217;s Annette Young. Representative Young recently earned an &#8220;F&#8221; grade on SC Club for Growth&#8217;s &#8220;2009 Legislative Scorecard&#8221; (view scorecards) as a result of her voting record in the South Carolina [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scclubforgrowth.org/sc-club-for-growth-pac-announces-anti-reform-annette-campaign</link>
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		<title>SC Club for Growth Releases 2009 Legislative Scorecard, Names 22 &#8220;Taxpayer Champions&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SC Club for Growth released its 2009 South Carolina Legislative Scorecard today, awarding its Taxpayer Champion award to eleven senators and eleven representatives earning top grades.
Legislators’ ratings (view scorecards here) were based on critical economic and good government votes in the South Carolina House and Senate. The scorecards are publicized to the media, SC Club [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scclubforgrowth.org/sc-club-for-growth-releases-2009-legislative-scorecard-names-22-taxpayer-champions</link>
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		<title>Scoring Alert! H. 3279 and H. 3280</title>
		<description><![CDATA[South Carolina Club for Growth strongly urges all members of the General Assembly to support H. 3279 and H. 3280, allowing South Carolina&#8217;s Secretary of State and Superintendent of Education to be appointed by the governor upon the advice and consent of the general assembly.

Wednesday&#8217;s (January 13, 2010) second reading vote on H. 3279 will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scclubforgrowth.org/scoring-alert-h-3279-and-h-3280</link>
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		<title>Weekly Press Clips &#8211; Jan. 13, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[QUOTES OF THE WEEK
&#8220;Families are settling for smaller homes, individuals are opting for safer careers, businesses are slashing payrolls and benefits, lopping off tangential operations and even realigning their core missions&#8230;Everywhere, that is, except in government. In government, especially South Carolina&#8217;s state government, we&#8217;re still nibbling around the edges. Still making incremental cuts as revenue [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scclubforgrowth.org/weekly-press-clips-jan-13-2010</link>
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		<title>50 Examples of Government Waste</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Below you&#8217;ll find a link to the Heritage Foundation&#8217;s &#8220;50 Examples of Government Waste.&#8221; How many similar stories could we find in South Carolina&#8217;s state government?
Link to Heritage.org
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		<link>http://www.scclubforgrowth.org/50-examples-of-government-waste</link>
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		<title>Coming Soon &#8211; 2009 Legislative Scorecards!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keep an eye out this winter for SC Club for Growth&#8217;s 2009 Legislative Scorecards.  Our scorecards will again detail where South Carolina legislators stand on key issues including state government spending, accountability, and transparency.
The Club&#8217;s 2009 (and prior) scorecards will undoubtedly influence SC Club for Growth PAC&#8217;s activities in the 2010 election cycle.
SC Club for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scclubforgrowth.org/coming-soon-2009-legislative-scorecards</link>
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		<title>SC Club for Growth Calls on School Officials to Cut Spending on Luxury Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday 6/24/09
Contact: Matt Moore
South Carolina Club for Growth
Even as the drama of the stimulus/bailout fight in South Carolina fades from newspaper and blog headlines, public education officials continue to insist their budgets are dangerously tight and student instruction is suffering.
On Tuesday, Lexington-Richland District 5 reported that despite an infusion of $4.5 million in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scclubforgrowth.org/sc-club-for-growth-calls-on-school-officials-to-cut-spending-on-luxury-conference</link>
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