tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17325789.post3414177495665474343..comments2024-01-03T18:02:21.058-05:00Comments on Barbecue & Politics: Thursday THRASH Award: "SC" Club for GrowthRoss Shealyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04726261363939643083noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17325789.post-6866340028168951992008-05-09T00:56:00.000-04:002008-05-09T00:56:00.000-04:00Try this one...and Josh can try and say different ...Try this one...and Josh can try and say different if he really wants to be made the fool.<BR/><BR/>Randy Paige was Chief-Headhunter-in-Charge for the ED position for the SC Club for Growth. Josh wasn't the Clubs first choice. <BR/><BR/>He set it up and has since failed to "knock'em down".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17325789.post-55146102952999661642008-05-08T20:41:00.000-04:002008-05-08T20:41:00.000-04:00Ordinary people have no idea how much out state mo...Ordinary people have no idea how much out state money flows into SC.<BR/><BR/>For every dollar we know about MANY more come to this state influence our lives. They come to nonprofits that have loose reporting laws, they come in differnet names and to different accounts. The pay direclty to some venders, and indirectly to others.<BR/><BR/>It is a scandal with tremendous effect...these guys and their partners have have bought the right wing of our party...and there is nothing we can do about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17325789.post-84243659010585233042008-05-08T12:46:00.000-04:002008-05-08T12:46:00.000-04:00So Matt Moore only responds to intervew requests v...So Matt Moore only responds to intervew requests via e-mail?<BR/><BR/>In The State's article about Howard Rich, titled "Bill aimed at out-of-state contributor," John Monk writes that Hpward Rich only responds to interviews via e-mail and not by phone or in person.<BR/><BR/>Sounds like a job requirement for his followers.<BR/><BR/>I can just imagine the morning Josh Gross awoke to the phone call from Howie -- "Josh....I want you to move to South Carolina." Bet he looked at his wife and said "Sweetie, He called. Hope you know how to make sweet tea!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17325789.post-1931666253927668352008-05-08T11:18:00.000-04:002008-05-08T11:18:00.000-04:00For what it's worth, there are quite a few other p...For what it's worth, there are quite a few other political/lobbying outfits in their same building. I'd bet if you called any one of them they would put you through to another.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17325789.post-71321278534246604922008-05-08T10:24:00.000-04:002008-05-08T10:24:00.000-04:00It does help explain it, Joshua, but not nearly as...It does help explain it, Joshua, but not nearly as much as the shared office, shared phone lines, and shared boss-man with SCRG:<BR/><BR/>"In District 79 in suburban northeast Columbia, six-term incumbent Republican Bill Cotty survived a June primary challenge from Sheri Few who was supported by the conservative South Carolina Club for Growth as backing 'free market educational choice.'"<BR/><BR/>(10/14/06 Associated Press)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17325789.post-90474210945341106552008-05-08T09:04:00.000-04:002008-05-08T09:04:00.000-04:00Ross,Note the 2006 Club scorecards, when Represent...Ross,<BR/><BR/>Note the <A HREF="http://www.scclubforgrowth.com/pdf/2006HouseScorecardFinal.pdf" REL="nofollow">2006 Club scorecards</A>, when Representative Cotty scored a D grade (42.13 out of 100 - we were scoring on a curve). Since it was 2006, we didn't have the benefits of knowing that he'd clean up his fiscal act for 2007...<BR/><BR/>Also, the scorecards were incomplete when we made our PAC support decision (a necessary evil of scheduling primary filing in the middle of legislative session and having a primary one week after session ends). When the Club's Board came to that decision (in fairness, after meeting with both Representative Cotty and his challenger), his scorecard grade was sitting on a solid "F" grade. Only after he start taking his challenger seriously in that election did his voting improve on fiscal issues. <BR/><BR/>In retrospect, I'm very glad that Rep. Cotty's voting improved to the point of being 7th in the house in 2007, his lack of support for school choice notwithstanding.<BR/><BR/>Hope this helps explain why the Club took on Bill Cotty in 2006.Joshua Grosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14621196691454851684noreply@blogger.com