Jan
27
2010
The important Race
Author: randalwallaceThe news that Representative Thad Viers will not be running for Congress is not good news for Horry County. The upcoming election for the 1st Congressional seat will be without a doubt the most important race for our area. We are about to lose one of the best friends in Congress Horry County has ever had in Henry Brown.
Henry Brown has worked tirelessly on our behalf for the past decade. On issues of vital importance from I-73, Beach Renourishment and getting the stormwater pipes off the beach to our new airport terminal and a potential trade center. Henry Brown has been at the forefront of , along with our Senator Lindsay Graham, all of them. It is a time when the first district needs someone at the helm that has ALL of us in mind. The way Henry Brown has always worked, this fall I-73 itself could be at stake.
We need a congressman that understands that you have to have “Common Sense Conservatism” in mind when you are up in Washington fighting for our best interest. That means telling the difference between pork, and a good needed project of vital importance to our state and region. What is good for the first district is good for the entire state. The coastal region, from Charleston to Myrtle Beach, is the tourism magnet for South Carolina. Tourism is now the number one industry for all of South Carolina. Since Henry Brown has been in congress we have had a leader that understands that. Thad Viers understood that, I am not so sure I believe that Paul Thurmond, Carroll Campbell III, Tim Scott or any of the other potential candidates understands it.
I am very concerned that our next congressman fights to help our tourism based economy by working with Senator Lindsay Graham to get the funding for the various projects we need to continue to bring people to the area and have them spend money. That, after all, provides jobs and stimulates the economy. That is what we send these guys to Washington to do, look out for the people they represent while also protecting the nation from harm.
We need to elect someone to congress that understands our needs but also understands the precarious condition of our federal government with its current lack of self discipline fiscally. It sounds great to attack projects in districts and ear marks but the truth is that is a miniscule portion of the federal government. The real thing that needs to be brought under control is Federal entitlement programs and all of congress is scared to say it. So scared ,in fact, that they are spending us into a hole that may put us into third world status and cripple our children’s ability to pay the debt. IE: a financial collapse.
We need leadership that understands the difference between what sounds good on the trail, and what needs to be done in reality, to truly bring fiscal sanity back to our country. I think there is a big difference between an I-73 and a cowgirl museum. There is also a big diference between earmarks that make up less than 5 % of the Federal budget, and interest payments and entitlement programs that are ballooning to way over half. It is a scary time in our nations history.
We need leadership and I had hopes that we had a candidate who would go to Washington and fill the giant shoes we need filling in the 1st district. I am now concerned about the future of the district as well as the entire country. Please choose wisely this fall it will be important!
