The Other Brooks Brothers and Their Sister, Too. — “Suddenly-relevant”

Before heading out of town for a few days, we wanted to pop off a few thoughts. If this reads like a disjointed Larry King rant, accept apologies in advance — or don’t.

1. This will be believed as much as Richard Jewell, but there are inaccuracies on another blog about the ownership of this blog. We won’t address the subject any more, and we still like the product that those folks put out.

2. Joshua, dang. We’re sorry about the egging. That wasn’t us either, but the car wash on Gervais should be able to fix you right up.

3. FITS, where did you find that shot of Bo? We blamed it all on the moonshine and thought there weren’t any more copies left.

4. A House subcommittee approved a measure that would create a 6 ft barrier between nice girls working their ways through law school and the generous patrons who want to help them live the dream. Killjoys.

5. TPS points out a geography problem not unlike that circumstance experienced many years ago by a certain Ernest T. Bass. Someone may want to check with an attorney, but with no length of residency requirements establishing legal residency may not be any harder than stating, “This is where I now make my primary home,” after moving in or moving back to the district. Anything else could set up the state for lawsuits. It’s going to be interesting to see how that plays out for those races.

6. Representative Nathan Ballentine filed for reelection. Good.

7. South Carolina’s taxpayers saved $58,000 when the House was not in session last week. The irony gets pretty thick here. First, the House took off during what was previously dubbed “Sunshine Week” for state government. Representative Ballentine also noted the humor about that (We want to thank him for his recent mention, too.).

You can almost hear it now. “Sure. C’mon in we have no secrets from you this week. Oh, I’m sorry. We’re taking the week off.”

The other thing to note about this situation is that the reason we didn’t know we saved $58,000 for the House taking its Easter recess was because there was no one there to tell us. To quote Larry the Cable Guy, “Now that’s just funny right there.”

8. Finally, the Senate Judiciary Committee took significant steps to limit state government growth and spending. Hopefully this will go toward solidifying and adding permanence to last year’s property tax reform. It was good to see the Senator McConnell-created “Spending Caps Study Committee” go where municipal, county, and school government dared not tread. Like the song says though, “We’ve got a long way to go, and a short time to get there.”

Have a good weekend, y’all.

– The OBB and MCF