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A Tour Of Bluffton with Mayor Sulka

What do you get when you mix a pile of old tires, a half-naked mannequin, and a butcher’s knife? Believe it or not, these are just a few of the things you may find at Bluffton Mayor Lisa Sulka’s favorite haunts. I recently ventured out…


A Town Is Born

How Home Rule Began on Hilton Head Island. On August 5, 2008, Hilton Head Island will be celebrating its 25th “birthday” as an incorporated municipality—a town. Why becoming a town was so crucial and interviews of those who helped make it happen will be the subject…


“My Name is... and I Am Currently Serving in Iraq...”—from an e-mail to Hilton Head’s Operation R&R

It’s different now, of course, with e-mail and cell phones to keep in touch with family back home. But the dirt on his boots and the dirt in her hair is still the soil of Iraq or Afghanistan, both hostile, dangerous environments. Even though images…


Energy: What’s Hot and What’s Not

Oil politics is very hot “Drill here. Drill Now” is catching on because of $4/gallon gasoline. We got here due to the tight world oil supply/demand situation. Total current world oil production is about 87 million barrels/day with a demand of 87 mmb/d. There is 1.5…


Politically Speaking: Local author presents a unique view

“Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?” —Groucho Marx Bryant Welch doesn’t pull any punches. From the first paragraph of his new book, State of Confusion, Political Manipulation and the Assault on the American Mind, the reader gets the impression that nobody’s…


Politics and Water: Part One

Don’t think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm. —Malayan Proverb You wake up in the morning, brush your teeth, shower, put on the coffee pot, maybe have time to water the flower beds or fill up the kids’ inflatable splash pool. You come…


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