Mayor Joe Riley

American College of Building Arts Graduates Seven in Charleston, SC

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Here’s a headline I didn’t find on the Post and Courier website today. I had to see it in The State – 7 graduate from American College of Building Arts. Read more here: (http://www.thestate.com/2012/05/05/2264061/7-graduate-from-american-college.html). I have two questions: How much money did it cost the City of Charleston and the local community to have these ... Read More

Big Arts Organizations Are Falling by the Wayside in the Carolinas

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A few years ago it was the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art(SECCA) in Winston-Salem, NC, that needed the state of North Carolina to come its rescue by taking it over and putting it under the umbrella of the North Carolina Museum of Art, a division of the NC Department of Cultural Resources. At the time ... Read More

What Joe Riley Wants – Joe Gets

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In an Aug. 19, 2008, Post and Courier article David Slade explains that the Charleston, SC City Council is considering a $734,500 loan to the American College of the Building Arts – requested by Charleston’s Mayor, Joe Riley. The article doesn’t really tell us why the college needs the money. It doesn’t tell us the ... Read More

Newspaper Spin

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I think you used to be able to count on newspapers for objective reporting on events taking place, but then maybe that was just big city newspapers that had competition or just when they were dealing with important national issues. I’m not sure if that was just a myth and the idea of a newspaper ... Read More