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Day: October 2, 2005

Wade Hampton Correctional Facility

Posted on October 2, 2005 By Tom 1 Comment on Wade Hampton Correctional Facility
Local, Miscellaneous

I wish someone would talk to the Greenville School District about designing their schools.  The new Wade Hampton High School looks like a huge, ugly box.  The ugliest part faces the main highway.  Go figure. And, of course, this will cause even more run-off into our already overloaded watershed.

The Tyranny of Gannett

Posted on October 2, 2005 By Tom 2 Comments on The Tyranny of Gannett
Local, Rants

My favorite weekly freebie, The Beat, was mercilessly run out of business several months ago while in its incarnation as MetroBeat.  The culprit, of course, was the megalithic Gannett News Corporation, and it’s local shill, The Greenville News.  The Greenville Cage Liner started it’s own weekly rag called, The Link, which went head to head … Read More “The Tyranny of Gannett” »

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