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Don’t get caught in the label web

Don’t get caught in the label web
Thank you, Bill Bruehl, for your letter to the editor in today’s Seneca Daily Journal. Editor: Come election time let’s not get ourselves trapped in a dumb label web. It’s like a spider’s web. It’s a mindless way of thinking about how you’ll vote that can hurt you. Partisans weave webs and label them so y’all will vote the way they want you to. Partisans know if they get voters hooked... 

IndependentMail.com: 3rd District congressional candidates square off in Powdersville

IndependentMail.com: 3rd District congressional candidates square off in Powdersville
Congressional candidates Jeff Duncan and Jane Dyer faced each other Thursday for the first time since the primaries determined who would represent their parties on the November ballot. Both are seeking the 3rd District congressional seat that is being vacated by Republican Gresham Barrett, who unsuccessfully ran for governor this year. The candidates gave brief summaries of their positions and fielded... 

Dyer focuses on finding solutions to financial issues at campaign stop

Dyer focuses on finding solutions to financial issues at campaign stop
In the AIKEN STANDARD By ROB NOVIT, 7/16/10 In her second attempt for the 3rd Congressional District seat, Easley Democrat Jane Dyer said her goal is to fight for working people. “We hear a lot from Wall Street, a lot from big oil,” she said during a campaign stop in Aiken. “But nobody seems to understand that we’ve got people at their kitchen tables who have big challenges... 

Dyer brings her message to Greenwood Dems

By CHRIS TRAINOR/ ctrainor@indexjournal.com Sunday, July 11, 2010 12:46 AM EDT Democrat Jane Dyer says she is willing to fight for working Americans. It’s a message she brought to Greenwood Saturday morning. Dyer, who is the Democratic candidate for Congress in the Third District,... 

Women’s Courage

A thoughtful letter in today’s Anderson Independent.  Thank you,  Thelma Spencer. I have been encouraged to respond from a woman’s perspective to the letter in the June 14 Independent Mail regarding lasting change and how it is brought about. Change comes about when individual courage is evidenced and radical action ensues. Little was being done about changing the status of women in our society...