In today’s Anderson Independent, letters to the editor. If character were elastic, some politicians wouldn’t have enough to make suspenders for a parakeet. Some run for office to advance their own selfish agendas. Once elected, often after spending gobs of money to influence uninformed voters, they themselves are influenced by money. Politicians should wear suits like NASCAR drivers showing... 

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... 

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... 

Our state’s elected officials constantly talk about bringing business to the state.  And, there have been successes:  Boeing, BMW, come quickly to mind. But according to a recent CNBC study,* South Carolina is only #31 for Top States for Business.  Our neighbors fared a good deal better:  North Carolina is #4; Georgia is #10. Being #31 is not a goal to aspire to. South Carolina leaders are missing... 

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... 

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,... 

Do you hate compromise? Many people do.  An intense disdain for compromise is growing rapidly in our country today. Thank goodness, members of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 felt differently.  So do I. How can you survive this world without compromise?  In marriage, work, church, sports teams, and even among political parties, compromise is a necessity.  However, the loud, “my way or the... 

Over the years as I was growing up, my family spent many wonderful weeks at Fripp Island.  We watched it develop from an uninhabited island to one of the great treasures of our coastline. Its clean beauty never failed to mesmerize me. As I see the devastating effects of the BP Gulf oil disaster, I cringe at the possibility of tar balls rolling up on the shores of our beautiful beaches. When we continue... 

“Both Richard Cash and Jeff Duncan focus on matters that will not bring jobs to the District. They argue about political philosophies, not dealing with what faces South Carolina’s families during these tough times. “Whichever man wins on Tuesday, my focus will remain the same:  working hard for working families on issues that affect their daily lives — jobs, education and military... 

This past week, as a FedEx pilot based in Memphis, I experienced the difficulty of being “on my own.”  Once again. My 1995 Saturn’s air conditioner broke down, and it is HOT in Memphis in June.  I’m flying at night from Laredo, TX, back to Memphis.  From Laredo, I call ahead to see if the repair shop could take my car that next morning. My plan:  I would land at midnight in Memphis and... 

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... 

I often think I am living two distinct but separate lives. Last Tuesday night, I celebrated our primary win with my phenomenal staff and tremendous volunteers, all committed to the success of our district. Barely a day later, I was flying an AirBus 300 to Appleton, WS, for FedEx.  Still working, I am now in the middle of a week of night flights. Two very different lives, but connected by a powerful... 

BY ANNA SIMON • STAFF WRITER/GREENVILLE NEWS • JUNE 8, 2010 Comments Democrat Jane Dyer won the 3rd Congressional District nomination after defeating Brian Ryan B. Doyle on Tuesday, according to unofficial election returns. Read More →

BY ANNA SIMON • CLEMSON BUREAU • GREENVILLE NEWS  JUNE 5, 2010 Faces of candidates in contested 3rd Congressional District Republican and Democratic primaries will appear in advertisements and mailings, and they may even be knocking on your front door in these final days before the Tuesday primary. That’s when voters will pick the Democratic candidate and probably will send the two top... 

BY ANNA SIMON • CLEMSON BUREAU • GREENVILLE NEWS JUNE 4, 2010 CLEMSON – With four days left to campaign before voters go to the polls on June 8, candidates in the 3rd Congressional District aired differences and tossed a few verbal grenades as they played to an overflow crowd at Clemson University’s Strom Thurmond Institute. Accusations flew and differences were aired as eight candidates... 

Our letter writers are going great guns!  Thank you, Bob Padgett and Polly Walters,  for your hard work and support.  Bob’s letter was printed in today’s Anderson Independent, and Polly’s appeared in Monday’s Greenwood Index-Journal.  Read both letters below. Dyer Has It All Why are most politicians lawyers? And why do we vote for them? Wouldn’t it be nice if they could... 

When We Work Together, We Can Accomplish Anything from Jane Dyer on Vimeo. Color guard photo: Clemson University Read More →

More letters to the editor!  This one from Robert Wilde to the Anderson Independent.  Thank you, Robert! Because Gresham Barrett has thrown his hat in the ring as a Republican candidate for governor, his seat as a representative for U.S. Congress from the 3rd District is open. The district covers most of the area of circulation of this newspaper. As voters, we have the opportunity to put a new representative... 

Check out these letters to the editor at the Seneca Journal.  Thank you, Charlotte Holmes and Lavelle Marcengill!     Yes, 2010 is THE year! May 20, 2010 Editor: Have you gone to vote on election day wishing you were more excited about the candidate for whom you were about to cast a ballot? Well, if like me, you have had that experience, this is our year to feel great about our vote! I’m so... 

Today’s Greenville NEWS featured a front-page story about the candidates in the 3rd District Democratic primary.  Read all about it. http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20100517/NEWS/305170011/Two-Democrats-running-for-3rd-District-seat-say-they-can-work-with-GOP Read More →

Jane’s free airtime was broadcast on the evening WYFF News (Channel 4), and is posted on WYFF website. Check it out. http://www.wyff4.com/video/23511595/index.html Read More →

South Carolina Democratic Party Convention-Saturday, April 24, 2010 from Jane Dyer on Vimeo. Read More →