Category Archives: The Local Scene

The Thin Blue Line – Again

By Agricola | June 27, 2010

Is it really necessary to have four police cars converge on a 50 year old tourist walking down the street with a beer? Further, is it really necessary to throw him in the slammer for nine hours? I get the broken window theory and all, but has the police force lost its measure of common [...] Read more »

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Bib #40103

By Agricola | March 27, 2010

The Cooper River Bridge Run has been a fixture in the local community for 33 years. For most of that time, the CRBR was something that I, as a local, had dismissed as just another imposition on the city. Blocked streets, traffic gridlock, and jammed restaurants were  consequences that left me mildly irritated, somewhat aloof, [...] Read more »

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A Sunday Drive

By Agricola | August 10, 2009

The land of the free and the home of the brave. I was warned earlier in the week that we would be taking a Sunday drive in lieu of vacation. The route would be left up to me, with the caveat that the final waypoint should be a nice place for lunch. Forewarned means prepared, [...] Read more »

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You Don’t Have to Believe Everything You Think

By Agricola | March 5, 2009

  From the Sage of Formosa comes a bumper-sticker sighting:   You don’t have to believe everything you think   Good words to live by….   Read more »

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Screwed by The Parking Gods

By Agricola | February 2, 2009

A letter to the editors in today’s Post & Courier takes the city to task: In December, the city of Charleston raises parking fines 75 percent to encourage citizens to use parking garages in downtown Charleston. Then in January, the city’s Department of Revenue introduces the SmartCard to make it more convenient to pay at [...] Read more »

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