http://repviers.com Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:23:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A three-term incumbent defended his seat against two challengers Tuesday night, his message of conservative leadership winning outright over lingering questions about his character. Republican State Rep. Thad Viers took 57 percent of the vote over challengers Helen Smith and Steven Neeves with all precincts reporting. The tally bypasses a runoff and ... http://repviers.com/rep-viers-overcomes-attacks-on-character.htm Sun News By Zane Wilson 5/30/08 COLUMBIA --The House agreed Thursday to the Senate's latest compromise on illegal immigration control, and the governor said he will sign it. After wrangling back and forth all session, lawmakers finally came to agreement on an immigration control bill that sets up an implied business license for ... http://repviers.com/legislators-ok-bill-controlling-illegal-workers.htm Here are several new ads I'm airing on local radio stations. FREE service provided by MusicWebTown.com http://repviers.com/radio-ads.htm I really want to know about issues that concern us as voters in District 68, such as illegal immigration, traffic problems and errant school board tax increases. I have not seen much in the way of representation from anyone else but Thad Viers. When a methadone clinic sneaked in our ... http://repviers.com/mbsn-viers-confronts-issues-affecting-district-68.htm Two Horry County lawmakers are demanding an investigation into why a juvenile involved in a street-racing incident that resulted in the death of a Myrtle Beach woman was released on parole Monday. Joyce Dargan was struck by a car and killed as she went to her streetside mailbox on Oct. 13, ... http://repviers.com/driver-in-fatal-wreck-out-on-parole.htm Sanford, Senate spar over changes on how to verify workers' status COLUMBIA -The fight over an immigration reform bill heightened Thursday after the governor blasted the compromise the Senate thought he would support. Gov. Mark Sanford said senators engaged in "political cowardice" when they adopted the latest compromise Wednesday night on a ... http://repviers.com/immigration-bill-at-center-of-new-fight.htm Compromise bill passes, now heads to the House COLUMBIA -The Senate passed a new immigration reform compromise Wednesday evening that adds teeth to violations by employers and demands online verification of eligibility for employment. If the House agrees to it, the measure will be "the toughest anti-illegal-immigration bill in the country," said ... http://repviers.com/senate-finds-middle-ground-on-immigration.htm Senator forces vote on reform for today by tying it to House bill COLUMBIA -The Senate's leader on immigration reform took a new tack on breaking the logjam Tuesday when he attached the legislation to a bill the House has already passed and tied up all other debate until the issue ... http://repviers.com/immigration-law-inches-ahead.htm Lawmakers near final rendering of school sales tax bill COLUMBIA -The House-Senate bickering over who should act first, and how, on a compromise immigration reform bill continued Friday when House Speaker Bobby Harrell fired a volley over to the Senate. Harrell, R-Charleston, wrote to Sen. Jim Ritchie, R-Spartanburg, chairman of the conference ... http://repviers.com/immigration-proposal-grinds-in-statehouse.htm As a resident of Socastee for over 20 years, I would like to express how I feel about some of the people of our area who are running for public office. I voted for state Rep. Thad Viers for the past eight years. He has carried out every promise he ... http://repviers.com/letter-to-the-editor-dont-bother-others-campaign-yard-signs.htm