PHILANTHROPIST JOINS SCGOP CHAIR TO DISPEL MYTHS

SCHotline is in the process of posting about a million YouTube clips of New York philanthropist Howard Rich meeting with South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Katon Dawson. Above is the first question where Rich cuts through the media spin and introduces himself.

If you’re unfamiliar with Rich, then you have a life and don’t spend time reading blogs all day. For those of you who meet that description, he is a billionaire from New York who has helped fund the school choice effort in South Carolina, aiming to improve our state’s lackluster education system.

But there is a cadre of “corruptionists” (my word) bent on destroying out of state well-wishers in order to protect their clients’ in-state special interest cash cows. I won’t name names — cough, cough — but I will say that they’re protecting in-state groups that directly benefit from giving special interest money to lawmakers (a process known as “rent-seeking”) while attacking a group that gains only the knowledge that they are improving education in this state.

So Rich joined Dawson at his home in Columbia to sit down and discuss the bogus rumors put out by these folks and promote the cause he cares deeply about. And I wish him the best because we sure as hell need all the help we can get to improve our schools.

To watch all of the videos, hop on over to SCHotline’s YouTube page.