Brian Hicks
Columnist, Hicks column at Post and Courier
Post and Courier metro columnist; occasional book writer
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1 week ago |
postandcourier.com | Brian Hicks
Some town of James Island residents are raising a stink because their property taxes are going up. They’re on social media blasting the mayor and council, vowing retribution at the ballot box, proclaiming these elected leaders don’t care about their fire service or garbage pick-up. Which is a tad bizarre because the town of James Island doesn’t fight fires or pick up garbage … or much of anything. It doesn’t even charge property taxes.
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1 week ago |
postandcourier.com | Brian Hicks
It’s totally unfair to suggest that charging $100 for Isle of Palms seasonal parking passes is “price gouging.”Even if, in this case, “seasonal” actually means “weekly.”No, think of this more like a tariff — a tax on others to influence trade. As in, parking pass costs are meant to persuade folks to “trade” any plans of an IOP outing for a jaunt to, say, Folly Beach or Sullivan’s Island. Like that.
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2 weeks ago |
postandcourier.com | Brian Hicks
Nearly 20 years ago, the North Charleston Winn-Dixie across from the Navy hospital closed its doors forever. The Piggly Wiggly on Rivers Avenue followed suit a few months later. Those were the last of about a half-dozen grocery stores that Mayor Reggie Burgess remembers from his childhood in Union Heights. And their closing was about the last reverberation of the federal government’s decision to shutter the Navy base a decade earlier.
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2 weeks ago |
hospitalitynet.org | Brian Hicks
As we enter 2025, I’m reminded that change remains our only constant. From AI integration to distribution challenges and talent gaps, trends are emerging. Based on insights from HSMAI’s Executive Roundtables and Advisory Boards, here are 11 trends that hospitality commercial leaders should watch in 2025. Labor strikes, high turnover, and talent shortages are affecting both sales and revenue teams.
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3 weeks ago |
postandcourier.com | Brian Hicks
As Table Rock burned, the staffs at Caesars Head and Jones Gap state parks got their orders. Evacuate. The massive Upstate fires threatening lives, homes and Greenville’s water supply were also bearing down on some of South Carolina’s most beautiful land — and the state Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism couldn’t risk losing more than land. The dedicated staffers who live inside those parks — their first line of defense — would have to retreat. Again.
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