Brian Hicks

1 week ago | postandcourier.com | Brian Hicks

State Sen. Sandy Senn scored a victory against an anonymous dark money group in court last week. But will it help her win re-election? The jury's still out. A circuit judge issued a temporary restraining order against “Citizens for a Stronger Community” — a group supporting state Rep. Matt Leber in his campaign for Senn’s Senate seat. The group has been running attack ads against Senn on Charleston television stations, accusing her of being a terrible person — or a Democrat. Same difference.

1 week ago | postandcourier.com | Brian Hicks

A ceremony today will launch the redevelopment of Ashley Landing shopping center, which is reason enough to celebrate. The 35-acre, $348 million mixed-use complex will transform a 1970s-era plaza — along with the barren site of the former Sumar Street Piggly Wiggly — into a gathering place of apartments, townhomes, green space, stores and restaurants. West Ashley sorely needs that sort of revitalization, and this development hits that all-important live-work-play trifecta.

2 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Brian Hicks

Realtors probably still get the vapors any time they land a listing in Mount Pleasant’s Old Village. Sure, that’s partly because most of those properties come with a decimal point in the price tag. But they also know it’ll be the easiest ad copy they’ll write all year. Take a stroll down streets lined with live oaks, where cottages and mansions alike sit on generous, shaded lots, where you can watch the sun set over the most breathtaking views of Charleston Harbor.

4 weeks 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.

1 month 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.