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DeSantis PAC linked to Anti-School Prayer Advocate

Seriously … “Who” are these people? Controlled Opposition?

Published

2 years ago

July 27, 2023

It was just two weeks ago that the pro-Ron DeSantis Never Back Down Super PAC was hit with the viral video of their door-knocker here in Charleston South Carolina using some rather foul language on a Ring camera … not to mention admitting to being stoned (HERE). Geez …

The language was one thing and seemed to excite the national news and their audiences … but we took the alternative approach and asked “who” was responsible? No one has gotten a specific answer, but we have heard there have been some changes … and it has been reported that amide DeSantis’ tanking poll numbers, he has cut one third of the campaign staff (HERE).

As for the responsible party, we think the buck stops with the SC State Director, Randy Page, who has been a nemesis in our fight for “real” school choice here in South Carolina for way too long … and has some questionable issues himself to deal with (HERE & HERE).

We suspect there is more to come on Randy Page … but first here is one big question no one has been able to answer for us …

NEIL MELLEN?

Randy Page, in 2008 hired Neil on with him at South Carolinians for Responsible Government (SCRG). Allegedly SCRG was a pro-school choice advocacy group … but failed miserably despite tens of million in out of state advocacy dollars. Neil worked directly for Randy up until 2013 when Randy handed off the reigns of SCRG to Neil so he could return to Bob Jones University to ultimately become the Chief of Staff to the now departed President, following the Ellen Weaver Master’s Degree debacle.

The problem … just a few years prior to Randy hiring Mr. Mellen, Neil received the 2003 Student Activist Award and $1,000 from the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Yes, you read that right, “from” Religion … and it is a real thing. Why? Because Neil was the lead plaintiff for the ACLU in their case to rid higher educational institutions in America of prayer before meals … specifically at Virginia Military Institute where Neil was a cadet.

So … why would Randy Page, a Bob Jones University, Republican Party “establishment”, Christian Conservative, hire an anti-school prayer activist … and worse, bring Mr. Mellen’s advocacy to our K-12 Christian Schools here in South Carolina?

Seriously … “Who” are these people? Controlled Opposition? (HERE).

Well, South Carolina does have the worst rated school choice program in the nation … and maybe that is the point as the advocacy dollars keep flowing. As we teach …

#FollowTheMoney!!!

NO COMMENT: We have reached out to the Never Back Down PAC and although we heard back initially related to our deadline … the PAC had no official statement on Mr. Page’s long standing connections with the ACLU anti-school prayer advocate.

Developing story …

mySCGOP.news, July 27, 2023: The date was January 23, 2002 … the last day cadets at Virginia Military Institute (VMI) had prayer before evening mess (dinner). The Citadel held out until August 2003.

Why? Why don’t we have prayer before meals at VMI & The Citadel? Because then VMI Cadet, Neil Mellen ’02 filed a lawsuit to stop prayers at VMI … and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) represented him as their lead plaintiff in the case.

The ACLU won … VMI, The Citadel, society and the rest of us all lost.

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1 week ago

November 14, 2025

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Veterans Day 2025

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November 11, 2025

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Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) is a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11, for honoring military veterans of the United States Armed Forces. It coincides with holidays in several countries, including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day, which also occur on the anniversary of the end of World War I. Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 when the Armistice with Germany went into effect. At the urging of major U.S. veteran organizations, Armistice Day was renamed Veterans Day in 1954.

Veterans Day is distinct from Memorial Day, a U.S. public holiday in May: Veterans Day commemorates the service of all U.S. veterans, while the older Memorial Day, which grew out of Civil War commemorations, specifically honors those who have died while in military service. Another military holiday that also occurs in May, Armed Forces Day, honors those currently serving in the U.S. military. Additionally, Women Veterans Day is recognized by a growing number of U.S. states that specifically honor women who have served in the U.S. military.

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BONUS CONTENT – POLAND INDEPENDENCE DAY: Independence Day (Polish: Narodowe Święto Niepodległości) is a national day in Poland celebrated on 11 November to commemorate the anniversary of the restoration of Poland’s sovereignty as the Second Polish Republic in 1918 from the German, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Empires. Following the partitions in the late 18th century, Poland ceased to exist for 123 years until the end of World War I, when the destruction of the neighboring powers allowed the country to reemerge. It is a non-working day and a flag flying day in Poland.

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