Well, the main paper seems to ignore all but the most blatant and egregious enormities of the local politicians. The capitol city's current mayor Steve Benjamin replaced Bob Coble who was by all accounts one crooked sob. But Benjamin, the first black mayor ever of Columbia, SC has the distinction of starting his tenure with putting a woman in the hospital. The night he won the election he apparently stayed up all night "celebrating" and then at about 5:30 am he was on his way to an interview when he rammed the car of a waitress who had just gotten off work. The accident put her in the hospital in critical condition.
The city cops who investigated refused to turn the investigation over to the state police, even though they technically were investigating their own boss. They also issued a ticket to the woman who was driving uninsured. Witnesses told the police and the news media that the mayor had been driving without his headlights on (it was fully dark at the time). The cops never administered a breathalyzer test, they also did not initially charge Benjamin with driving in the dark with no lights. He denied having done so for a while, then said he did. Other witnesses also said Benjamin was texting on a blackberry device at the time of the accident, but he has never admitted it. Eventually he agreed to an undisclosed settlement with the woman. He has also made it clear that whoever puts money in his pocket gets city contracts etc. As to separation of church and state, the governor of SC Nikki Haley is an Indian woman her parents are Sikhs and she was raised as a Sikh. But when she married her white bread husband she claims to have embraced Jay-sus. Religion was a big issue in the election and her behavior since then has shown that she can out Bush George W. Bush. I assure you that this woman will run for US President one day. She might even win. -------------------------------------------- On Sat, 4/26/14, salyavin808 <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Creationists thwart mammoth bid! To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, April 26, 2014, 6:22 AM ---In [email protected], <mjackson74@...> wrote : God Almighty, that is just the tip of the iceberg here in South Carolina - you ought to see what the politicians get up to around here! In that case, I'd love to live there. I'd get a job on the local paper and fight them all the way! PS Aren't you supposed to keep church and state separate? -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 4/25/14, salyavin808 <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] Creationists thwart mammoth bid! To: [email protected] Date: Friday, April 25, 2014, 7:01 PM Bizarre story. It's hard to believe people still actually believe that the Earth is only 6,000 years old.That's a lot of cognitive dissonance you'd have to be coping with these days. 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