The disgrace of District 20 representation in the Charleston County School District continues.
District 20 is located on the Charleston peninsula. Erstwhile resident and Board member Toya Hampton-Green, once the darling of the Riley administration, has moved to Columbia and vacated her post. Not a great loss, since Green didn't care to represent District 20 and had no mind of her own.
But worse, neither of two District 20 candidates' petitions qualified for the November ballot for the downtown seat. Now five residents wish to be appointed for Green's remaining, hardly two-month, term.
Both Todd Garrett and Tony Lewis at least had the energy to attempt to get on the ballot to be elected to Green's slot. Why should a bunch of politicians (and Niki Haley) appoint one of the three others (Jo Cannon, Bruce Smith, or Lewis Weinstein) who couldn't be bothered with petitions but now see an easy way to get a seat and then run a write-in campaign from a position of strength?
Let Green's seat remain vacant for the remaining meetings of the old Board. We'll hardly be able to tell the difference between her being absent while she's on the Board and being absent while she's off the Board.
Appointing anyone else besides Garrett or Lewis doesn't pass the smell test.
Thursday, September 06, 2012
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Tony Lewis is a good and decent man who has given his entire adult life selflessly to helping kids. He has the passion...and the will to vote against the status quo when needed.
It's doubtful the law really provides for such a last minute filling of a vacancy when a regular election is pending.
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