1st time in recorded history - happened in SC last night

8/22/07

"Money Talks, and B_ ll Sh_t Walks"
happened last night at SC city council
(Tues., Aug. 21- 07, mark your calendars)
as a balls-out, $bucks-up$ LA-developer,
against the better-judgment, hard work
and wishes of a clear majority of SC's
citizenry, and a minority (2 out of 5) of
SC's council - with a cashiers-check,
bought an election.

Before the CC meeting began - the LA
developer's boy-robin, 'mini-me-Mcquire'
hand delivered - in clear public view of
the entire (packed) room, a cashiers-check
for $65,000, to literally buy - the election.
And it's legal.

One of the council scoured every known
info-source to see if this precedent setting
bald-face buying of a city 'referendum'
election has ever happened before.
It has not.
SC leads the way.

Our public-vote is the first to be bought
and traded on the open-market, in full view
of the council, it's staff, and the electorate
seated in the audience (and at home on TV).

3 of our 5 council-folks saw it as - "business as usual."

Being bought.

Maybe to them, it is.

For the rest of us, seeing it happen Live
before our very eyes (and on TV),

is the new part.