Curtis Bostic’s “Green Belt” Problem

Sanford-(R) SC

Paul Thurmond (elected to McConnell’s old senate seat), just months after leaving County Council, made phone calls to his buddies on Council to use “Greenbelt Bank” money to buy swampland called the “Bulow Hunt Club” owned by a “client” of his.

Bulow had been on the market for three years without a nibble, the client’s wife was divorcing him, and the client needed the money ($5 million) fast.

Thurmond didn’t tell Council members or the public that he would pocket a cool $100,000 “consulting fee” on this unscrupulous waste of taxpayer money on swampland. Or that he forced the appraiser to “re-appraise” the land to be worth $1.1 million than it was worth on the original appraisal.

Tom O’Rourke, the county bureaucrat who runs what is now the Bulow County Park, privately said “this purchase of swampland stinks like a dead animal.”

But later — two days before the election — under pressure from Thurmond, O’Rourke made “robo” phone calls urging citizens to vote for Thurmond and stating that Bulow wasn’t really mosquito-infested swampland but a wonderful place to have a picnic.

And yes, as Will points out above, Council took all control over Greenbelt Bank spending shortly after the voters approved the resolution. Out of the hands of an independent board comprised of citizens.

The Greenbelt concept was kidnapped by crooks like Thurmond and O’Rourke.

Council manipulates this $200+ million like a rubber band.

Got swampland to sell in Charleston County?

Call Paul Thurmond or Tom O’Rourke and slip them a few thousand dollars.

Not to mention this screams Agenda 21.

I hope these IDIOT-based charges against Bostic, mean he’s beating Sanford. Grooms needs to come out and support Bostic, and EVERY true Conservative is NEEDED…
Conservatives have been greatly damaged by moderate-libertarian, tainted, selfish Republicans, like Sanford…
Mark Foley, Larry Craig, Katon Dawson, Karl Rove, National GOP office… etc….They are poor character career political whores…who make everybody associated w/ them look bad…
Please put Sanford out of poltics, at least as an elected official. Let’s show em we’re not as Stupid as FITS and Sanford always claim we are…

The problem with the 2004 half cent sales tax was that 526 was not listed on the ballot, yet the funds were reallocated in 2005 for the local match. Furthermore, if you voted to approve green space how is putting a highway through the county park, land that was deeded to the city by the Dill sisters in their will to be a wildlife refuge, consistent with improving green space? Clearly this bait and switch was planned all along to avoid listing the true cost of 526 or the tax would not have passed.

Sanford has a morality problem.

If Bostic is so concerned about a Democrat winning the seat, he has no one else to blame except Jim Demint and Tim Scott for not finishing their terms. Instead he and his supporters choose to blame Colbert Busch supporters. I want the most qualified person to win, which happens not to be Bostic, who is a good ole boy who says what ever is convenient at the time. The half cent sales tax was a bait and switch good ole boy slush fund for developers and special interest. If he said the green belt funds were private money that is blatant lie. Now this guy thinks a democrat winning would be evil and the work of the devil or something. That’s not what I consider Christian values. #fail

I’m interested in his belt,his zipper,and his pants…

I’m holding my nose and voting for…………..Marky…..just stay in the USA