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Candidate Rips Camera Proposal

Columbia, S.C. mayoral candidate Larry Sypolt says South Carolina’s capital city is botching the implementation of a costly security camera system. Earlier this week, city leaders announced they were spending $600,000 on 800 security cameras – a system which will cost taxpayers an estimated $100,000 a year to manage. “While…

Columbia, S.C. mayoral candidate Larry Sypolt says South Carolina’s capital city is botching the implementation of a costly security camera system.

Earlier this week, city leaders announced they were spending $600,000 on 800 security cameras – a system which will cost taxpayers an estimated $100,000 a year to manage.

“While I am happy that they are approving something like this, they are putting cameras in places that will be used later to enforce traffic offenses so that they can generate more money,” Sypolt said. “This is not what we need.”

Sypolt – one of two candidates running against incumbent Steve Benjamin in this November’s Columbia, S.C. mayoral election – also questioned whether the city should be targeting cameras in government-run parks.

“The camera systems need to be put in place with the safety of individual neighborhoods in mind,” he said. “This means you look at each neighborhood and strategically look at how you can cover it from outside elements. Eventually every neighborhood will be covered. The parks are great but do we have crime statistics to support doing this?”

Speaking of crime statistics, multiple law enforcement sources tell FITS that the City of Columbia’s recent crime report – released earlier this week – was full of misinformation.

“They are under-reporting crime,” one source told us. “They are misclassifying incident reports and often times flat out refusing to write a report.”

Hmmmm …

Columbia’s embattled police chief – Randy Scott – resigned his post last week citing the affects of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Of course the real reasons for his resignation have absolutely nothing to do with PTSD, according to our sources. Scott – whose tenure has been marred by incompetence and a dramatic escalation in violence – took over the post after his predecessor was fired three years ago for refusing to cover up a major scandal involving Benjamin.

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29 comments

GrandTango May 3, 2013 at 7:59 am

I just don’t think a WHITE candidate will ever win in a district with a high majority of black voters, versus a black democrat…
The democrat party was Home to abject, unabated RACISM 60 years ago. And the only thing that is changed is that you have a Much Bigger advantage being Black now, than most whites EVER got from the old Racism…
Also: The democrats likely will not win a presidential election, w/o a black candidate as the nominee.. until Racism finally breaks that party…Racism is what elected, and Re-Elected, an extremely flawed Obama.
Racism IS immoral..and Immorality collapses eventually. It may take time, but it will fall. And the democrat party will too.

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lowcorider May 3, 2013 at 8:38 am

Learn the definition of racism and try again.

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Smirks May 3, 2013 at 9:26 am

I just don’t think a WHITE candidate will ever win in a district with a
high majority of black voters, versus a black democrat…

Why does it have to be a WHITE candidate?

Whoops! Your racism is showing, Big(o)T.

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GrandTango May 3, 2013 at 12:19 pm

Slavery benefited a VERY SMALL percentage of democrat Slave-owners and actually harmed a majority of Whites, who needed the jobs.
Not to mention the poverty and punishment inlflicted on ALL the South by the US Gov’t. because of democrat slaveowners, to revenge the former salves…We were treated worse than NAZI Germany and Japan after WWII.
And you (conveniently) forget that 400,000 WHTE men lost their lives, fighting for the freedom of slaves.
As for schools: Blacks did better in the old schools than they are now, so your inferior schools argument fails.
Other than that: “Better Bathrooms”…is that all you got???…excuse me while I LMAO.
I’ll gladly P!$$ in an empty pail if you’ll allow me a high-paying, do-nothing government job, w/ lots of holidays and Vacay, over more qualified candidates…Dumb@$$…

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Smirks May 3, 2013 at 4:45 pm

Slavery benefited a VERY SMALL percentage of democrat Slave-owners and actually harmed a majority of Whites

Suuuuuure, the Southern whites suffered so much because of slavery, they seceded partly because they wanted to keep it, because they like suffering, or something.

And you (conveniently) forget that 400,000 WHTE men lost their lives, fighting for the freedom of slaves.

lol… And how many WHITE men fought “against the freedom of slaves?” I mean, if people fought FOR it, people had to fight AGAINST it, right? Or why would people then have to fight for it?

Blacks did better in the old schools than they are now

Did you fail U.S. History or something? Blacks were put in piss-poor schools with crummy teachers and money was barely spent on anything. They did “better” because the quality of education was absolute shit. How do you not know this?

Other than that: “Better Bathrooms”…is that all you got???

Bathrooms, water fountains, tons of shit where black people were made to use often-inferior facilities and made to feel like they didn’t have the same rights. I don’t expect you to understand what it’s like to be forced to not use something because of your skin and nothing else, but only because I don’t expect your ignorant ass to understand anything.

I’ll gladly P!$$ in an empty pail if you’ll allow me a high-paying,
do-nothing government job, w/ lots of holidays and Vacay, over more
qualified candidates…

I don’t know which is funnier, the fact that you’re insinuating black people get free easy work handed to them because of whatever racist notions you have in that pea-sized brain of yours, or that you seem to be upset that such a position isn’t offered to you.

I only entertain this because it is immensely hilarious to watch you devolve. I swear, each comment you post drops back a decade or two. You should get with Scalia and do a stand-up routine about how black people shouldn’t be “entitled” to vote.

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MyDaddyIsRich May 3, 2013 at 9:41 am

Tell that to Steve Cohen.

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vicupstate May 3, 2013 at 11:52 am

You are going to have a lot of egg on your face when Hillary wins.

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Tank May 3, 2013 at 11:25 am

Mayoral what who-now?

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Tank May 3, 2013 at 11:25 am

Mayoral what who-now?

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SeneseLikeChaps May 3, 2013 at 11:40 am

Only $600K for an 800 camera setup? That is kinda cheap when you include the labor costs.

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SeneseLikeChaps May 3, 2013 at 11:40 am

Only $600K for an 800 camera setup? That is kinda cheap when you include the labor costs.

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L I'll Be May 3, 2013 at 12:16 pm

More concerned about govt officials catching the unsuspecting couples in the park….and using their escapades in porn, without their knowledge and no compensation.

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L I'll Be May 3, 2013 at 12:16 pm

More concerned about govt officials catching the unsuspecting couples in the park….and using their escapades in porn, without their knowledge and no compensation.

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GrandTango May 3, 2013 at 1:48 pm

Why do you think they labored strenuously to take out Herman Cain???..as FITS stood by w/ his head up his @$$ giggling….

To paraphrase Moe the Rooster: “You can’t lose with the stuff Steve Benjamin use.”
Racism voters are too much to ever overcome. Obama proves that.
Benjamin is mayor for life, if he wants to be…no matter what he ever does…

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DeAndrea Gist Benjamin May 3, 2013 at 3:44 pm

Thank
God somebody cares
about
the issue of safety and or the egregious
lack thereof in Columbia. My vote is for Sypolt

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DeAndrea Gist Benjamin May 3, 2013 at 3:44 pm

Thank
God somebody cares
about
the issue of safety and or the egregious
lack thereof in Columbia. My vote is for Sypolt

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Jay Ellington May 3, 2013 at 5:51 pm

To say South Carolina’s capital city is doing ANYTHING, is to say they are botching it. It’s sort of a given.

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The Ghost of Fat Greg Dulli May 3, 2013 at 5:51 pm

To say South Carolina’s capital city is doing ANYTHING, is to say they are botching it. It’s sort of a given.

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Columbia voter May 3, 2013 at 8:35 pm

Columbia doesn’t need money? I thought this guy said we needed to consolidate police forces to combine budgets. Now he wants the state to pay to put cameras in every area so that eventually they will all be covered? That shows his inexperience.

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Another Columbia Voter May 4, 2013 at 4:22 pm

You clearly have no idea what his plan is for the camera system. It would actually cover the entire city for this same budget. What was Benjamin’s experience before he was Mayor, or wait a cook is more qualified as well. I get it.

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Columbia voter May 3, 2013 at 8:35 pm

Columbia doesn’t need money? I thought this guy said we needed to consolidate police forces to combine budgets. Now he wants the state to pay to put cameras in every area so that eventually they will all be covered? That shows his inexperience.

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Another Columbia Voter May 4, 2013 at 4:22 pm

You clearly have no idea what his plan is for the camera system. It would actually cover the entire city for this same budget. What was Benjamin’s experience before he was Mayor, or wait a cook is more qualified as well. I get it.

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Soft Sigh from Hell May 4, 2013 at 3:26 pm

“They are under-reporting crime. . . . They are misclassifying incident reports and often times flat out refusing to write a report.”
I’d bet on it. That’s what bureaucrats do. You see this commonly in non-law-enforcement agencies too.

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Soft Sigh from Hell May 4, 2013 at 3:26 pm

“They are under-reporting crime. . . . They are misclassifying incident reports and often times flat out refusing to write a report.”
I’d bet on it. That’s what bureaucrats do. You see this commonly in non-law-enforcement agencies too.

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