Judicial Lobbying Raises Ethical Questions
ANOTHER PITFALL OF TAXPAYER-FUNDED LOBBYING EXPOSED … Like a lot of ex-politicians, former ColYou must Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.
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Toal most probably will be reelected. She holds too many cards on the General Assembly and gives them what they ask for most of the time, Remember they reelected her last time after two leaving the scene of accident run ins. Both parties need each other!
Ask Rosalyn Frierson how letting Jean Toal handle her run for a judgeship worked out for her last year.
So, what can be done to bring her down? Suggestions?
Hold your House member and state senator accountable. Tell them that if they vote for Toal, then you will publicize it during their next campaign. Toal is so unpopular with the masses, this should get their attention. Except for Sheheen, James Smith and Leatherman. They’re hopeless.
That will not work. After her run ins with the law that doesnt matter. It is about favors owed and who has what on whom!
Remember Toal ran unopposed in the last election. The citizens of SC do not have a say in this election, but their legislators do. Citizens have a long memory when it comes to state leaders getting away with DUI and they will remember the legislators who support Toal in this election. Ultimately, Toal’s legacy will always be tied to this incident.
Bob Coble has been a do-boy for Jean Toal for decades. He has the backbone of a jellyfish. He is not quite as unethical and dishonest as Jean Toal, but close. Jean has paid him back by hiring his daughter as one of her law clerks and stuff like that. When Daniel Coble finishes the present judicial clerkship Toal got for him, she’ll probably hire him to work with her for a year or so.
The good news is that most – nearly all – legislators know that Coble is such a namby pamby Toal whore loser that they have no real respect for him. Latest intel is that Pleicones is still in the lead. But Toal has taken the gloves off with some of her lawyer legislators whose ass she has bailed out of a crack with discipline complaints in the past.
Toal is in trouble. Justice Pleicones wrote the opinion in 2012 that kicked 250 non incumbent candidates off the ballot. Most incumbent legislators were able to run unopposed as a result. Do you think they will remember Pleicones and what he did for them?
I just heard at lunch downtown today that Toal is way in trouble. There are many legislators who are tired of hearing about how and why does Toal get away with so much? There is some story about Nexsen Pruet getting sued several years ago and even though they lost the civil trial nothing ever happened to anyone about the unethical things the firm did in that case due to Coble going to Jean and getting them swept under the ethical rug.
Coble is the wrong choice for Toal, but James Smith wasn’t doing the job. Harrell is no longer a leader for her, Leatherman doesn’t know what day it is and McConnell no longer gives a damn.
What she did for Nexsen Pruet was nothing for what she did for the Wyche firm and Wallace Lightsey. Anyone want some HomeGold stock?
Let us hope!
Using the names of Jean Hoefer Toal and Bob Coble in the same sentence is abhorrent, or should we say abWHOREant!
Toal needs to be sent into retirement!
Bring Down SC House Speaker Bobby Harrell and Jean Toal, it creates a domino effect. So don’t just be talking about these lawless rogues. Band together and start actually taking them down. Complaining on message boards and on comment sections is only a way to vent. What really rattles their cages is digging up dirt, catching them in the act of doing things illegal – like Toal driving drunk and reporting on how much wine and booze she drinks each week. When was the last time, if ever that she has randomly been drug and alcohol tested?
Toal. Coble, Frannie, Liz, Betsy, Cromatie, and their little club of hangers-on are all sinking like rocks. Rather than go out with any honor, they sit in a little bitter huddle trying to pull all the little political favors they have left to make people believe they are still relevant. Once Toal is out in February, they can all just sit and drink in Jean’s kitchen and talk about how great they, all they did to “help” people, and how the people just didn’t understand how wonderful they were. Good Riddance.
Toal will be re elected for a simple reason.By the time of the votePleicoes will hve withdrawn,concluding he cannot get a majority of the votes.
I disagree. Toal is off the chain and DEMANDING votes now. Her need for self-glorification has become insatiable. They are a lot of legislators who know it and there is a lot of talking behind their hands going on in the back hallways. Toal thinks she is going to twist some arms at the Bar Convention next week, but her ever increasing need for adoration, trumped up awards and the need for people to be fawning all over her whenever she makes her grand entrances has become intolerable to some of the big dogs in the Bar. Coble has figuratively had his nose blooded a couple of times this week with a couple of lawyer-legislators he has slithered over to pin down. After Tuesday, people are going to start naming names and pointing fingers. Legislators are going to have explain WHY they are committing to Toal and they better have good answers. Watch, wait and see.
Bob Coble is NOT worried about breaching any ethics!!!! Jean Toal whimsically decides who is disciplined and who is not in the SC Judicial and Legal community. She is not going to turn on one of her own servants!