SC Superintendent Mudslinging: Much Ado About … Something?
“DIRTY TRICKS” ALLEGED IN ATWATER V. SPEARMAN RACE … There’s a big scandal bYou must Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.
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Luke Byars never met Lee Atwater. This is straight out his playbook and as ugly as this may be, you know what is said about karma and Lee Atwater is one of karma’s poster children.
Man, talk about an election with no good option on the ticket…
True. No good option on the ticket but Spearman is much worse than Atwater. Spearman is the establishment, status quo candidate. Her “experience ” is at defeating everything conservatives stand for in ed. A vote for her will insure SC stays last in everything but VD. And more money will fix every problem.
Probably true, which makes Atwater (unfortunately) the tallest midget in that circus…
and Atwater’s sum total of experience seems to be her running on the name recognition of her late husband.
You can listen to her vast experience, knowledge and intellect here-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi4vBdZyQe0
I am curious whether political operative John Osborne OR attorney , J. Olin McDougall have had ANY contact with Democrat Party candidates for gov, Ervin/wife and/or Sheheen? Are they all friends or do they have a professional relationship?
I don’t know – that’s a very interesting question, though.
J – Injured Workers Advocates
injuredworkersadvocates.com/findalaw.html – Similar to J – Injured Workers Advocates
J. Olin McDougall, II McDougall Law Firm | 843.379.7000. Beaufort, SC. BERKELEY …. Kathryn Williams, P.A. | 865.235.6254. Greenville, SC
Imagine that?
CAT FIGHT..!!
Seriously, after reading the document, if all allegations are true, I would like to be on the jury.
to do what?
Basically all the principles in the state are in love with Spearman because without real school choice they have no real competition. Basically they can keep doing a bad job and Spearman will protect them.
“principals”
Molly Spearman knows nothing more about this complaint than any other casual bystander speculating on its origins. It may benefit Ms. Spearman, but it’s not her axe being ground here.
95% of Molly Spearman’s campaign contributions have come from those who are paid with our tax dollars from school districts (attorneys, consultants, contractors, district superintendents, architects, etc). Here’s a snapshot from ethics.sc.gov:
Childs & Halligan, Attys – $3500
Ken Childs, Atty – $100
Thomas Rhodes, Graduation supplies – $3500
MB Kahn School, Contractor, consultant – $300
School Administrators of NY – $500
William Halligan, Atty – $2000
Andrea White, Atty – $500
William Spears, Consultant – $3500
Linsday Consulting – $1500
Martha Jones, Consultant – $500
Kathy Mahoney, Atty – $500
Erin Hardwickpate, Consultant – $250
Trisha Edwards, Husband School Contractor – $1000
Al Berry/Peak, Consultant real estate – $300
Dale Holden, Consultant – $300
Franny Heizer, Bond Atty – $500
Then there are thousands donated from district superintendents (or supts become consultants) – Chester Floyd, Steve Hefner, Frank Morgan, Herb Berg, Thomas White, Keith Callicut, Burke Royster
and most of Atwater’s donations have come from people in Washington D.C. What does that tell you about who is the “establishment” candidate in this race?
Proof please?
http://apps.sc.gov/PublicReporting/IndividualCandidate/SearchCandidate.aspx
Look for yourself…looks like the majority of her contributions came from the “beltway”.
Receiving contributions from DC conservatives is much better than taking contributions from money grubbing ticks from SC feed off our education tax dollars just like what Molly Spearman has done as director of SC Association of School Administrators (an education lobbying group).
How well have those “free market’ schools been workin’ for ya? As always, ideas, ideology, and big gaps in the feasibility department.
Atwater campaign suggests here they learned of the lawsuit through the press — which would mean June 20. Yet the emails from the lawyers were forwarded to Atwater campaign on June 18, according to what you’ve posted. How is that supposed to work?
Dumb people run, get voted for by dumb people, and win the dumb election for a dumb seat over our dumb education. SC gets what it deserves, I suppose.
Dumb people like YOU post on FITS , get voted “up” by dumb people and continue to post dumb comments for dumb people on FITS. FITS gets what it deserves , I suppose.
“Obviously we have no idea whether Sally Atwater engaged in the sort of conduct she’s been accused of in this lawsuit.”
But that does not deter you from opining that she didn’t.
Oh Tom get back on that median crap in Pawleys. You wing nut democrats beat the republican party on that one.
I will be voting for Sally, tomorrow. She promises school choice and disassociation from Common Whore. It’s not the complete answer, but it is a start. As I have said, before, she is from Union, where your word is about all there is to own. That’s not a guarantee, but it IS something worth considering.
Even after adding the IQs of the two candidates, it would be tough to reach triple digits.
Luke Byars, son of former DJJ head, Bill Byars?
Have you heard Atwater”s interview on WORD n Greenville? Difficult to listen to!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi4vBdZyQe0
One could argue that neither candidate is the perfect choice given the other six choices in the original primary, but I must say, the interview with Atwater on WORD scared the hell out of me.
I’ll ask Molly Spearman questions that matter for our kids at 8:05am AM1340 and AM950 Charleston on Tuesday. Bottom line: our kids need the best possible choice, whoever that may be…..
the job is running a big agency. the super cant do shit about ‘school choice’ or the common core. semi-competent managers are rare enough in SC politics. spearman or thompson could probably do it.
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: SCCL E-Mail Tree
Date: Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 3:01 PM
Subject: SCCL Refutes Spearman on Partial-Birth Abortion
To: SCCL E-Mail Tree
From: Holly Gatling, Executive Director
Subject: SCCL Refutes Spearman
SCCL Refutes Spearman’s Claim
On Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act
In the June 18, 2014, issue of The Free Times, an article about the race for State Superintendent of Education quotes candidate Molly Spearman as saying she sponsored the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act when she served in the State House of Representatives. South Carolina Citizens for Life refutes Mrs. Spearman’s claim and challenges her to document her statement.
“According to the House Journal, Mrs. Spearman did not vote when the bill passed the House 105-4 on February 27, 1997,” said Holly Gatling, Executive Director of and lobbyist for South Carolina Citizens for Life. “Neither did Mrs. Spearman record in the Journal that she would have voted in favor of the law had she been present. Further, I can find no documentation that Mrs. Spearman was a sponsor of the bill, H 3502.” Click here to read the Journal.
South Carolina Citizens for Life strongly supported the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act that outlaws the savage abortion practice of delivering a baby feet first, and while the baby’s head is still in the birth canal, stabbing the baby in the neck and sucking her brains out. The United States Supreme Court has upheld the federal law banning this cold-blooded method of abortion.
Even if Mrs. Spearman can provide some documentation that she sponsored the bill, Gatling said it does not change the fact that she failed to vote on or express support for the all-important pro-life law. “Obviously it was not important to her,” Gatling said, noting the law passed the House and the Senate in less than 90 days.
Gatling said that LIFEPAC, the organization’s state political action committee, endorsed Sally Atwater as the pro-life candidate for State Superintendent of Education in the June 24 Republican Primary Election run-off between Mrs. Atwater and Mrs. Spearman.
The South Carolina Citizens for Life webpage, http://www.sclife.org, displays the LIFEPAC endorsement of Mrs. Atwater and documents Mrs. Spearman’s problematic voting records on right to life issues.
The website states:
Mrs. Spearman did not return the current SCCL Candidate Survey and has a seriously questionable voting record on life issues when she served in the South Carolina Legislature from 1993-1999.
In 1994 during seven days of debate on the Woman’s Right to Know Act — a law requiring the abortion industry to provide women with truthful, accurate information about abortion — Mrs. Spearman voted numerous times with pro-abortion legislators to obstruct, weaken and kill the bill. Not until it was clear that the law would pass did Mrs. Spearman, her finger to the wind, vote for the bill.
On the all-important vote in 1997 to outlaw the savage practice of partial-birth abortion, Mrs. Spearman was not there to vote.
During the 1998 state budget debate Mrs. Spearman joined militant pro-abortion House members to oppose defunding abortion. The defunding amendment passed 78-37, no thanks to Mrs. Spearman.
Saving babies’ lives in South Carolina’s most notorious former abortion facility.
Street address: 1411 Barwell St., Suite 3
Columbia, South Carolina 29201
Mailing address: P.O. Box 5865, Columbia SC 29250
Phone: 803.252.LIFE (5433) Fax: 803.252.3118
e-mail: sccl@sclife.org web: http://www.sclife.org
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Oran Smith
maybe the lawyer and family are part of that 84% that you claim arent aware of this race.
Rocky
D joined me after the Spearman interview this morning, “I’ll punch him
in the face,” was the response to the bad Atwater interview: http://www.thebryancrabtreeshow.com/that-word-interview-making-atwater-look-bad-host-says-ill-punch-him-in-the-face-on-live-radio/
That WORD interview making Atwater look bad – Host says, “I’ll punch him in the face” on live Radio
http://www.thebryancrabtreeshow.com