Ballons, Rumors, and Lies...

YOu guys don't get it do ya? If Joey is not here to make it happen it will not happen. Waldrep doesn't care enough to go out and raise the money. Cindy Wilson sure as hell don't care, that is unless that 6.5 million went to her pocket. As far as a regular citizen hell we can't even get them out to vote much less raise money for an event of this magnitude. Then we have Cindy Wilson doing everything to discredit the event by insinuating they use tax money when actually they do utilize the credit card and then turn around and pay them with the money raised for the event. But then we all know she knows that too, but would rather lie than tell the truth just to attempt to hurt JP. Now the question is...Is JP going to be here? That's another thread. Now if you'll excuse me I have someone waiting on me at the Boar's Nest and I need to put on my daisy dukes and my high heels.

non-sequitur,sounds to me like you have been listening to a lot of Cindy,bob,And the rest of the Rick is Wrong Gang from WAIM.I`ll bet they have cost the taxpayers a lot more than 22,000 dollars this year,with all their muckraking,and outright lie`s,and they don`t generate a profit,or entertainment.

I do not thumb you down.  I do try to deal with anyone in a straightforward manner.  BTW - i tried to email you but it bounced back. 

-the-queen

I have you "thumb'd out" of my email.

Hey DumbBob:

If they are their "own men" why have they shined up to the WAIM taxpayers hatecrowd ? I've heard them on the radio playing up to that bunch. I guess that is ok with you - that's YOUR audience! We can only hope that your prediction is corrent. If so, once in office, they will learn the truth, as did Ron Wilson, Michael Thompson, and Bill McAbee. The problem is "you can't handle the truth."

AIM@me "republikin"

-republikin

Another post falling to the thought police.

All I am saying is that 22,000 dollars seems like a very small amount for a County the size of Anderson,For a four day event.And as far as my fixation,if everyone doesn`t watch very closely in the next two years,we probably won`t have much of a County to worry about.

There is definitely large amounts of tax money spent on the baloon fest. If there wasn't, there would be no baloon fest, and no reason for the county to maintain the civic center complex. This year over $1 million of state taxpayer money went to the festival made possible by the guy who convinced Ron Wilson that Joey Preston was the best county administrator in the state.

There are definitely large amounts of tax money spent on the baloon fest. If there wasn't, there would be no baloon fest, and no reason for the county to maintain the civic center complex. This year over $1 million of state taxpayer money went to the festival made possible by the guy who convinced Ron Wilson that Joey Preston was the best county administrator in the state.

Chicanery...SAT word. You'd think you like knew words and stuff.

And just how do you know this,lee-cole,do you have the proof,that will stand up in a court of law, or is this just something that you have been told.If you have the proof you need to contact a lawyer and get something done,if not you should quit spreading fertilizer.

ibvirginia,Is Chicanery the stuff that they used to advertise,that was in Luzianne Coffee back when I was a young lad?

Now that Post deserves two thumbs up,will somebody please loan me a thumb?

Another two thumbs up,before this day is over I`m going to owe more thumbs than I`ll ever be able to repay.

I guess even junior lawyers in training make mistakes. The post was supposed to say $100,000. I got in a hurry and didn't re-read the full post, so I apologize for causing any confusion. I still definitely consider $100,000 to be a large amount of taxpayer money, and the competitive grants program is one of the most flagrant examples of wasteful, pork barrel spending in our state.

Hi Stanton . . .Bitter over the fact that Liz's story received national play and your rag wasn't even a blip on the radar screen? I thought so. Have you bothered to take those journalism classes like I suggested you should during the election? Well, if you had, you would have a much better understanding at RESEARCH and INVESTIGATION rather than outright . . . well . . . read for yourself.Let me quote myself. Why? Because it's so easy to quote greatness:"Allow me to quote from the article to make my point:

“By closing the road you basically trap the residents if an accident occurs on either end of Sherrard Road,” Steven Chapman, a Lewis Drive resident, said at the council meeting. “We don’t know what to do or where to go if there is an ethanol spill, a train derailment or other industrial accident.”

With this said, let's look into these claims more closely, since the focus here is CLEARLY safety.

1.) The tank farm, from historic aerial photography, has existed since AT LEAST 1948. That is SIXTY (60) years that this "risk" has existed in the community.

2.) From those same historic photographs, you can see something missing ... HOMES. The crowd that argues that this is a case of NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) need to re-evaluate their stand. The farm, and associated inherent risk was a pre-existing condition.

Spelled out ... people, of their own free will, built homes and chose to live in close proximity AFTER the tank farm, etc. was built.

3.) Sex Offenders. Yes - a divided road can and will promote additional protection from sex offenders.

Anderson County Sheriff's Office[url]

Search for yourself if you are concerned about safety. After all, thats what theses concerns are really about ... safety.

- SSHM"

 

You know what is so sad, Stanton? That information there, in italics, took all of thirty (30) minutes to assemble. It's all public information easily accessible online. So . . . it SEEMS TO ME either you're a horrible journalist or you have a bias against the individuals involved in this story.

Your track record would indicate that BOTH are applicable.

 

- SSHM

 

-sshm