Advice to gubernatorial candidates: Don't Drink and Drive ...

... or you might get pulled over in Colleton County and get cited on New Years' Eve for doing so (and you might hit a bump and spill the drink).

According to reports, Dwight Drake was found guilty of driving with an open container in Colleton County, for which he was cited on December 31, 2007.  The charge of "0660-VIOLATION OPEN CONTAINER" is described as an offense which takes place in a moving vehicle, with a maximum sentence of "of not more than $100 or imprisonment for not more than 30 days", if the court should find:

That the accused did have in his possession any beer or wine in an open container in a moving vehicle of any kind while located upon the public highways or highway rights of way of this state, except in the trunk or luggage compartment.

All 7 First District GOP candidates to participate in Saturday forum

This Saturday morning in Summerville, it's grits, eggs, and a heapin' helping of First District GOP Congressional candidates at the February meeting the Lowcountry GOP Breakfast Club.

All seven Republican candidates have confirmed their attendance for this event, which will be held at Kelly's BBQ on U.S. 78, beginning at 9 a.m.:

Ryan Buckhannon, Tumpy Campbell, Katherine Jenerette, Larry Kobrovsky, Tim Scott, Paul Thurmond, and Stoval Witte.

MoveOn.Org getting involved in Second District race?

It's no secret that GOP Congressman's Joe Wilson's re-election bid has drawn the attention of national-level Democrats, with Rob Miller, his Democratic opponent, doing numerous out-of-state fundraiser events aimed at attracting national involvement for his second attempt to defeat Wilson.

One of the more interesting ties found in a recent story which looked at the intense levels of fundraising and spending the 2nd District race, is Miller's connections with the leftroots activist group MoveOn.org, which received over seven thousand dollars for "credit card processing".