Arnette's search for "Mo Money" finds just pocket change
Today's second story about stupid, heavy-handed moves by a political has-been brings us more news about the ongoing meltdown of the Berkeley County GOP. County Chairman Wade Arnette's sour-grapes efforts to smear Charles Schuster, the moderator of the local GOP Breakfast club, after his effort to hijack the club failed, ended up flopping as badly as his coup attempt, when the State Ethics Commission found nothing wrong and dropped the case:
It's amazing that a group of people who gather for breakfast once a month can be so intimidating to Berkeley County's power structure. Either that, or Arnette has become quite adept at making mountains out of molehills.
Disclosures of the Breakfast Club's finances seemed to have pulled the plug on Arnette's allegations of financial wrong-doings, when Schuster opened the books, revealing that the club not only had very little cash on hand, but that this was a normal state of being for the club, and that the biggest beneficiary of what little money there was may have been the American Legion:
Surely Arnette wouldn't say the American Legion is unworthy of donations, would he? Perhaps Arnette cooked all this up while watching a re-run of In Living Color?
Last week, Berkeley County Republican Party Chairman Wade Arnette wrote to Hazelwood, expressing his concerns about the breakfast.
On Monday, Hazelwood said that the breakfast would only fall under her office’s jurisdiction if it made contributions in excess of $500 to political candidates.
“The main thing is, the breakfast club has made it clear that … they are a group outside of the jurisdiction of the ethics commission, and outside of the party,” she said.
Hazelwood said the commission would not investigate the breakfast unless new information is presented.
- Goose Creek Gazette (2/13/08)
It's amazing that a group of people who gather for breakfast once a month can be so intimidating to Berkeley County's power structure. Either that, or Arnette has become quite adept at making mountains out of molehills.
Disclosures of the Breakfast Club's finances seemed to have pulled the plug on Arnette's allegations of financial wrong-doings, when Schuster opened the books, revealing that the club not only had very little cash on hand, but that this was a normal state of being for the club, and that the biggest beneficiary of what little money there was may have been the American Legion:
On Sunday, breakfast moderator Charles Schuster said that an audit of the breakfast’s finances revealed that the club has never had more than $1,097 in its bank account, and that all “deposits, checks and bank statements are on file,” he said.
According to Schuster, attorney Wheeler Tillman, along with Schuster, completed the audit Feb. 9.
“We looked at everything,” Schuster said. “Anytime we approved any money, it was always by voice vote. We’ve never done any cash. We have a tax ID number …
“We don’t solicit money from people. We are just a breakfast group that gets together.”
The breakfast’s current balance on hand is $560, Schuster said, and its checking account is with First National Bank of South Carolina.
Schuster said that all of the breakfast’s expenditures are voted on by the membership before any money is spent.
“Over the years, the club has given money to charities associated with the American Legion,” Schuster wrote in an email release over the weekend. The club also purchased a public address system, he said.
Surely Arnette wouldn't say the American Legion is unworthy of donations, would he? Perhaps Arnette cooked all this up while watching a re-run of In Living Color?
an election if his life depended on it.Roberta Combs is a power greedy
woman,also known to tell a white lie,as I recall,
now and then,and is a "has been,she
just can't accept it!
Most people think she reminds you of a former TV evangelist,the 3 reminds me of Bill and Hillary,greedy and a wee bit evil!-
So,when will their Kool-Aid drinkers wake up?
Hope they realize we aren't going away,most of us were here long before they appeared on the scene and will be here after them!
Katon Dawson needs to "wake up and
smell the coffee!"Where is his
backbone??????
wankers
Perhaps this picture will help get the point across: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:The_Breakfast_Club.jpg
Those breakfast clubs ... geez, not like it's the Munich Beer Hall putsch.
them.Let's see if our chairman and Roberta and Wayland allow free speech
and play by the rules.
Can anyone other than the "sheep" who
have to always agree with them be allowed to voice their opinions or
be elected to an office???
We have several former executive
committee members who should be
reinstated,these people have worked
many long hours for the Republican
Party.
Your Christian beliefs and values
you profess is on the line tonight!
Tonight at the Sangaree Library.
Let's have a good turnout!