Comments on: “I Don’t See Any Game Plan”

By: Charles_Pinckney

Charles_Pinckney — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:16:32 +0000

Sounds like CCED is a disgruntled former employee. Maybe he/she was fired because they couldn’t spell the Governor’s name properly.

By: CCED

CCED — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:08:36 +0000

If anyone needs proof for bad appointments, they need look no further than the Dept. of Commerce, which in the past three years has been decimated under the leadership of Joe Taylor. Sandford’s first appointment, Bob Faith, at least had the smarts (Harvard MBA) and personality to make a difference. Taylor, a log home salesman all his life, may be good at selling pre-fab houses, but his demeanor and management style has forced nearly half of the entire staff (over 70 people to date), including 90% of the economic development pros (some with over 20 years of experience and connections) into exile.

Mr. Taylor seems more concerned with building up a research division(which has gone through three department heads under his watch), in order to skew the numbers in his and the Governor’s favor. He has also made the decision to employ only hungry young salesman with zero experience in economic development to be on the front line. While salesmanship certainly counts for something in the business of recruting business, Commerce’s record clearly shows how it isn’t working. It will take years for that department to recover from the effects of the Sandford-Taylor combo.

By: Mincing Words

Mincing Words — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:33:55 +0000

Earl, on what are you basing your criticism of Corrections? Do you have any basis for the opinions you hold regarding Ozmint’s performance of what is most likely the hardest job in South Carolina? If you have some first hand knowledge of the goings-on there, please share. Because all is not always what it seems, especially when it comes to certain state agencies with impossibly limited budgets and ever-growing obligations.
BTW I love your blog!

By: Mincing Words

Mincing Words — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:21:27 +0000

By: Checo

Checo — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:25:52 +0000

Earl Capps: THANK YOU! I have been saying that since Sanford was elected. His track record for appointing members to boards, committees, and as agency heads has been abysmal. If anything, he is the poster boy for reducing the governor’s authority even more.

By: Earl Capps

Earl Capps — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:53:14 +0000

“He also failed to point out that Sanford controls less than 20% of his own branch of government – a number that continues to dwindle as lawmakers continue to take more power for themselves.”

Considering how poorly gubernatorial agencies such as DSS, PRT and Corrections are being run, Sanford is hardly making a convincing argument that right-sizing state goverment should involve giving him, and future Governors, more authority over state government.