Comments on: Mega Mall Bailout Challenged

By: Crash

Crash — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:30:16 +0000

Does this mean that you will be regurgitating every story that The Nerve prints daily? Next time just cut and paste.

By: Huhhh???

Huhhh??? — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:58:57 +0000

I’ve been following this in The State.
All anyone needs to do is drive to Santee, near the intersection of I-26 and I-95 and visit what’s left of the Santee Outlet Mall.
The example to be learned from there is that if you don’t locate massive malls where there is a massive population, or at least enough to support the mall if the traffic weren’t zooming by, it will never be fully occupied and will dwindle down to nothing.
Is Sempler connected to The Beach Company? They are showing what maggots on the taxpayers they are in Charleston and Clarendon counties.

By: madcock

madcock — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:41:57 +0000

Republicans never met a rich man they weren’t dying to give welfare to.

By: south mauldin

south mauldin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:30:03 +0000

C’mon, Mr. Folks. It’s spelled T-E-A-T. You of all people should know how to spell that.

Good story, though.

By: Reginald

Reginald — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:27:53 +0000

Glad to see you finally picked up on this. (The writer flagged this boondoggle a couple of months ago.)
Retail development is in the toilet. Vacany rates in that market are at all time highs, meaning there is plenty of vacant space available if the retailers really wanted to go into that market. They don’t, and Semblers PR releases to the contrary no major retailers have committed to the proposed mall.
Sembler has succeeded in snowjobbing the goobers in Hardeeville just like the so-called Riverport carpetbaggers.
There’s another con job for you to look into. The developers have ginned up a report backed by Hardeeville to jusitfy spending $175M in state and federal money to build an overpass on I95 – the so-called “exit 3″ – whose only purpose is to access the residentially zoned land the developer owns in the swamp on the west side of I95.

By: baker

baker — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:19:40 +0000

Interesting story, Will.

By: Billy Bob

Billy Bob — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:57:27 +0000

This is about as sorry a use of taxpayer $$$ as will come along in your lifetime. Unless, of course, I can get a deal like this too! Pure pork and it’s not even a Federal project.

Let’s see? 2,500 minimum wage jobs for $132,000,000. That’s $52,000 per job. Wow, in about 500 years, these jobs will generate enough payroll taxes to pay that back.

By: CNChapin

CNChapin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:23:46 +0000

That good ol’ boy monster just keeps rearing its ugly head here in this state over and over again. Let’s put that monster to sleep so this state can return to greatness.

Oh and for anyone saying that it is a good idea to build the mall and have government subsidize or otherwise assist with it, I say IF there is TRULY a demand for the place, then investors would be ready to foot the bill without government subsidies. That’s all of our money they’re trying to steal. If there is not enough demand to make the risk of building the place without government funds enticing, then don’t damned build it.

Quit raping the public for your pet projects, you jerk-wads. The area gets 2500 jobs while the owners get filthy rich with tax payer assistance. Get rich with your own dollars and quit using mine, you pricks. Where is my pitchfork and torch? Enough of these slimy pieces of trash and their holier-than-thou under-handed ways of stealing from the public!

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:04:17 +0000

I would be curious as to what Senator Tom Davis’ position is on all of this. I imagine a majority of people living in Beaufort County wouldn’t mind seeing their shopping options dramatically increased without having to go down to Savannah.