Catherine Templeton – the embattled director of the S.C. Department of Labor Licensing and Regulation (SCLLR) – will leave her post to become the next director of the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC).
Hmmmm … let’s hope this “part-time director” actually bothers to show up for her second six-figure taxpayer job.
Templeton – whose tenure at SCLLR has been marred by all sorts of controversies – has been on “medical leave” from her post at the agency since Christmas, and sources tell FITS she “won’t be back.”
If she takes the SCDHEC job, Templeton would replace Earl Hunter – who was forced out as SCDHEC commissioner last year by board members appointed by Gov. Nikki Haley. Incidentally, these are the same board members who approved the controversial “Savannah River Sellout,” an appeasement of the state of Georgia’s port interests at the expense of the Port of Charleston and the proposed Jasper County port project.
So yeah … it’s not like putting a Haley lackey at the helm of this agency is really going to do any additional harm.
SCDHEC technically isn’t a cabinet agency, but the governor appoints all of its board members – making it accountable directly to her. We’re all for that … as long as the buck for brain-dead decisions like the “Savannah River Sellout” continues to wind up on Haley’s desk. Unfortunately, lawmakers seem intent on whitewashing this scandal rather than exploring Haley’s deep political and financial connections to it.
Sources close to Templeton say she is “miserable” at SCLLR and has wanted out of the job almost from the day she took it. That’s ironic, considering you generally have to show up to work in order for it to make you miserable.
Anyway … Templeton is Haley’s second choice (at least) for the position. Her first choice declined the offer because the job didn’t pay enough, while her second pick (presumed to be Templeton) didn’t submit a job application in time the first go-round, prompting Haley to re-open the application process.
Given her reputation at SCLLR, employees at SCDHEC obviously aren’t thrilled with Templeton’s selection.
“Please, please tell me that you have some inside information that says Catherine Templeton will not be the next Commissioner of DHEC … please!?!,” one SCDHEC employee emailed us.
Sorry … it’s looking increasingly like this is a done deal.
Hunter makes $151,942 annually (not counting taxpayer-funded benefits) as SCDHEC commissioner. Templeton made $116,797 a year, again – not counting her generous state benefits package.
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By Robert January 16, 2012 at 10:04 am
Pam Dukes would have made a good Commissioner. Well qualified and a person of integrity.
By Ima January 16, 2012 at 12:58 pm
Agreed. I’m curious of one thing, f PTT was the #2 choice, who was #1?
By Billy K Mulligan January 16, 2012 at 10:06 am
How can Haley appoint the next DHEC Commissioner? I thought the Board was independent of the Office of the Governor. That’s not a Cabinet position, so what exactly is the deal with that? Has Trikki Nikki effectively merged DHEC into her Cabinet?
By frustrated January 16, 2012 at 10:39 am
At what point does the legislature intervene with this fiasco of a governor and hold her accountable?
By Government Gone Wild January 16, 2012 at 12:32 pm
What difference does it make. They are all fucked up.
By DHEC Watcher January 16, 2012 at 11:10 am
Medical leave? What’s with that?
DHEC Commisioner is a full time job, and requires someone with substantive knowledge of the very complex health care governance structure and the state and federally delegated environmental functions of the agency.
This is, again, another very odd decision – her circle of supporters/advisors is obviously quite small.
By Dr. Spock January 16, 2012 at 12:27 pm
Interstitial cellular decay from rapid gin detoxification.
By NEWSFLASH January 16, 2012 at 3:13 pm
She will hate DHEC, too, because like LLR, it is an agency that requires a full time director. In fact, DHEC’s agency head is on call 24-7, and works some looong hours. The position requires someone with relevant experience since DHEC deals with highly technical stuff. Pam Dukes should be a shoo in for the position, but with qualified state employees being demonized by Republicans and their dear Tea Party, she probably won’t be chosen.
By NEWSFLASH January 16, 2012 at 3:22 pm
Had no idea that pouting qualified one for medical leave. How ’bout she just grow the hell up? She wanted the job and got it. It is called WORK. PUBLIC SERVICE. Look it up, Catherine.
By Dr. House January 16, 2012 at 4:50 pm
Newsflash – Perhaps pouting is one of her afflictions, along with lupus, autoimmune, and liver failure. However, I believe the silver spoon has never been removed from her orifices. Once out of an easy school, she has expected a free ride ever since.
By ceilidh10 January 16, 2012 at 11:21 am
My border collie could do a better job than all these assholes.
By Dr. Frankenstein January 16, 2012 at 12:25 pm
Is your collie a male or female?
By Penny January 16, 2012 at 12:38 pm
What difference does it make?
By Dr. Frankenstein January 16, 2012 at 12:41 pm
My mate needs a new asshole. I was told Haley or Templeton would be excellent donors, however their assholes have been violated by too many foreign objects in the past.
By Ima January 16, 2012 at 11:29 am
She’d still have to be confirmed. Bringing in someone with no background in *ANYTHING* the agency does is lunacy.
By Ima January 16, 2012 at 11:38 am
Medical Affairs will handle the confirmation hearings, right? They need to look long and hard if PTT is the one sitting across the dais from them.
By Dr. Burns January 16, 2012 at 12:25 pm
Not too hard. It is impossible to hide ache rosa with even today’s modern cosmetics.
By Catherine Simpleton January 16, 2012 at 11:39 am
It’s my understanding that PTT has already made it crystal clear she will not move to Columbia if she appointed that job which, means of course she will still work from Mt. Pleasant. She sure as hell isn’t going to drive up every day. The people at LLR will be very glad to get rid of that stupid bitch! All you have to do is let her talk and you can tell she don’t have a clue. She makes the dumbest statement you’ll ever hear coming out of someone’s mouth. She must be a true blonde. With great sincerity I say to the people who work for DHEC that truly hate it for you. She will make all of your lives miserable. She will continually attempt to makes changes that have been tried many times before and failed. She is definitely a loose cannon. All young inexperienced males (her boy toys) will now have a place to get a job at DHEC. The people at LLR are very relieved to hear the good news of her departure! It truly is a great day in SC, at LLR anyway. Good riddance bitch! I’m sure she will generate many employee lawsuits there like she did at LLR. The woman is a walking tort magnet. She’ll bankrupt the Insurance Reserve Fund! I suppose since she will be the commissioner she will not have to be confirmed by the Senate. I suppose she’s lied to them enough already.
By Dr. Hannibal Lector January 16, 2012 at 12:23 pm
I believe the OWB stated that Boeing supplied Templeton with a pilot and four seat flying broom so she wouldn’t have to move to Columbia. Is that not right?
By RecallNikki January 16, 2012 at 3:00 pm
Isn’t that illegal for state employees, or is Templrton exempt from that requirement due to Haley’s Teflon coating?
By Lynn January 16, 2012 at 12:00 pm
The DHEC Commissioner is employed at the will of the DHEC Board. The DHEC Board is appointed by the Governor with advice and consent of the Senate. The SC Senate does not confirm the DHEC Commissioner. The Senate Medical Affairs Committee members asked the nominees to the DHEC Board during confirmation to go slow and to make no major changes until they fully understood the mission and importance of the functions of the agency. In less than six months, the commissioner announced his retirement. I guess it is good news the new commissioner’s first name isn’t Colonel or General.
The wholesale appointment of the entire DHEC members means that NONE of the current DHEC Board members has more than 11 months experience in governing one of the state’s largest and complex agencies responsible for our health and clean environment. The current DHEC Board has one seat open because that Board member resigned when Gov. Haley failed to reappoint him. So far the Gov. has not appointed anyone for that vacancy. An additional DHEC Board member will need to be appointed from our new congressional district. The Governor owes the citizens of South Carolina the effort to keep up with her appointments. Surely there is someone who contributed to her campaign or owns an airplane she can use to serve on the DHEC Board. Sanford never kept up with his appointments so I see the trend continues.
By NEWSFLASH January 16, 2012 at 3:18 pm
Maybe it is time to change the way the DHEC board and director are appointed, giving that to General Assembly to handle.
By Eastbound and Down January 16, 2012 at 12:01 pm
Good luck getting through confirmation with your well known part time office hours. Who vets theses people? Kindergarteners? The Sorority Social Committee? On what planet is she is credible or capable of leading one of the most important state agencies?
By Ima January 16, 2012 at 12:02 pm
Eastbound, maybe Nikki only wants someone that knows as much as she does about DHEC? Zilch!
By Ima January 16, 2012 at 12:01 pm
Of course, the Queen could be floating this all up as a trial balloon. Sure, she’s closely consulting her ALEC materials and what not, but maybe she’ll surprise everyone and allow the board to hire the candidate with the institutional knowledge necessary to steer the agency through whatever the Governor or board decide. That person is Ms. Dukes.
By jimlewis,owb January 16, 2012 at 12:01 pm
Morning, this is Erbby of Erbby’s 5 to 12 Mercantile
Yes Ma’am we deliver to Cassiaue
That’s nice Ma’am , always nice to get a referral from a satisfied customer, Oh, just a customer, well that’s nice too
No Ma’am, don’t take no State checks anymore, last summer this Gypsy lady stuck me with several bad State checks
Oh, she is the one who recommended us, well, that’s nice anyway
Ma’am I hope you don’t want all that weird stuff Almas, Matsutke, Kobe stuff, sounds promising then Ma’am, so what can I do for you
Gin, oh yes I have Gin. No Ma’am , ain’t got that much Gin. In fact don’t believe there is that much Gin in the County.
Yes Ma’am, thought it was funny, can check with Doc Odis Ray over at the 69 Item Buffet Jiffy Lube Spay/Neuter Clinic Three Stops‘n One Convenience Store and see if he has any Gin
Ma’am, not that’s its any of my business, well, yes Ma’am thanks for pointin that out – oh, you are going to tell me anyhow
That will be some party Ma’am, a Gin and Pool Party, sorry Ma’am you said what, oh a Pool Full of Gin Party, you don’t say, Governor of Georgia, Mayor of Savannah, President of UGA and Georgia Tech, must be a grand occasion
Oh, you are getting a new State job, your present State job is sickening, oh the people there make you want to puke, with your new job you will never ever have to go in to work, you can stay home all day long every day doing Yoga and needlepoint, plus you get a free State Mercedes Black SUV and a State airplane.
Oh and you never, ever have to leave a Gin bottle home alone, Bless your Heart Ma’am that’s nice, real nice
Ma’am if you don’t mind me askin, how does one go about getin a State job like that
Oh, I see Ma’am. Well I ain’t got one of those Ma’am, the good Lord gave me and the fellows the other thing but after talking to you I now know it is not near as powerful as what he gave you and the Gypsy lady.
Ma’am it may be awhile before I can get Beulah over to your place
Edna, no Ma’am, Edna’s not with me, she ran off with that Patrol Lancaster fella
Beulah is Edna’s older sister, she’s in her 80’s but she can still pedal like a soft wind
By Dr. House January 16, 2012 at 12:18 pm
Erbby, have Beulah bring over five units of Interferon. I believe Templeton suffers from Lupus.
By Dr. Hannibal Lector January 16, 2012 at 1:59 pm
If she jumps into a pool of Gin, she won’t be needing the Interferon.
By Dr. Sheldon Cooper January 16, 2012 at 12:03 pm
Please correct me if needed, as I attempt to recall the Templeton Diaries. First, the fabricated “water walking” dream report to the Senate, capping off the firing of competent career employees, hiring incompetent legal beagles, failing to show up for work, vodka in her office desk, gin at her yoga parties, flying broom sticks courtesy of Nikki Haley, pool help in her bedroom, garden help in her pool, and the ever infamous all night scavenger hunt with Howard at the abandoned Occupy Park looking for glow in the dark, ribbed, heat activated vibrating condoms.
By Dr. Leonard Hofstadter January 16, 2012 at 12:07 pm
Sheldon, those were four seating flying broom sticks from Boeing.
By Dr. Rajesh Koothrappali January 16, 2012 at 12:11 pm
You forgot the exotic salt water fish tank full of rare endangered species of the Ozarks.
By Penny January 16, 2012 at 12:12 pm
The bedroom help getting cushy jobs at HQ.
By Howard January 16, 2012 at 12:14 pm
The condoms were lubricated and reusable. Don’t make us look cheap.
By Dr. Sheldon Cooper January 16, 2012 at 12:15 pm
Sorry Howard, I stand in the correction corner.
By Lots a calories January 16, 2012 at 12:18 pm
Wow, recent pics indicate Nikki’s really enjoying having a personal chef and all that free wine!
By Dr. Pierce January 16, 2012 at 12:20 pm
It’s comfort food, to replace the rampant sex orgies of her pre-election days.
By seafan2 January 16, 2012 at 2:02 pm
I’ve noticed her wider face and hips also in recent shots. I guess all that gourmet food is taking its toll.
By Dr. Rajesh Koothrappali January 16, 2012 at 2:12 pm
Not to mention a drastic decline in romp time. The SLED chief doesn’t want her humping voters on his watch.
By Penny January 16, 2012 at 2:13 pm
Humping voters?
By Dr. Sheldon Cooper January 16, 2012 at 2:15 pm
Sadly, when Nikki was told that stumping for voters was critical, she misunderstood and started humping every man, woman and child of voting age and a valid picture ID.
By guru guru January 16, 2012 at 11:54 pm
COULD JUST BE WAY TOO MUCH CHEESE !
By mt pleasantness January 16, 2012 at 12:21 pm
Was Cat in rehab? That gin can be a doozy to kick.
By Dr. House January 16, 2012 at 12:32 pm
Lupus, she has lupus. The liver inflammation from gin toxification is an aggravating factor at best.
By conservative republican January 16, 2012 at 12:23 pm
This doesn’t pass the smell test. The Senate should investigate this appointment.
By Dr. Sheldon Cooper January 16, 2012 at 12:31 pm
Of course it doesn’t. Templeton mixed up her vices. Vodka is predominantly odorless, whereas Gin will be able to be detected by everyone in the room as a delightful christmas tree aroma.
By Government Gone Wild January 16, 2012 at 12:27 pm
All of this musical chairs crap is pathetic. Actually, anything to do with South Carolina politics is a circus. Bring in some balloons and dancing bears, then it would be complete. It already has enough clowns.
I do not see Haley getting re-elected to another term. But then I can also say that her opponents in the past election were really no better.
As it has been said thousands of times, Governors in SC do NOT actually govern. That power has been boxed in. And people are just sick of SC politics. The people of SC do not exist to these narcissistic cuckoo power freaks. Its like a country club setting to them.
By dwb619 January 16, 2012 at 12:36 pm
Maybe she can “talk smack” to the doctors and polluters.
You betcha!
By Dr. House January 16, 2012 at 12:45 pm
Lupus, liver failure, STD risks, where to begin.
By Sailor January 16, 2012 at 12:40 pm
Nikki apparently told the Tea Party convention that she could not continue to lead SC as long as Obama is president. Does that mean she’ll resign if he’s re-elected? See the Huffpo article.
By Dr. Leonard Hofstadter January 16, 2012 at 12:44 pm
Appears that Nikki is just talking out of her ass again. The same ass that even Frankenstein has rejected. Obama is gonna win, and Haley will have white goo dribbling down her chin.
By keeping 'em honest January 16, 2012 at 12:58 pm
It means that Haley knows that she will be doing prison time if the Obama Justice Department continues to exist.
She is counting on being seen as such a pain in the neck to the Dems that any prosecution of her before the election would be open to charges of “Political Payback” and then she’s hoping Gekko Romney will derail the investigation if he gets the presidency.
If I had no other reason to vote for Obama, this surely will make vote for him instead of Romney.
By NEWSFLASH January 16, 2012 at 3:30 pm
Interesting scenario.
By Dr. Spock January 16, 2012 at 12:54 pm
Please, back to topic. Candy’s boobs. Nikki’s bald bugger. Catherine’s jollies riding her broom commando.
By Penny January 16, 2012 at 1:54 pm
Why would she do that?
By Howard January 16, 2012 at 1:54 pm
Better grip.
By Penny January 16, 2012 at 2:02 pm
Sweetie, she may be really good, and experienced. But that still won’t keep her from falling off a broom.
By Bobby January 16, 2012 at 1:00 pm
I think Three Rivers has rehab programs for alchoholism as well as patholgical lying disorder. Group rate?
By Dr. Finger January 16, 2012 at 1:41 pm
For Nikki, Cathy, Candy and Eleanor?
By cash January 16, 2012 at 1:02 pm
I have a huge feeling that Catherine will be in charge of making some medical records disappear. You know, like those pertaining to STDs.
By Ima January 16, 2012 at 1:26 pm
I said the same thing the other day. Hmm, the IT staff would be wise to not permit her full access to the CARES or PATS systems. And, especially, don’t grant access to STDMIS!!!
By Dr. Leonard Hofstadter January 16, 2012 at 1:52 pm
Truthfully, if Catherine spent the night with Howard picking up used condoms from the park, I doubt she is a candidate for STDs.
By RecallNikki January 16, 2012 at 3:03 pm
DHEC IT should backup everything to just see what does disappear.
By Ima January 16, 2012 at 3:13 pm
@RecallNikki – If PTT was the DHEC commish, would she use her agency Gmail account or her personal email account?
Thom Berry and Adam Myrick are going to have one hell of a PR nightmare every week she’s in charge.
I do have to chuckle about one thing, PTT could meet a force of nature in Dr. Lisa Waddell, Dep. Comm. of Health Services. Dr. Waddell would have made an excellent commissioner as well.
By Uncle Remus January 16, 2012 at 1:20 pm
No problem with Catherine in this post. When will she take over?
By Dr. House January 16, 2012 at 1:53 pm
You like bosses who stay in bed, huh?
By Leroy January 16, 2012 at 1:25 pm
A proven “yes person” in yet another important executive-branch position.
This was the downfall of Richard Nixon.
The “impeachment” bill introduced last year by Sen. Grooms seems dead in the water. Here is the status:
S 0097 Joint Resolution, By Grooms, Rose and McConnell
Similar (S 0067, S 0074, S 0181, S 0544, H 4244)
Summary: Constitutional amendment proposed
A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XV OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING TO IMPEACHMENT OF CERTAIN EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS OF THIS STATE, BY ADDING SECTION 4 SO AS TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES FOR RECALLING AND REMOVING FROM PUBLIC OFFICE PERSONS HOLDING PUBLIC OFFICES OF THE STATE OR ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS IN THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES OF STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS; AND PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XVII, BY ADDING SECTION 15 SO AS TO ESTABLISH A SPECIFIED PROCEDURE FOR THE ENACTMENT OR REPEAL OF LAWS AND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS BY INITIATIVE PETITION AND REFERENDUM AND TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS.
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12/01/10 Senate Prefiled
12/01/10 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary
01/11/11 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 45)
01/11/11 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 45)
02/23/11 Senate Referred to Subcommittee: Campsen (ch), Malloy, Sheheen, Massey, Shoopman
03/14/11 Senate Referred to Subcommittee: S.Martin (ch), Hutto, Bright, Rose, Scott
By Andy January 16, 2012 at 1:34 pm
With every job I have ever had (and I’ve had many) there was this one goddamned sticky requirement, I had to show up for work. Go figure.
By Dr. Sheldon Cooper January 16, 2012 at 1:47 pm
Have you ever been a ……….
Babysitter?
Escort?
Telemarketer?
Home decorator?
Hair dresser?
Head hunter?
Coupon collector?
Yoga instructor?
Piano teacher?
Home schooler?
Gin alky?
LLR director?
Many of them work from home, or even their beds.
By Peter Drucker January 16, 2012 at 2:58 pm
Catherine “Cappuccino” is on record saying she won’t move to Columbia.
She’ll work from the comfort of home, automate DHEC and make it more productive.
With Skype and at Electro Steel Corp. management techniques, she’ll do fine.
See segment at 1 min. 50 sec.:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHdmaFJ6W6M
By Dr. Leonard Hofstadter January 16, 2012 at 1:50 pm
I even heard of one high ranking SC director who was treated for butt bed sores. When she couldn’t get the records destroyed, she blackmailed the Governor into being the Queen Bee of SCDEHC so she could destroy the records on a weekend. Can you imagine that?
By Penny January 16, 2012 at 2:21 pm
Don’t kid yourself. She will just send over one of the pool or gardens guys to do her dirty work.
By Dr. Leonard Hofstadter January 16, 2012 at 2:19 pm
I heard Templeton likes a good challenge. Perhaps she should try climbing on top of Thad’s apple tree…..
By RecallNikki January 16, 2012 at 3:04 pm
Ewe
By Observant January 16, 2012 at 2:45 pm
Since the “Birth” of DHEC in the early 70s, there have been only two really competent Commissioners – Dr. G. S. T. Peeples, who was the Chairman of the old State Board of Health, and one other physician who left after only a few months, and returned to Texas, apparently completely disillusioned about the agency having any hope of doing what it was created to do – protect the public health and to improve the environmental standards. We had the son of the Chairman of the SC House Ways and Means Committee for a few years, until he and his Price Michael were convicted of public misconduct. Then we had a hotshot doc (or so he thought)from Virginia (a “Savior” in his own right, since he claimed that rescued VA from the evil ant poison) who couldn’t keep away from the bottle for more than an hour or so, and also liked the Head Chick at DHEC (and supposedly others). When the DHEC Board finally removed him from office, who should be appointed Commissioner but Prince Michael, who, as stated above, had been convicted of Public Misconduct. Prince Michael finally died of cancer, and we then had Doug and Earl, who did no real harm, but I can’t really discover anything of consequence that was good. Maybe the General Assembly should consider restoring things to the way they were in 1970… a separate Health unit, a separate Environmental unit, and perhaps even restoring the Coastal Council as such (or maybe combining it with Wildlife. Things worked very well back then – and there was rarely a serious threat to the health or the environment.
By Saratay January 16, 2012 at 7:22 pm
Maybe someone should try to find one of the honest public servants that got dumped during or shortly after the “Bobby Jack”/”Prince Michael” era who would know where the skeletons are buried, and clean out whatever incompetence is still hanging around. There is a former Deputy Commissioner (now in his 90s) who, if given the authority, knows where to start cleaning house. Also an easy way to reduce the number of useless employees and cut the budget.
By Ima January 16, 2012 at 9:29 pm
Saratay, 2600 Bull St needs a housecleaning, no doubt about it. It seems, however, 2600 is content to protect it’s own and cannibalize and decimate all the areas that provide direct client services, and let’s not talk about what’s been done in areas like food protection. But, never fear, some how Sims-Aycock and Mills-Jarrett always seem fully staffed.
By ON THE TAKE! January 16, 2012 at 2:56 pm
MRS. TEMPLETON WOULD BE THE RIGHT PERSON FOR DEHC SHE IS QUALIFIED AND HAS THE INTEGRITY TO STREAM LINE THAT AGENCY LIKE SHE HAS DONE At LLR. SHE COULD GREATLY ElIMINATE AGENCY CORRUPTION AND REDUCE JOBS LIKE SHE HAS DONE FOR LLR. MY BEST WISHS FOR HER AND HOPE SHE BE QUICKLY APPOINTED. SHE MAY WANT TO TAKE BARBARA DERRICK AND HIRE RON COOK TO HELP GET HER OFF TO A QUICK START.
By Ima January 16, 2012 at 3:22 pm
Governor, is that you?
By cash January 16, 2012 at 3:36 pm
Of course it is. Thought she didn’t read local blogs. Just one more lie.
By Nimrata Sucks January 16, 2012 at 5:15 pm
Yes, Yes, I believe you are on to something. However, she needs to take Rion Alvey and Mark Dorman as well. They’ll do a splendid job at DHEC.
By hhuuhh?? January 16, 2012 at 3:31 pm
medical leave??
David Wren of MyrtleBeachOnline (formerly Sunnews) had an extensive story that quoted her heavily in yesterday’s paper about another covered up scandal at Mark Sanford’s LLR including multiple staff taking bribes and at least one getting PTI.
By Dr. Sheldon Cooper January 16, 2012 at 4:56 pm
Mercy sakes, old news. Templeton even touted that whole scene during her Senate hearing to show how better off things were with her there.
By Dr. Pierce January 16, 2012 at 4:59 pm
Didn’t Templeton uncover and take care of the whole thing herself personally?
By Kat January 16, 2012 at 3:37 pm
Both Haley & Templeton have proven that it is not how hard you work to get ahead it is who you sleep with – but then again neither of them work very hard because they are both idiots when it comes to what is legal and what is not. Oh wait Templeton is a lawyer – oh wait again she failed the bar the first go around… and this is who is going to head a another state agency? Again she has no knowledge of what the real problems are & what the operational process is for DEHEC. She didn’t at LLR and look what a mess she made there. The sad thing is we have to wait until another governor (hopefully one with some sense – 2 in a row is enough & I usually vote Republican)to get qualified people in these positions that know what they are doing and will undo the mess left by Haley and Templeton, the Dynamic Duds. Haley was advised and asked by her constituency, aka South Carolinians, to put certain people in charge of agencies that had working knowledge of said agency and she turned her back on her constituency. She filled them with people that are not what our state agencies needed. It absolutely gauls me to no end that she still states that she is doing what is best for our state. She has no clue and only wants what is best for her. She is living proof that the good old boy system is still going on – filling appointments with her campaign contributers. Paying for a job – isn’t that like turning tricks? Well Haley is obviously very good at turning tricks.
By Algren January 16, 2012 at 3:45 pm
she failed the bar the first go around…
Interesting. And the bar exam is set very low in SC.
By Dr. Pierce January 16, 2012 at 4:58 pm
Well said, you should report for a leading SC newspaper.
By Dr. Finger January 16, 2012 at 5:19 pm
Yup, Nikki was all self-centered when she screwed over the State Assembly, Temple, Smith, LMC, Tea Party….. nothing has changed. She is a vindictive wrench, and sports quite the pucker factor when asked how many different sex partners she has had in the last year.
By I Call BS January 16, 2012 at 5:00 pm
Hey Dumbass, she failed the bar exam because she took NC and SC the same week. Blew NC away and barely missed SC. Got that one the next time. Ask LLR employees about this. She told us at an informal town hall mtg.
By Nimrata Sucks January 16, 2012 at 5:03 pm
How, just how does that make her competent to run LLR or DHEC? She has absolutely no experience in either fields of endeavor.
By Dr. Leonard Hofstadter January 16, 2012 at 5:05 pm
I Call BS – Easy cowboy. If she was stupid enough to take both in the same week, she deserved to fail them both. Probably crammed one of those illegal cheat books in her head, and was afraid it would all leak out by the end of the week.
By Dr. Spock January 16, 2012 at 5:06 pm
I hear that Templeton is not only stupid, but criminally stupid. She got that one wrong on both exams.
By Dr. Law January 16, 2012 at 5:25 pm
She failed the SC exam because she is unfit. Went to a mediocre school, failed a below par exam, screwed up LLR, and the Governor can’t find ONE better candidate for SCDEHC?
By Dr. Pierce January 16, 2012 at 5:36 pm
She failed the SC exam because her 5K test taker got lost in traffic.
By TJ January 16, 2012 at 7:57 pm
Er, and did anybody at this informal town hall meeting check up on the verasity of her story?
By Clayton January 16, 2012 at 9:12 pm
If it is true, CT failed the SC Bar exam the first time, it’s only because her previous employer, Nelson Mullins didn’t know about it. They have a direct pipeline into the real Queen’s castle – Queen Jean Toal – and they have plenty of folks who have bowed before that Queen for innumerable favors and rulings. Just ask Steve Morrison. Betsy and Jim Gray have the Queen’s private cell phone numbers…..The Queen can fix a deficit bar exam entry in a heart beat. Isn’t that right, Alex?
By Penny January 16, 2012 at 5:01 pm
Can we get back to her pool & garden boys? Are they legal? Age and citizenship I mean.
By Dr. Spock January 16, 2012 at 5:08 pm
I believe she failed statutory rape guidelines as well.
By Dr. Rajesh Koothrappali January 16, 2012 at 5:10 pm
I am almost positive she failed immigration statutes as well.
By Penny January 16, 2012 at 5:14 pm
Ok, let’s get to the basics. How does Catherine’s boy toys stack up to Thad? Are they over a half foot long? Do they have an apple sized dickhead? Not that I am interested, but I can’t believe Nikki took the whole thing.
By Corn Hole Catherine January 16, 2012 at 5:18 pm
All I know is the boy toys have big feet and huge hands. I’ve been told Catherine can handle a nine inch dick and a slop jar full of nuts. I’m not too sure she can handle the Viers bell clapper though. He might bust her open!
By Penny January 16, 2012 at 5:28 pm
Well, birds of a feather flock together. If Nikki took it, Catherine can take it. But geeez……., I can’t fit a whole apple in my mouth, not even a small one. How do these girls do it?
By Yowzer January 16, 2012 at 5:29 pm
If Templeton is appointed to head DHEC then I lose even more respect for the government than I already have….It will not be a great day in SC and she will find out real quick that she will fail.
Ms. Dukes is the only applicant that can hit the ground running and lead the agency in the right direction. She said it herself in a recent article with that other paper.. I want to serve the Citizens of SC. She is dependable, smart and honest. Her staff in Health Regulation both admire her and are devoted to her.
By Nimrata Sucks January 16, 2012 at 5:34 pm
That is exactly why Ms. Duke will not be chosen. She will put the interest of the citizens above Nimrada’s interest, which are definitely not the same.
By Dr. Leonard Hofstadter January 16, 2012 at 5:42 pm
Haley despises woman who are more attractive than she is… (Darla Moore); smarter than she is…(Reporter); richer than she is…(Darla again); more competent than she is……(Every women in SC) I don’t see how Ms. Duke has a chance in Nikki’s world of misfit toys.
By Dr. Sheldon Cooper January 16, 2012 at 5:31 pm
Penny, many girls are double jointed. Look at Linda Lovelace.
By Dr. Finger January 16, 2012 at 5:46 pm
Dude, wrong porn star. Linda could suppress her gag reflexes.
By Dr. Sheldon Cooper January 16, 2012 at 5:48 pm
Ahhhh, I stand corrected once again. Perhaps Nikki and Catherine are gifted.
By Dr. Rajesh Koothrappali January 16, 2012 at 5:33 pm
Will Catherine be allowed to keep vodka at work? She can try to top off with Gin and Orange juice at breakfast, but it will never get her through a typical half day.
By Howard January 16, 2012 at 5:43 pm
Dude, she hasn’t put in a half day in three years.
By Dr. Sheldon Cooper January 16, 2012 at 5:50 pm
Well, no wonder she drowns herself in cheap gin and laborers. If I failed the SC bar, I wouldn’t show my face till hell froze over… twice.
By Dr. Pierce January 16, 2012 at 6:00 pm
Mande Wilkes failed the exam three times, and she is flashing her beaver on Sunday morning TV.
By Uncle Remus January 16, 2012 at 7:02 pm
What’s this talk of Beaver on Sunday morning TV? And Catherine can take a 9 incher? Seems small relative to the Uncle!
By Dr. House January 16, 2012 at 7:15 pm
Dude, Mande has been working the Sharon Stone Basic Instinct move on her show since October. She is still quite chunky, but crosses and re-crosses those legs like a billion times.
By Howard January 16, 2012 at 7:17 pm
God, where have you been? Everybody has seen Mande’s gash on TV.
By cash January 17, 2012 at 10:33 am
The std records have got to be removed from DHEC before she runs for VP.
By The Coming Storm January 17, 2012 at 7:06 pm
Ms. Templeton, or indeed any of the finalists, if given the proper guidance would have little trouble finding redundancy fat and incompetence to cut or reassign at DHEC, especially in the bloated management and its elevated handmaidens and courtiers. Discerning the wheat from the self-promoting chaff would be the hard part. A critical clear-eyed close-up top-to-bottom reassessment by capable objective persons from the outside would be a godsend. Probably every agency could use that once in a while.
Now to shower with 1,000,000 International Units of streptomycin after posting on this thread.
By Yowzer January 17, 2012 at 9:38 pm
Nicki…Is that you??
By Let's Tell The Truth January 17, 2012 at 10:27 pm
Proper guidance? Are you nuts? Apparently there are people at DHEC that the “establishment” does not like so they are bringing in the one person who will do the gov’na’s bidding and fire those hard-working, dedicated employees who try to do the right thing to protect the people of SC. There is an agenda, you can count on it. This gov’na’s main objective is revenge on those who exposed her for what she is and to fill positions with her cronies, no matter if they are incompetent, immoral, and self-serving. I, for one, will be campaigning against her in the next election, no matter who is running against her.
By The Coming Storm January 18, 2012 at 7:46 pm
“the hard-working, dedicated employees who try to do the right thing to protect the people of SC”
Do you see unicorns too? And rainbows at night?
You are clueless if you think that is what prevails there now, especially on the environmental side. Sure, there are a lot of those worthy types but not enough and not well positioned enough to run the place even at midlevels, far less to make the ultimate decisions. Having decent people even at and near the very top (including Earl Hunter) is simply not enough direction and mass to steer the whole behemoth that has been cultivated and shaped and trained by the politically powerful to bend to its will. And bend it does at the slightest exertion of influence. “Sit up and say ‘Arf!’ Good boy.”
So what is the very worst that can happen? Some different set of the politically connected gets to call the shots instead of Jake Knotts having investigators transferred and demoted and his polluter buddies protected? And it’s not just Jake now by a long shot.
Ask some those hard-working dedicated ones and see if they think the phrase fairly describes the whole place. Prepare to hear a long lament.
I am a bit curious though, who do you think is targeted for “revenge” and apparently for removal to allow insertion of cronies (beyond the obvious hatchet job on Mr. Hunter, who is by all accounts a conscientious and dedicated person)?
By ON THE TAKE! January 17, 2012 at 11:25 pm
Nimrata, Don’t Worry be happy!
The Word is that when the new LLR director is appointed Rion Alvey is Out the door. He needs to get his wife to give more wine from Ben Arnold.
By originaljustme January 18, 2012 at 10:27 pm
This woman is a joke. If she truly failed the bar exam the first time around, that is a little worrying. But if she thinks she can run DHEC from Charleston, she needs serious, serious help. Either commit and step up or get out of the way. Quite frankly, SC government should be the laughing stock of the nation. We elect idiots over and over- what does that say about all of us????
By Let's Tell The Truth January 18, 2012 at 10:46 pm
Storm, there are many, many hardworking, dedicated employees who work for the state. Most of them are not in positions of authority because they are not politically connected – and they will be the first to go because they are a threat to their superiors. I am the first to agree that most of those in the management chain are incompetent, both in their knowledge of the job and in managing people. As far as your unicorns and rainbows comment, I sense a bit of frustration on your part so perhaps you should take that out on someone who has a direct impact on your life – I was merely sharing a point of view and in no way intended to cause you more distress.
By former-LLR-now-DHEC employee January 19, 2012 at 7:01 am
I am constantly amazed at the decision making process in this state. Templeton has PROVEN she only hears what she wants to hear and uses that info as basis for agency wide changes – better stated, making decisions that harm the very persons she is PAID to protect!
Why are we,”the little people” able to see the injustices done while the “big people” (for lack of an admittable term) just gloss them over or pretend they don’t really hurt anyone…not really. WHAT?
I would like to see the “government” STOP PLAYING GAMES and pay attention to the consequences of their actions on the people they are SUPPOSED to be representing?????!!
YOU JUST CAN’T FIX STUPIDITY!!
By jimlewis,owb January 19, 2012 at 8:14 am
YOU JUST CAN’T FIX STUPIDITY!!
Yep, you are right!
However, you can brush on some Sherwin Williams lipstick, smooth out a tub of Betty Crocker pit filler, dye your roots high yellow, pull out all the carpet, slap on s shit eatlin grin and the Forrest of Peckerheads over at the Legislature will fall over themselves no matter how stupid the pig!