Pansy King-Reid is running for a post on the College of Charleston’s board of trustees – a position for which she is grossly unqualified by any measure. And this is one of the least important appointments made by members of the S.C. General Assembly.
So why are dozens of lawmakers – including numerous “Republicans” – supporting her candidacy?
That’s easy: Because her brother is S.C. Rep. John King (D-York), and there’s a quid pro quo at the S.C. State House when it comes to lawmakers (and governors) hooking up their grossly unqualified relatives with jobs/ political positions.
Anyway, before we get into the substance of this post (or what the people who leaked us this story believe is the substance of this post), let’s first address Ms. King-Reid’s recent answer to a lawmaker who asked her to provide her “vision for the College of Charleston.”
Here’s what she had to say …
What I would like to see is more diversity on the Board. And I feel like what I can bring is diversity. I’m a minority. I’m an African-American woman, and my views may be a little different, but I won’t go in there trying to change anything. I feel like you need to be mentored into anything that you go into. So I would sit down and discuss things with the board and see what I can see, what I can bring to them.
Translation?
In addition to the fact my brother is a lawmaker, I’m entitled to this spot because I’m black. But don’t worry, I won’t rock the boat.
Great …
Of course King-Reid’s testimony got really interesting when she admitted under oath that she hasn’t filed an income tax return in the last five years. Not only that, she failed to fill out a required statement of economic interest.
How’d she justify that?
“I didn’t have any interests to anything,” King-Reid told lawmakers.
Really? Really?
What a joke.
One source described King-Reid’s hearing as “a total train wreck.”
“She should have never made it out of screening,” the source added.
Why did she? Oh right … her brother is a lawmaker.
We’ve stated on multiple occasions that relatives of elected officials should not be hired to state jobs or selected for political appointments. Period. The case of Pansy King-Reid is a perfect example of why.
PANSY KING-REID TESTIMONY (.pdf)
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Didn’t Al Capone go to prison for not paying taxes? I guess he wasn’t Diverse enough…
I took the whole “hasn’t filed an income tax return in the last five years” as she didn’t have a job for the past 5 years myself. Talk about high aspirations!
Al was a wop…
Didn’t Al Capone go to prison for not paying taxes? I guess he wasn’t Diverse enough…
I took the whole “hasn’t filed an income tax return in the last five years” as she didn’t have a job for the past 5 years myself. Talk about high aspirations!
Al was a wop…
After reading her testimony, I’m putting out an alert to the College of Charleston supporters to pressure the legislatures to deny this person. For example, how many of you would consider hiring her, or would want working next to you — or God Forbid, being your supervisor!
The cockroaches are looking for a new nest. BEWARE !!!
The cockroaches are looking for a new nest. BEWARE !!!
After reading her testimony, I’m putting out an alert to the College of Charleston supporters to pressure the legislatures to deny this person. For example, how many of you would consider hiring her, or would want working next to you — or God Forbid, being your supervisor!
The cockroaches are looking for a new nest. BEWARE !!!
The cockroaches are looking for a new nest. BEWARE !!!
Good Lord!! She should not be in the running for ANY position in any area of education. Well maybe except maintenance engineering.
Good Lord!! She should not be in the running for ANY position in any area of education. Well maybe except maintenance engineering.
… and I thought there could be only ONE Lillian McBride !!!
… and I thought there could be only ONE Lillian McBride !!!
At this point, who cares? Until we really are fed up with this crap, nothing is going to change. The fact the Mark Sanford is going to be elected to Congress sums it– while we talk about change, we really don’t want it.
At this point, who cares? Until we really are fed up with this crap, nothing is going to change. The fact the Mark Sanford is going to be elected to Congress sums it– while we talk about change, we really don’t want it.
“my views may be a little different, but I won’t go in there trying to change anything”
In other words, she will be as useless as tits on a bull, and she admits it!
lol…kudos to her for being honest about it.
If we could get the entire SC bureaucracy to behave this way we’d be much better off. It when they do stuff that we all get hurt.
“my views may be a little different, but I won’t go in there trying to change anything”
In other words, she will be as useless as tits on a bull, and she admits it!
lol…kudos to her for being honest about it.
If we could get the entire SC bureaucracy to behave this way we’d be much better off. It when they do stuff that we all get hurt.
So what date will she be appointed to the Board?
The legislature votes on May 1. If there is enough opposition to the nepotism, she might actually lose to the more qualified candidate. An alumni of CofC and MUSC is running against her.
So what date will she be appointed to the Board?
The legislature votes on May 1. If there is enough opposition to the nepotism, she might actually lose to the more qualified candidate. An alumni of CofC and MUSC is running against her.
I’m sorry, but who in the hell names their kid Pansy?
L’il Abner’s maternal grandparents.
I suppose her sisters are Daisy, Iris and Rose?
You haven’t lived in SC very long, have you?
I’m sorry, but who in the hell names their kid Pansy?
L’il Abner’s maternal grandparents.
I suppose her sisters are Daisy, Iris and Rose?
You haven’t lived in SC very long, have you?
I can’t leave this unsaid….. the interview by the panel was pathetic! It shows that they are not much better than this woman. It answers the question — “Why is SC so screwed up, and in the shape it’s in?
I can’t leave this unsaid….. the interview by the panel was pathetic! It shows that they are not much better than this woman. It answers the question — “Why is SC so screwed up, and in the shape it’s in?
Something that really pisses me off: what the hell does race/sex have anything to do with “diversity?” Wow, we have a diverse group of people because they all look different!
How about some diversity in the form of various people with different backgrounds and helpful experience being a great fit for the job getting the job? You know, actual diversity, competent people who may have different views of various subjects based on their professional careers and can help form good solutions?
As an African-American woman, you are no more capable of the job than any of the other 6 billion people on this planet. Being black doesn’t make you special, but if you think it does, then maybe you’re a different kind of “special.” Her bland testimony was pretty much saying “I have no fucking clue what I can bring to the table, that’s what the rest of the board is supposed to do, then I can just be an opinionated idiot with no guaranteed grasp on any concept being discussed.” Her lie about “not changing anything” is code for “Really guys! Trust me! I won’t be a total entitled asshole making obnoxious demands! Well, OK, I am being that entitled asshole right now, but still!”
No wonder she wants to be appointed to a position, if this were an interview I’d have immediately said “NEXT!”
GREAT POST and worthy of two thumbs up! … but did anyone notice how she contradicts herself? But I guess the committee thought, “Gee, she thinks just like us.”
Well said Smirks!
‘actual diversity’ doesn’t exist in SC
To quote ,Cuddles Kovinsky: ‘God, I wish I lived in Connecticut!’
Something that really pisses me off: what the hell does race/sex have anything to do with “diversity?” Wow, we have a diverse group of people because they all look different!
How about some diversity in the form of various people with different backgrounds and helpful experience being a great fit for the job getting the job? You know, actual diversity, competent people who may have different views of various subjects based on their professional careers and can help form good solutions?
As an African-American woman, you are no more capable of the job than any of the other 6 billion people on this planet. Being black doesn’t make you special, but if you think it does, then maybe you’re a different kind of “special.” Her bland testimony was pretty much saying “I have no fucking clue what I can bring to the table, that’s what the rest of the board is supposed to do, then I can just be an opinionated idiot with no guaranteed grasp on any concept being discussed.” Her lie about “not changing anything” is code for “Really guys! Trust me! I won’t be a total entitled asshole making obnoxious demands! Well, OK, I am being that entitled asshole right now, but still!”
No wonder she wants to be appointed to a position, if this were an interview I’d have immediately said “NEXT!”
GREAT POST and worthy of two thumbs up! … but did anyone notice how she contradicts herself? But I guess the committee thought, “Gee, she thinks just like us.”
Well said Smirks!
‘actual diversity’ doesn’t exist in SC
To quote ,Cuddles Kovinsky: ‘God, I wish I lived in Connecticut!’
Seems like a base line for appointment to any type of position would be that the fucking appointee knows their goddamn fucking name 24/7
As Marketing Director for a Law Firm she is Pansy King, then she is Ms. King-Reid at one point in her testimony and then she is plain old Pansy Reid in the end because her Social Security card say so
Betcha a pitcher of Ying Ling that her fanny pack contains more than one driver’s license with more than one name and none of them match the disability tag hanging on her SUV mirror
Even if you give Pansy a pass on the fact that she doesn‘t know who in the hell she is, her statement “When I was helping with Johnson C. Smith, I was a philanthropist. I gave over $250,000 a year for six years.” should give one pause to toss their cookies all over the room
Maybe I was on lunch break when philanthropy was discussed but it seems to me that when you are not even an employee of an organization and you claim to have give away $1.5 million of their money, not your money, you are considered to be in most polite circles a goddamn fucking crook not a philanthropist
If this piece of genetic abomination is put on the Board of Trustees at the College of Charleston, the next time I get a piece of mail from them wanting money there is a good chance I will coat it with Boudreaux’s Butt Paste, mail it back to the sons of bitches with a note to give it to Pansy King, Pansy King-Reid, Pansy Reid or whoever the hell she is
Fucktard
GREAT POST ….. and another two thumbs up!
She’s over qualified to be on the board at South Carolina State University.
Seems like a base line for appointment to any type of position would be that the fucking appointee knows their goddamn fucking name 24/7
As Marketing Director for a Law Firm she is Pansy King, then she is Ms. King-Reid at one point in her testimony and then she is plain old Pansy Reid in the end because her Social Security card says so
Betcha a pitcher of Ying Ling that her fanny pack contains more than one driver’s license with more than one name and none of them match the disability tag hanging on her SUV mirror
Even if you give Pansy a pass on the fact that she doesn‘t know who in the hell she is, her statement “When I was helping with Johnson C. Smith, I was a philanthropist. I gave over $250,000 a year for six years.” should give one pause to toss their cookies all over the room
Maybe I was on lunch break when philanthropy was discussed but it seems to me that when you are not even an employee of an organization and you claim to have given away $1.5 million of their money, not your money, you are considered to be in most polite circles a goddamn fucking crook not a philanthropist
If this piece of genetic abomination is put on the Board of Trustees at the College of Charleston, the next time I get a piece of mail from them wanting money there is a good chance I will coat it with Boudreaux’s Butt Paste, mail it back to the sons of bitches with a note to give it to Pansy King, Pansy King-Reid, Pansy Reid or whoever the hell she is
Fucktard
GREAT POST ….. and another two thumbs up!
She’s over qualified to be on the board at South Carolina State University.
Lord, Lord, Lord.
You would think before these idiot legislators propose their idiot family members, they would sit down with them with all of the information that will come out in the process and decide exactly how idiotic they want to look for nominating them.
Lord, Lord, Lord.
You would think before these idiot legislators propose their idiot family members, they would sit down with them with all of the information that will come out in the process and decide exactly how idiotic they want to look for nominating them.
How much a year does this post pay?
How much a year does this post pay?
What’s very telling is that the Committee admits that there are several “red flags. Unbelievable. What’s also sad is that her opponent is a highly qualified, well esteemed physician and actually went to school there.
What’s very telling is that the Committee admits that there are several “red flags. Unbelievable. What’s also sad is that her opponent is a highly qualified, well esteemed physician and actually went to school there.
When is the vote? Will the results be public? Will we be able to know which lawmakers voted for her?
The vote is May 1. You can contact as many legislators as possible
When is the vote? Will the results be public? Will we be able to know which lawmakers voted for her?
The vote is May 1. You can contact as many legislators as possible
The strangest thing about this story is that Rep. King’s name is not “Pansy” instead of his sister. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Is he gay?
If not,he ‘s ‘bi’.I’ve yet to meet a politician who doesn’t like to ride the donkey or the elephant’s trunk.I don’t know why they’re like that ,but I like it.A lot.
You could be wrong….
The strangest thing about this story is that Rep. King’s name is not “Pansy” instead of his sister. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Is he gay?
If not,he ‘s ‘bi’.I’ve yet to meet a politician who doesn’t like to ride the donkey or the elephant’s trunk.I don’t know why they’re like that ,but I like it.A lot.
You could be wrong….
Sounds like one of Trikki Nikki’s Cabinet directors who has been here two years and is still driving a car with Louisiana plates — which means someone is too cheap to pay local taxes
Oh, say it ain’t so!! Trikki would appoint a tax scofflaw??
Her ex-husband is J. R. Reid, (basketball player at North Carolina and Charlotte Hornets) who, she stated, was paying her child support, which is not taxable, but if he was paying her alimony that would be taxed.
Alimony is taxable!
In the beginning of her testimony she says she was living off of alimony and child support. Then at the end she says is child support! Hmmm Maybe Haley was her accountant!
Thanks… probably forgot that because I must have been laughing so hard through the rest of it. She may be confused about it, and could have some tax problems.
You don’t think she would be living off of JR’s child support? Certainly, that money is being spent for the welfare and benefit of her children!
Sounds like one of Trikki Nikki’s Cabinet directors who has been here two years and is still driving a car with Louisiana plates — which means someone is too cheap to pay local taxes
Oh, say it ain’t so!! Trikki would appoint a tax scofflaw??
Her ex-husband is J. R. Reid, (basketball player at North Carolina and Charlotte Hornets) who, she stated, was paying her child support, which is not taxable, but if he was paying her alimony that would be taxed.
Alimony is taxable!
In the beginning of her testimony she says she was living off of alimony and child support. Then at the end she says is child support! Hmmm Maybe Haley was her accountant!
Thanks… probably forgot that because I must have been laughing so hard through the rest of it. She may be confused about it, and could have some tax problems.
You don’t think she would be living off of JR’s child support? Certainly, that money is being spent for the welfare and benefit of her children!
. Well, I have heard it all. I sincerely hope
that every newspaper in our state will supply us of all the names of the
legislators who voted for this to happen to our great school.
. Well, I have heard it all. I sincerely hope
that every newspaper in our state will supply us of all the names of the
legislators who voted for this to happen to our great school.
The college of charleston isn’t known for any academic excellence. It’s known for being the place where nice white girls from good families go to get a college degree in a beautiful, historic town with great weather and beaches. Where the parents can visit and have a nice vacation. There aren’t any academically excellent colleges in the whole state, in fact. South Carolinians deserve themselves, like robots, electing the same legislators for decades on end.
Keep shaking your head and you will rattle you brain even more than it already is rattled. We have some excellent colleges in South Carolina, just start with Furman and work your way down.
Mark Sanford, is that you?
The college of charleston isn’t known for any academic excellence. It’s known for being the place where nice white girls from good families go to get a college degree in a beautiful, historic town with great weather and beaches. Where the parents can visit and have a nice vacation. There aren’t any academically excellent colleges in the whole state, in fact. South Carolinians deserve themselves, like robots, electing the same legislators for decades on end.
Keep shaking your head and you will rattle you brain even more than it already is rattled. We have some excellent colleges in South Carolina, just start with Furman and work your way down.
Mark Sanford, is that you?
This woman hasn’t filed a tax return in several years, but gives away millions as a philanthropist??? Really? Someone should look into her “non profit”. http://www.sos.sc.gov/index.asp?n=18&p=4&s=18&corporateid=454979
This woman hasn’t filed a tax return in several years, but gives away millions as a philanthropist??? Really? Someone should look into her “non profit”. http://www.sos.sc.gov/index.asp?n=18&p=4&s=18&corporateid=454979
Isn’t that the same Pansy King of King Funeral Home in Rock Hill? Her brother, John King, is the registered agent according to SC Sec. of State.
Yes –she is the ex-wife of JR Reid who played basketball for UNC and the Charlotte Hornets. She also seems to apply for every position open.
Isn’t that the same Pansy King of King Funeral Home in Rock Hill? Her brother, John King, is the registered agent according to SC Sec. of State.
Yes –she is the ex-wife of JR Reid who played basketball for UNC and the Charlotte Hornets. She also seems to apply for every position open.
The funniest part is when McGill mocks her as being a “great communicator”. LMAO.
The funniest part is when McGill mocks her as being a “great communicator”. LMAO.
This is just how Harpo, Toal and /Clyburn like their Democrats. Dumb as dirt and willing to do anything they are told to do by the whiteys for a few coins.
This is just how Harpo, Toal and /Clyburn like their Democrats. Dumb as dirt and willing to do anything they are told to do by the whiteys for a few coins.
Is this like former Lt Gov. Bob Peeler ( who is real dumbass with no qualifications) being registered lobbyist, while beng a Trustee at Clemson and the brother of Sen Harvey peeler?
I’m told a violation ofthics! Peeler has always been adumb ass; but, anyone can ge elected Lt. Gov., Ken Ard, Ande Bauer, Earl Morris. Peeler was the dumbest of all and rumor has it, now bankrupt financially? We know h is ankupt morally an ethicly.
His girlfriend even makes fun of him and jokes of his laziness and sorryness. Harvey jokes how “he can’t do anything”!
Is this like former Lt Gov. Bob Peeler ( who is real dumbass with no qualifications) being registered lobbyist, while beng a Trustee at Clemson and the brother of Sen Harvey peeler?
I’m told a violation ofthics! Peeler has always been adumb ass; but, anyone can ge elected Lt. Gov., Ken Ard, Ande Bauer, Earl Morris. Peeler was the dumbest of all and rumor has it, now bankrupt financially? We know h is ankupt morally an ethicly.
His girlfriend even makes fun of him and jokes of his laziness and sorryness. Harvey jokes how “he can’t do anything”!
There are probably plenty of very qualified African American Graduates of the College of Charleston that should have this appointment. They should find and appoint one!!!
There are probably plenty of very qualified African American Graduates of the College of Charleston that should have this appointment. They should find and appoint one!!!
OMG. This woman is close to illiterate. It is an embarassment to our state. What does it take to NOT get reported out?
OMG. This woman is close to illiterate. It is an embarassment to our state. What does it take to NOT get reported out?
So, this isn’t an Alvin Greene type deal?
This is “fo realz”?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
So, this isn’t an Alvin Greene type deal?
This is “fo realz”?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!