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“I feel like I’m in the middle of some strange conspiracy to hide, confuse and impede …”

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13 comments

John Barron April 25, 2024 at 4:43 pm

Is that a picture from a bathroom in Mar-A-Lago? I legitimately can’t tell.

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CongareeCatfish Top fan April 25, 2024 at 5:06 pm

Looks like the side room off Joe Biden’s garage….well dang. Maybe it’s the common office he shared with the Chinese CCP intelligence executive while at Penn State.

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The Trap is Set April 26, 2024 at 9:25 am

One guy gave records back when he was asked, the other conspired to keep them from the government. I’ll let you tell me who did which. : )

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Moppalusa Top fan April 26, 2024 at 10:34 am

Please please please bring more like Skinner to Jasper County.

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Anonymous June 12, 2024 at 8:25 am

I agree!!

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Anonymous July 29, 2024 at 12:42 pm

Yes! We need more Patriots like Mike Skinner putting all politics aside willing to serve to improve the county. Mike is advocating for transparency to benefit all the taxpayers of Jasper County. Following this very closely, as one stone is uncovered, several others surface that raises more questions. The appointed bureaucrats seem to be calling the shots with the council rubber stamping requests, or so it seems, costing taxpayers millions. Another example is the airport. That would be a great investigative reporting story all its own. Why do we have 3 full time employees plus Danny Lucas employed when at most, 1.5 planes land daily? Thank goodness for people like Mike Skinner not afraid to challenge the status quo which has been in place for far too long.

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MaryContrary Top fan April 26, 2024 at 10:40 am

This county has been run by the good old boys system for as long as I can remember. I personally know people who have been directly affected by the actions of courthouse officials there in addition to local attorneys who decide what they will or will not file with court officials. Many clients are unable to establish any paper trails on their civil cases This isn’t a Treasurer’s office issue but highlights issues in many other departments in the courthouse. There is much secrecy and lack of accountability of which the Treasurer’s office is one of the worst. The good people of Jasper County deserve far better than they have gotten over the last 2 decades and even longer . I hope they finally get to experience some positive and affective change. Lots will need to be exposed before that happens. Thanks for at least cracking the door to help the people there.

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Anonymous June 12, 2024 at 8:24 am

Well said!

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Stacie Byrd Top fan April 26, 2024 at 1:26 pm

Jasper County sounds a lot like Laurens County.

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Be Kind Anyway Top fan April 26, 2024 at 6:27 pm

Jasper and Laurens Counties sound a lot like Horry County.

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Stacie Byrd Top fan April 29, 2024 at 10:22 am

It is exhausting. Which corrupt department to investigate?

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SubZeroIQ April 27, 2024 at 5:34 pm

VanHoutten, who testified in Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial, had been in involved in Columbia’s Police Department’s “cheating scandal” of 2007. Apparently, then-CPD-Chief Crisp resigned because they would not let him discipline the cheaters.
Everything today has roots in the past.

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Anonymous April 27, 2024 at 5:34 pm

VanHoutten, who testified in Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial, had been in involved in Columbia’s Police Department’s “cheating scandal” of 2007. Apparently, then-CPD-Chief Crisp resigned because they would not let him discipline the cheaters.
Everything today has roots in the past.

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