Hurricane Helene. Laurens County. FEMA.
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County Leader Slams South Carolina Agency For FEMA Exclusion

“When does big government actually step in to help people?”

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15 comments

You elected them October 5, 2024 at 1:46 pm

MAGA Republican are the most incompetent (by design) fools you’ll find in government.

At least we get to see what “Libertarianism” looks like in the real world.

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Wasntme Top fan October 5, 2024 at 8:35 pm

You elected them…
Shut up..?

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Wasntme Top fan October 5, 2024 at 8:34 pm

You elected them…
Shut up..?

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You elected them October 6, 2024 at 8:29 pm

Hi, Top Bot.

SC has screwed itself putting MAGA fuckups in so many positions of power or consequence.

They are too dumb and incompetent to do any job. You get what you vote for.

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River Top fan October 7, 2024 at 5:30 am

Please…I spent a career in government and can testify that democrats screw up everything they touch. Democrats don’t have God at the center of their decision making process and it’s evident. Democrats are like alcoholics. You see, the alcoholic doesn’t realize they have a problem, but everyone with a clear mind can see how bad the problem is. Likewise, democrats don’t realize they are ignorant and evil, but everyone with a clear mind can see how ignorant and evil they really are.

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Accidental Admission October 7, 2024 at 10:32 am

“I spent a career in government”

Damn, River just proved government incompetence.

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Angela Johns Top fan October 7, 2024 at 12:49 am

When did political choices alter Hurricane destruction. Incompetence is the very foundation of modern government and the people whose taxes fund this tragic waste of money are fed up with government. Of, by and for the people may have meant something at one point but have long been just words on paper. Government employees and elected officials should be the most accountable and removable people employed by we the people. Thanks to qualified immunity Government almost never is held to any standard of conduct. Unless or until we the people understand that Government is the worst solution to any problem things won’t change. I want answers not name calling. I want the oaths of office posted on the door of all who make one. I want violations of that oath to carry penalties with hard time mandatory. I want treason to be defined and punished and above all I want real answers by people who fear the consequences of lying.

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So confused October 7, 2024 at 8:45 am

“ Unless or until we the people understand that Government is the worst solution to any problem things won’t change.”

But you are mad the government isn’t doing more?

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I've Given Up on Being Nice October 7, 2024 at 10:35 am

Conservatives are whackadoodle when it comes to government. Give me everything but charge me nothing! Stay out of our way but help us out! Don’t bail anyone out unless I need a bailout! Don’t forgive loans unless they’re mine!

Sane, reasonable, adult humans realize government is a necessary evil to a point, and have realistic expectations of what it requires from us, and what we require from it, and act and vote accordingly. Unfortunately you can’t have a grown up conversation with people who never fully matured.

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JustSomeGuy Top fan October 7, 2024 at 3:35 pm

I’m pretty conservative, but you’re not wrong. I once tried to get a SC House member to understand that transparency (specifically through FOIA abuse) costs taxpayers. I don’t think it ever sunk in.

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Sparklecity October 13, 2024 at 10:08 pm

After “Chuckie Wright (Sheriff of Spartanburg County…) ran his mouth the last few days ago kissing Donald Trump’s ass and slamming FEMA up in Rutherford County NC (Why the fuck did he have any business being there in the first place…He left Spartanburg County hanging so he could go up there to run his mouth off…WTF???) This whole situation has taken a life of its own and the poor people who have to live with this shit day after day suffer because of people like “Chuckie’ espousing political views and putting their worthless 2 cents worth of BS into the mix with out really helping one damn bit

After the division I’ve seen I’m not sending one more damn cent let alone a a pair of socks to anyone in distress anywhere within a 50 mile radius of Spartanburg County thanks to Chuckie and and his MAGA ilk.

The dispossed and downtrodden are on their own from here own out as far as I’m concerned thanks to Chuckie Wright and the MAGA bunch. If they want it that way “up there” then By God they can have it that way…..

There’s a saying around Spartanburg County (ever since “Chuckie” became sheriff…): “Chuck Wright has NEVER seen a camera that he does not like”

‘Nuff said…..

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guest October 7, 2024 at 9:00 pm

I would understand the comments better if we all didn’t pay extremely high taxes but as it is we are all paying for these services.

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I WAS THERE!!!! October 9, 2024 at 12:01 pm

I’m a certified emergency manager with 22 years of experience, currently helping out in Hurricane Helene response. I went to Laurens to assist, and all Thomas Higgs and Brown Patterson did was WHINE!!!

I’m from Charleston, and this is the biggest bunch of INCOMPETENT BABIES that I’ve ever seen. All that the worried about was how they were looking on Facebook, and how they were going to settle scores with anybody that dared to criticize them. I’ve never seen such a group of children masquerading as grown men as you have with these two dregs on society.

Never once did I hear the first bit of genuine concern as to how relieve a battered county’s suffering while I was there trying to help out.

All Patterson was concerned with was “howwill this look on Facebook.”

Grow a set, both of you. Both of you need to be fired, and I mean today!!!!!

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Patterson's a PIG November 4, 2024 at 9:37 am

Just look at Laurens County tax bills that just got mailed out. Mine went up over 50%!! So did my friend’s tax bills.

This is totally the fault of County Council Chairman Brown “FATASS” Patterson. Just look at this guy, and you’ll see that he don’t even respect himself. Nobody else does either.

Council never voted on this, Patterson just ordered Higgs to raise taxes, and they did it.

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I Don"t Need A Weedeater!!!! December 17, 2024 at 2:45 pm

I was part of the state hurricane response in Laurens. From Georgetown. It was a total disaster within a disaster. Some local/state/federal agencies are actually using Laurens way of responding to disaster as a model of what NOT to do.
Every time that I would try to get an answer on something from anybody leading the county, they would try to get me to buy a weedeater from this Brown Patterson guy.

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