Former state Treasurer Thomas Ravenel is expected to leave Charleston Tuesday en route to begin serving his 10-month sentence for his cocaine conviction.

A friend is driving him to the federal lockup in Jesup, Ga., about an hour south of Savannah. He must report by noon Thursday.

Prior to his departure, Ravenel, 45, issued a statement.

That's the lowest in the Nation folks...at 7 cents.

Governor Mark "Veto" Sanford has vetoed the 50 cents a pack cigarette tax lawmakers approved, which would raise the state's lowest-in-the-nation cigarette tax to 57 cents.

THIS IS AMAZING....
*****GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD!
Prisoners come and go as they please!
The prisoners leave the prison and then maybe come back!
VIDEO:
http://www.wltx.com/video/newsVideoPlayer.aspx?aid=44808

ARTICLE:
SC Prison Officials: Inmates Aren't Getting Out
http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=61986

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Senator expresses dismay with chief of state's prisons

..."Ravenel was in the district office when he told a district employee that he had gotten rid of one "bitch" and would get rid of another, referring to former schools Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson and McGinley"...

Arrogance runs rampant in the Ravenel clan. While Thomas Ravenel is spewing arrogance just before entering prison, daddy Ravenel has a bout with arrogance and amnesia as well.

It's ALL clear to me now.

http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2008/may/23/threats_mcginleys_job_alleged41907/

The Star-Spangled Banner: Memorial Day 2008 (Acoustic)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggU8Njq1nZo

Senate gets Sanford veto of mini Farmer's Markets

Gov. Mark Sanford returned to the Senate today a resolution that would spend more than $40 million to relocate the state Farmer's Market from its Columbia location to Lexington County and build 10 mini Farmer's Markets around the state.

Sanford used his line item veto authority to delete about $21 million that would be used to build the 10 regional Farmer's Markets, including one in Richland County.

SCDHEC Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
104 Parker Drive
Beaufort, SC 29906

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
ATTN: REGULATORY DIVISION
69A Hagood Avenue
Charleston, South Carolina 29403-5107

Reference: P/N #2008-0794-1IW, application by Wal-Mart Real Estate Business Trust, c/o Newkirk Environmental, Inc.

Dear OCRM/USCOE:

The above referenced application is for filling of 0.39 acres of critical area wetlands on a 25.66 acre site along US Highway 21 on Lady’s Island, Beaufort County. The proposed project is within the city limits of the City of Beaufort.

..."Not included among the Southern governors to be interviewed is Gov. Mark Sanford"...

I have news for you folks ...he was NEVER on the list!

"The New York Times reported Wednesday U.S. Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, will begin interviewing potential candidates for vice president this weekend. Not included among the Southern governors to be interviewed is Gov. Mark Sanford, who has been mentioned as possible candidate".

....A year and a half ago, my daughter in law was driving home from work at a restaurant in Hilton Head where she was working one evening, and an illegal drunk driver crossed the center line and hit her, causing a head on collision. He then got out of the car at the scene, etc.. She had a pneumothorax (collapsed lung) and was seriously injured and was rushed to Hilton Head Hospital, requiring 2 weeks stay in PCU with two different chest tubes, and almost did not make it. She endured much pain.

"Josh George had just dropped off his girlfriend and two classmates at their homes early Sunday morning when an allegedly drunken driver ran a red light and slammed into the side of his Toyota pickup, close friends say".

"The 17-year-old junior at Bluffton High School was headed home after prom festivities... He was ejected through a window in the truck and rushed to Hilton Head Hospital; meanwhile, a hunt began for the driver who had sped off from the wreck".

http://www.islandpacket.com/266/story/502855.html

VICTIM OF BLUFFTON PROM WRECK DECLARED DEAD