Post Tagged with: "mayor"

Tecklenburg, center, with his wife, Sandy.

BRACK: Tecklenburg has earned a second term

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher  |  John Tecklenburg is Charleston’s only viable and reasonable choice for mayor Nov. 5 if the city wants to remain on the path to deal with flooding, traffic and more.

Over the last four years, he’s provided critical leadership to move us forward with dozens of infrastructure projects from stormwater and flooding improvements to new fire stations, improved and new parks, road improvements, affordable housing and community centers.

by · 10/07/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views
Charleston’s Darius Rucker was the Country Music Association’s New Artist of the Year in 2009. In addition to his albums with the rock and roll band Hootie and the Blowfish, he’s recorded five solo country albums.

10/7, full issue: On whistleblowers, Tecklenburg for mayor, optimism

IN THIS EDITION:

FOCUS, Palm: Whistleblowers, inspectors general and the common good
BRACK: Tecklenburg has earned a second term
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Charleston International Airport
MY TURN, Sakran: The power of optimism 
GOOD NEWS:   Local schools to get $5 million for mental health support
FEEDBACK:  Send us your thoughts
MYSTERY PHOTO: Old picture of old building
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA:   Country music in South Carolina
CALENDAR:  Chick Corea’s legendary jazz to grace Charleston Oct. 29

by · 10/07/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue
BRACK: Mayoral ad wars show two different kinds of candidates

BRACK: Mayoral ad wars show two different kinds of candidates

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher  | The ad wars in the Nov. 5 Charleston mayor’s race have started.  So far, they offer vivid depictions of the differences of the two top candidates, incumbent John Tecklenburg and councilman Mike Seekings.

(Yes, there are four other candidates in the race but they won’t be much of a presence in other than obligatory references in news stories; they’re not really raising the money they need to spread their messages with impact on television.)

by · 09/16/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views
9/16, full issue: On the economy, the Charleston mayor’s race, more

9/16, full issue: On the economy, the Charleston mayor’s race, more

IN THIS EDITION:

FOCUS, Knapp:  Taking a look at job numbers for August
BRACK:  Mayoral ad wars show two different kinds of candidates
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Charleston RiverDogs
GOOD NEWS:   Hispanic Heritage Month lasts through Oct. 15
FEEDBACK:  Another way to help
MYSTERY PHOTO:  Old house with brown shutters
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA:   The Battle of Ninety Six
CALENDAR:  Fresh discussion on local health disparities is Sept. 17

by · 09/16/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue
From left: Mayor John Tecklenburg and councilmen Harry Griffin and Bill Moody.

BRACK: Griffin, henchmen should pay for stupid $50,000 audit

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher  |  In 35 years of attending and covering public meetings from rural towns to major halls of power, I’ve never encountered a stupider meeting than last week’s audit committee of Charleston City Council.

Apparently, the point by various city councilmen who want to be mayor (those running and those who are puppeteers) was to find something awry in spending by Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg and his office.  Unfortunately for these baldly political operatives working against the common good, the draft findings of the $50,000+ audit were a nothingburger — nothing worth wasting any time over and no evidence of intentional wrong-doing.  Sure, there may have been some administrative oversights, but there was nothing in the audit worth spending more than an average city employee’s annual salary.

by · 07/22/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views
7/22: Magnolia workshop; Stupid meeting; SCPA growth

7/22: Magnolia workshop; Stupid meeting; SCPA growth

IN THIS ISSUE OF CHARLESTON CURRENTS

FOCUS: Magnolia to present Aug. 20 program to help bridge generation gap
COMMENTARY, Brack:  Griffin, henchmen should pay for stupid $50,000 audit
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Charleston Gaillard Center
GOOD NEWS:  Ports Authority continues bullish growth
FEEDBACK: USC board the problem, not Caslen
MYSTERY PHOTO:  Space-rockety sculpture
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA:  University of South Carolina
CALENDAR:  Check out coming events

by · 07/22/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue
BRACK:  White, Griffin launch Nerf campaigns for mayor

BRACK:  White, Griffin launch Nerf campaigns for mayor

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher  |  The silly season is here already in Charleston city politics.

In the last week, two city council members, 45-year-old Gary White and 23-year-old Harry Griffin, huffed and puffed that they are running for mayor against first-term incumbent John Tecklenburg.

Their reasons for running appear to be that they don’t much like Tecklenburg, who has been thwarted by the likes of White and Griffin and other council members who don’t seem to want to move quickly on curbing rampant development that’s destroying the character of the city or dealing proactively with flooding.

by · 03/18/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views
#JohnNotLeon — a special election commentary

#JohnNotLeon — a special election commentary

By Andy Brack | updated 11.7.15

After all of Leon Stavrinakis’s whining about negative campaigning in the race to replace Charleston Mayor Joe Riley, you might have been surprised that the first thing out of his mouth after the polls closed was an attack.

Stavrinakis, who has been a frontrunner for so long that he was obviously stunned that he came in a close second to commercial real estate agent John Tecklenburg on November 3, criticized the lead vote-getter as a “developer” in comments to the press.

by · 11/04/2015 · Comments are Disabled · 2015 Mayor, Andy Brack, Views
CALENDAR, Oct. 26+: Mayoral history to spookiness galore

CALENDAR, Oct. 26+: Mayoral history to spookiness galore

History of Charleston’s mayor: 6 p.m., Oct. 28, Main Library, Calhoun Street, Charleston. Just in time for the 2015 election, the library will host a talk that delves into the evolution of Charleston’s executive office, from “intendant” to mayor. More.

by · 10/26/2015 · Comments are Disabled · calendar
10/19 issue: Digital citizenship, Tecklenburg, great new book

10/19 issue: Digital citizenship, Tecklenburg, great new book

In the Oct. 19, 2015, issue:
PHOTO: Sunrise on the Chehaw River
FOCUS, Pamela Lackey: On digital citizenship
BRACK: Why I’m voting for John Tecklenburg for mayor
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Morris Financial Concepts, Inc.
GOOD NEWS: Artists for Emanuel, more
FEEDBACK: Our children deserve better than legislators giving them
CALENDAR, Oct. 19+: From a block party to thanking Joe
REVIEW: The Ace Basin: A Lowcountry Legacy, by Pete Laurie
MYSTERY: It’s not Kansas, anyway
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Edisto Island

by · 10/19/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue