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ELECTION 2020
Yang’s message popular enough to take it outside By Mike McCombs There were nearly 100 people packed into the Grand Army of the Republic Hall on Thursday night and Andrew Yang wasn’t even there, yet. As another 40 to 50 spectators gathered outside, it became increasingly clear that when Yang did arrive to speak at the North of the Broad Democratic Club’s monthly meeting, he wouldn’t be speaking inside.
Recent annexation requests to ‘upzone’ may signal things to come for Beaufort County By Mindy Lucas Janet Mulcahy still remembers how she felt when land along Sam’s Point Road was clear-cut for the 40-acre Oyster Bluff residential development near her Lady’s Island home. Having moved to the island the year before to take care of her aging parents, Mulcahy was shocked at the sudden growth happening all around them. Land had already been cleared to make way for a new Publix and shopping plaza, which opened in 2014, then came the Oyster Bluff development in 2016, followed by a Walmart that same year – all within a few miles of the family’s home. So when requests to annex and rezone two properties on either side of Sam’s Point Road came before the city of Beaufort in July, it was more than she could bear. “What is happening to our island?” an impassioned Mulcahy asked as she stood before members of the Beaufort-Port Royal Metropolitan Planning Commission on July 29. “It’s become the epicenter of let’s do everything.” Hardly alone in her outrage, Mulcahy was joined by about a dozen other residents who voiced similar concerns at the meeting and were applauded by many more in attendance. Ultimately, the commission voted to approve the two requests for annexation but paired back their accompanying zonings in favor of less density. The final decision rests with Beaufort’s city council which will take up the issue at its Aug. 27 meeting. Up-zoning and jurisdiction shopping Such requests are troubling for area residents and critics of unfettered development who say annexation and “up-zoning” is being used by developers as a tactic for circumventing an area’s current zoning restrictions in favor
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Presidential candidate Andrew Yang arrives outside the Grand Army of the Republic Hall on Thursday night in Beaufort. Photo by Harmony Cadien.
When he did arrive, he was greeted to a rock starlike reaction before gathering his supporters into a semicircle in the courtyard outside the building to pass along his message. The good-natured Yang talked and joked his way through his life experiences that led him to the point where he is now, a presidential candidate who never expected to be a presidential candidate. “I’m not a career politi-
cian, I’m a career problem solver,” Yang said. “I never imagined I’d run for president.” Yang believes in, as he calls it, “trickle up” economics. Pointing out that the “trickle down” version championed by Ronald Reagan and most Republicans since hasn’t worked for the middle class, Yang espoused his signature
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Left: Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg makes his remarks during his campaign rally Saturday at Whale Branch Middle School. Photo by Bob Sofaly.
Mayor Pete packs in a crowd at Whale Branch Middle Buttigieg makes his case to Lowcountry voters
By Mike McCombs Sally Hannock of Coosaw was one of the 600 or so people who came out Saturday to Whale Branch Middle School to hear
South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg make his case to Lowcountry voters why he should be the Democrats’ choice to unseat Donald Trump as U.S.
President in 2020. A Massachusetts native who moved to Beaufort two years ago, Hannock lists Buttigieg and Kamala Harris among her
favorites so far, but she had been desperate to see Mayor Pete for the first time. “He’s smart and calm and clear,” Hannock said.
“I just want to hear him. Anything he says has to be better than Trump. But
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S.C. Attorney General gives address at Beaufort Academy convocation By Mindy Lucas South Carolina’s top prosecutor visited a Lowcountry private school recently to talk to students on their first day back about a range of topics. Alan Wilson was the guest speaker at Beaufort Academy’s traditional first-day convocation on Monday, Aug. 19. Speaking to an assembly of about 170 students, from 5th through 12th grade, Wilson touched on themes of commitment, leadership and character. “Never be afraid to surround yourself with people who are better than you,” said Wilson recalling how, at age 37, he be-
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S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson makes his remarks to Beaufort Academy students during the annual convocation on Monday, the first day of school. Photo by Bob Sofaly. came the youngest state attorney general in the country.
He told students that leadership isn’t about perks and
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privileges, but service. “As a leader, it’s not your job to be the best. You have to humble yourself to learn from others,” he said. Wilson also talked about human trafficking and the dangers of the Internet, two topics his office is leading the charge on combating in South Carolina through its affiliation with the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. The first day back for many of the students was also bitter sweet, said Lisa Gallagher, the school’s director of communications, after the death of classmate Anna
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Grace Dennis. An accomplished student athlete and National Honors Society inductee, Dennis died Aug. 5 from an epileptic seizure. “She was a friend to all of us,” Gallagher said choking back emotion at the assembly. The school organized bereavement support groups for the students to participate in and had a grief counselor on hand on Monday, In addition, the school planned to honor and remember Dennis later in the week with the release of 300 butterflies on the school’s softball field.