Saturday, March 25, 2006
Guess who's coming to dinner?
The Republican governor of South Carolina offered dinner with himself and his wife in a fund raising auction. The highest bidder must have been a surprise to the honorable gentleman.
It cost state Sen. Brad Hutto, D-Orangeburg, and Columbia lawyer-lobbyist Dwight Drake $6,600 between them to win the dinner and stack the table.It should be peaceable enough with their wives present, but what will happen when the men retire to the study for brandy and cigars?
Hutto and Drake, who was Democratic Gov. Dick Riley's chief of staff, also have children at the school, where tuition ranges from $3,445 for the three-days-a-week nursery to $12,090 for grades nine through 12.
While the Sanfords get to pick the menu, Hutto and Drake got to choose the seven other couples who will join them.
They include state Sen. Tommy Moore, D-Clearwater, and Florence Mayor Frank Willis, Democratic candidates for governor and critics of Sanford's economic record; Oscar Lovelace, Sanford's primary opponent, whose appeals for a debate have been rejected by the governor; Senate Minority Leader John Land, D-Manning, one of the governor's sharpest critics; Senate Majority Leader Harvey Peeler, R-Gaffney; and I.S. Leevy Johnson, one of the state's first black legislators of the 20th century.
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