John Graham Altman III announced that he will not seek reelection for the District 119 seat in the Statehouse. The often controversial lawmaker is throwing in the towel citing the political fighting between bureaucrats and Democrats and the constant travel to Columbia (to do his job representing the people of District 119) as his reasons. John Graham has decided to follow his pal Uncle Arthur and run for a seat on the Charleston County School Board. JG Altman served on the School Board for 20-years before his stint in the Statehouse.
What does the Bushido think about this? Good ridence! I can take controversy, but when you represent the good people of District 119 without regard to the desires of the people then why are should we continue to have us represent our District. Altman felt that Cockfighting was more important than spousal-abuse. The right-honorable gentleman felt that gambling (video-poker and the SC Education Lottery) were blights on our society and would have Charlestonians "renting" women of the night. I guess he was oblivious to the fact that video-poker and blackjack produced $700 million in tax-revenue for the state and that instead of that tax revenue going to the state, the video-gambling has returned to back rooms of pool halls and members only clubs finding a under-the-table revenue resource for somewhat shady business owners. Did we need that tax money? Yes...
Finally, JG Altman hated illegal-aliens and wanted to pass a law which would put illegal Mexicans working (without work-visas) in South Carolina into prison for 5-years (South Carolina's prisons are already over-crowded) and the state would confiscate the money the illegal-alien had on them (probably not enough to cover the tax-payers expense of boarding the individual for 5-years.) Ironically, Altman's law office is a block away from the strip of Hispanic friendly businesses in Hanahan. Perhaps, the close proximity to all of those Mexican-Americans is the reason why he is so anti-Hispanic. JG Altman, please do us all a favor and don't run for the school board, just take a bow and let the curtain fall before you taint the future of South Carolina.
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