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Reprinted from the Nov 01 issue of The City Paper
(back-dated as Oct 01 to avoid duplicate posting on the homepage)
★S.C. HOUSE DISTRICT 115 • PLATT WINS OUT IN PERSONAL RACE

TEACHER COMMENTS

DEVELOPMENT: Platt’s got
a problem with new people.
He says that he’s had about all
the transplanters he can stand.
“Nashville. Omaha. Des Moines.
Nice places. People should be
encouraged to stay there.” To say
he would closely restrict develop-
ment would likely be an under-
statement.
TAXES: Scarborough has said
he supports further income tax
cuts and opposes increasing the
cigarette tax. Platt says income
taxes are part of a balanced,
three-legged tax system with sales
and property taxes. He supports
increasing the cigarette tax, one
of the lowest in the country.
TUITION TAX CREDITS: Yep,
that one again. Scarborough told
the P&C that he supports some
sort of voucher program for stu-
dents attending private schools.
Platt says he questions the value
in subsidizing private schools.
CHARACTER: Scarborough has
been upset that recent personal
events have provided much of
the press on this campaign. Those
events include Scarborough firing
a weapon during an altercation
with two South Carolina Electric
and Gas employees and accusa-
tions in divorce filings that he
had an affair with Rep. Catherine
Ceips (R-Beaufort). Platt has
claimed that Scarborough’s initial
denial of the affair in The State
newspaper puts Scarborough’s
character into question.
Scarborough has since refused to
confirm or deny the affair.
FINAL EXAM: Platt is “passed
on.” Scarborough fails. We grudg-
ingly send Platt on to the next
grade, though noting his vocifer-
ous, though moot, support for
the gay marriage amendment as a
particular sticking point. That said,
one can hope that when he goes
to Columbia, he’ll be there to
work for James Island, and not for
Ceips’ district.

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