Things to consider about Eugene:

Native Charlestonian

• born here in 1939
• grew up in West Ashley (when still known as Saint Andrew’s Parish)

Veteran

• serving in the South Carolina National Guard while still in high school
• serving in the Army (11 th Airborne and 24 th Infantry Divisions, 1957-1960)

Education

• Public Elementary and High Schools of Charleston County
• University of South Carolina, B.A. in Political Science
• Trinity College Dublin, Diploma in Anglo-Irish Literature

Public Servant

• appointed in 1993; elected in 1996; reelected in 2000, 2004, 2008, 2016

Man of Faith

• raised Baptist (baptized at Ashley River Baptist Church)
• active member of Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church

Refreshing Candidate

• has pledged to neither solicit nor accept campaign contributions,

Published Author

• several collections of poems, with a new one coming out this fall
• a novel, Saint Andrew’s Parish

Principled Positions

• Environmentalist (previously endorsed by Sierra Club)
• If elected, will pre-file bill to end the death penalty in South Carolina
• Opposed to using ever increasing sales taxes as a panacea for public needs
• Opposed to public magnet schools to detriment of local public schools
• Supports term limits for State legislators (In his case, only three months)