Largely a Waste of Time

From the Myrtle Beach paper (I was looking for a flu story):

S.C. gov. considers asking his 14 Cabinet members to resign

JIM DAVENPORT, Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Gov. Mark Sanford told his 14 Cabinet members Tuesday he considered asking them all to resign to "reshuffle the cards" as he begins his second term in office.

 

That would be "some tangible way to remind everybody that we're starting fresh all over again," Sanford said at his monthly meeting with the people who run some of the state's biggest agencies.

Not anything new or unexpected.  This is common in 2nd terms.

 

What's blog-worthy?

Sanford's Cabinet meetings are not easy, either. The meetings involve brief rundowns of developments in each agency - from the Department of Social Services to the Corrections Department - and it is rare that Sanford doesn't pick apart something they say.

 

On Tuesday, it was Department of Public Safety Director Jim Schweitzer's new outreach program aimed at cutting highway fatalities and accidents. The program, Schweitzer explained, uses state troopers, other agency employees and family members of wreck victims to persuade people to buckle up, slow down and stop driving drunk.

 

"Isn't it just largely a waste of time," Sanford asked.

 

"No," Schweitzer said. Reaching out to people increases awareness, he said.

Schweitzer said the state has one of the nation's highest DUI fatality rates and people "around those who are drunk can change their behavior."

 

Sanford said the problem was the state's DUI law. Schweitzer agreed and said a tougher DUI law was his priority, too.

Trying to persuade folks to not drive drunk = largely a waste of time. 

 

Good for Schweitzer.  Bad for us.  Nope, I did not vote for the guy. .