- Greg Hambrick
Staff Writer
Greg Hambrick is a staff writer for the Charleston City Paper. He covers the 2008 elections, City Hall, and other Charleston news. He likes musicals and comic books. He's not surprised that people don't vote when you have lazy, half-invested fingers pointing toward the polling place.
Category Archives: News (City News)
New York Says High Cigarette Tax Works
June 16, 2008 – 1:41 pm
Sure the Associated Press may incorrectly suggest that Missouri, not South Carolina, has the lowest cigarette tax in the nation, but that’s beside the point.
New York says it’s $2.75-a-pack tax has done what smoking bans that forced them out into the cold snow couldn’t: It’s broken the will of smokers.
The number of calls to the […]
Ward Cleaver Gunned Down On His Corner
June 16, 2008 – 12:45 pm
Two different stories on the net today about the same event. What we know is that a man was shot dead at the corner of America and Amherst streets. Exactly what the news is seems to be up to speculation.
The Post and Courier goes with the headline “Man Shot to Death in Charleston” and notes […]
Riley Address May Leave Out Meat
June 5, 2008 – 1:51 pm
Mayor Joe Riley is going to be speaking to nightly news viewers (personally, that’s my hour with Judge Judy, but I’m willing to make an exception tonight) to talk about the Sofa Super Store fire and update folks on the happening regarding department reforms.
Unfortunately, he told the Post and Courier that he may not get […]
Mayor Nixes Special Meeting on Fire Promotions, Transfers
June 2, 2008 – 6:40 pm
Mayor Joe Riley told City Council members that the council’s Public Safety Committee could not hold a special meeting Monday to discuss last minute promotions and transfers by outgoing Fire Chief Rusty Thomas. The news led City Councilman Jimmy Gallant, who had called the special meeting, to resign as chair of the council’s Public Safety […]
Charleston Nine Memorial Plans
May 28, 2008 – 2:43 pm
From the city:
June 18, 2008 will mark one year from the day of the death of the Charleston Nine firefighters who perished in the fire at 1807 Savannah Highway, the former location of the Sofa Super Store. On Wednesday, June 18, there will be a Memorial Service at the Gaillard Auditorium at 10:00 AM to […]
Riley Misses Lessons Learned From Sofa Store Report
May 16, 2008 – 9:18 am
For someone who has pledged from very early that lessons would be learned from the Sofa Super Store fire, Mayor Joe Riley had a tough time taking the medicine Thursday.
The city commissioned an independent review team investigation of the blaze that killed nine Charleston firefighters, but the report’s lengthy rebuke of the dangerous culture, training, […]
Sofa Store Report Faults Leadership, Training, Building Safety
May 15, 2008 – 2:12 pm
The Sofa Store Report will be officially released this afternoon, but an advance copy obtained by the AP lays out key findings. The report points to some things we already knew, like that training and command procedures were not up to snuff in Charleston.
But the report also claims, in stark terms, that the leadership in […]
Chief Rusty To Retire June 27
May 14, 2008 – 9:40 am
The city announced today that Chief Rusty Thomas is retiring near the end of June.
“I feel as though the best thing I can do right now to help this department that I love so much heal from the tragedy of June 18 is to step aside as chief,” Thomas wrote to Mayor Joe Riley on […]
You know it’s tourist season in Charleston when …
May 13, 2008 – 11:34 am
… you’re stopped on Broad Street by a group of folks looking for Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
City Releases Draft of Federal Report on Sofa Super Store
May 8, 2008 – 7:41 pm
City officials released the draft report from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health regarding the June 18 Sofa Super Store fire. Recommendations will not be released until the final report is complete, but the draft version provides a summary of the events that led to the death of nine Charleston firefighters in the […]
