- Greg Hambrick
Staff Writer
Greg Hambrick writes 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)
Hanna Update: Charleston to Get Sloppy Seconds
September 2, 2008 – 10:06 am
The 11 a.m. update is out and it explains why the weather man looked so glum this morning. Tropical Storm Hanna looks like it will hug the coast much more than past predictions suggested. That means that, even though it’s still expected to make landfall in Charleston, it should be a much more diminished storm […]
Hanna: Weekend Warrior?
September 1, 2008 – 7:27 am
The storm is trending a little farther north than last night’s projections.
It looks like it will be hurricane strength, though not by much (and these are long-term projections minds you). The key will be just how well it hugs the coast.
But it looks to be making landfall sometime Friday morning.
Here Comes Hanna
September 1, 2008 – 12:26 am
Looks like it will stay a Tropical Storm, but may be hitting closer to home by Friday morning. Still far away. Stay tuned.
Hanna to Head Toward East Coast
August 31, 2008 – 1:17 pm
Tropical Storm Hanna (note: no second “h,” how metropolitan!) is expected to pull north in the next few days and could head for the Georgia (and Carolina) coast as a hurricane by next weekend. Waaaay too soon to get worried, but consider this the heads up.
Five Links: Hillary, Clyburn, Arson, Offshore Drilling, Gustav
August 27, 2008 – 7:32 am
Here’s a little something we’re going to try. We look up the news anyway, so we’re going to throw out a few links each morning.
• Hillary nailed it. Clyburn’s (less significant) turn tonight.
• Another suspicious fire downtown.
• Graham wants offshore compromise.
• Gustav hits Gulf Coast next week.
Riley Getting Love At Dem Convention
August 25, 2008 – 8:47 pm
Web guy just sent this my way:
Just a heads up. Joe got a great cutaway shot near then end of Edward Kennedy’s speech.
I saw another shot of Joe dancing around during a musical break just after the speech as well.
Winston-Salem Taking on Saggy Pants
August 20, 2008 – 3:13 pm
Charleston isn’t alone. The Winston-Salem Journal featured the debate over saggy pants on today’s front page.
The young men who shouted at Mattie Young as they passed her apartment yesterday had one message for her: They’re not giving up their sagging pants.
Young, who on Monday proposed that the Winston-Salem City Council ban sagging pants, ignored them. […]
Saggy Pants Ban On Hold
August 20, 2008 – 11:00 am
One could reasonably argue that nothing got accomplished last night on a proposed ordinance prohibiting pants hanging under the ass. But it’s all worth it when the debate begins with state Sen. Robert Ford (D-Charleston), who is by all accounts a full-figured man, comparing what he looks like shirtless mowing his yard to Michael Phelps […]
Routley Still Educating on Charleston’s Mistakes
August 18, 2008 – 3:48 pm
Gordon Routley, the leader of the independent review team that investigated the Sofa Super Store fire and the Charleston Fire Department’s response, is still teaching other departments about what Charleston did wrong and how they can avoid making the same mistakes.
Routley mad a presentation over the weekend at the Fire-Rescue International.
“If there’s anything we can […]
City Councilmen Want Baggy Pants Ban
August 14, 2008 – 11:39 am
Where were they when everybody was wearing jelly shoes?
Charleston City Councilmen James Lewis, Robert Mitchell, and Wendell Gilliard are proposing a ban on saggy pants. Why?
Councilman James Lewis. “You’ll be in the mall having to walk behind these guys, having to look at their underwear, and it’s just not appropriate.”
Councilman Wendell Gilliard said saggy pants […]
