LP Member Elected to Mayor in SC

[djdellisanti4]

James Island, South Carolina, held town elections on August 3. Bill Woolsey, a member of the Libertarian Party, won the non-partisan Mayoral election. He is an economics professor at the Citadel, and he had also been elected to the town council in 2002.

The election of Woolsey was a surprise. Five candidates were on the ballot. Woolsey polled 39.7%. The incumbent Mayor placed second with 19.9%. The Mayor had been so confident of being re-elected, she had not even bothered to attend a candidate’s debate, although all four of her opponents participated in that debate, and the debate drew a large audience. Thanks to Eugene Platt for this news.


http://www.lp.org/blogs/kyle/libertarian-bill-woolsey-elected-mayor-in-sc


Hopefully he can be sucessful and stay true to libertarian principles.

Also, I imagine he crushed his opponents in the debate.

[erowe1]

http://www.lp.org/blogs/kyle/libertarian-bill-woolsey-elected-mayor-in-sc


Hopefully he can be sucessful and stay true to libertarian principles.

Also, I imagine he crushed his opponents in the debate.

Do you know anything about his positions on issues? I don't see anything there that indicates he holds to "libertarian principles."

[djdellisanti4]

Do you know anything about his positions on issues? I don't see anything there that indicates he holds to "libertarian principles."

I checked his site just a second ago. He seems to want to cut the budget and theres also this:


McLeod Plantation
The use of eminent domain to seize McLead Plantation from its private owner, the Historic Charleston Foundation, is an abuse of government power. Even if the owner was willing to sell, going into debt to purchase a property that the town cannot afford to maintain is extremely irresponsible. While the town is unllikely to be able to force the sale of the property, we can ill afford to spend money on legal fees for this futile effort. Like the Friends of McLeod Plantation, I applaud the efforts of the Charleston Historic Foundation to sell the property to Charleston County Parks and Recreation. Fiscal responsibility demands that the town keep its hands off McLeod.

http://www.billwoolseyformayor.com/index.html

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