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Contentsmarch 11, 2010 volume 5 issue 13

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Quote of the issue: Debbie, its time to get out your red pen!

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five points has been designated a city park -- just for the 24 hours of st. patricks day p. 6

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AIKEN

Area raccoons acting oddA City of Aiken Animal Control of cer says four

incidents of strange raccoon activity were reported in oneweek.

According to the Aiken Standard , the most recentincident involved a raccoon ghting with a homeownersdogs. Another incident involving dogs and a separateraccoon occurred a few days prior. Experts are particularlyconcerned that three of the four incidents occurred duringdaylight hours, as raccoons are normally nocturnal. One of the animals tested negative for rabies. Tests on the others are

pending.Aiken veterinarian Charlie Timmerman told the Standard that the raccoons could have distemper. He also said thatsome raccoons become intoxicated on fermented berries.The only raccoon captured during the night was actingerratic near a Wal-Mart.

Motorists on I-20 report objects thrown fromoverpass

Aiken County Sheriffs deputies are investigating mul-tiple claims of highway vandalism reported by victims whosay someone threw objects at their cars.

Authorities are looking into five incidents that occurredon roadways near Graniteville. In separate incidents, twomotorists reported that objects had been dropped on theirvehicles from an overpass on I-20 near mile marker 11.Paint was thrown on a vehicle during another incident. Twoother motorists reported shattered windshields due to objectsbeing thrown at their cars on a road near Graniteville.

No injuries have been reported so far and no suspectshave been named.

CHARLESTON

Fourth grader accused of poising teacherA Colleton County girl is accused of attempting to poison

her teacher with crushed prescription pills after the teacherswitched her to a different class.

Authorities said the 10-year-old HendersonvilleElementary student placed the crushed pills and possiblyother poisons in her teachers drink. The teacher, Laura Tew,

reportedly began to feel ill, but worked through the rest of the day. When her symptoms worsened she was forced tocall in sick. The principal learned that a student had braggedthat she had taken care of Tew, according to authorities.

The girl has not been formally charged, but prosecutorsmay take the matter before a judge. She could be chargedwith either a felony count of administering or attemptingto administer poison or a felony count of tampering withproducts or food items. However, state law prohibits thestate from incarcerating a child younger than 11.

FORT MILL

Man beaten over choice of alcoholic beverageA Fort Mill man has been charged with assault after he

allegedly punched a man who bought the wrong type of alcohol for a party.

According to York County authorities, two men left aparty on Fossil Stone Lane to purchase booze for the group.When they returned, an altercation ensued over the kindof alcohol purchased. The individual responsible for thepurchase was then beaten by one of the dissatis ed drinkers.

GREENVILLE

Argument over parking spot ends tragically

Investigators say an employee at a Gray Court car lotkilled his coworker in an altercation over a parking spot.

According to multiple media reports, Randy Lyn Fuller,50, was angered by a car that had been parked in front of another vehicle that was about to be shipped from ClassicCars of South Carolina. Fuller and another employee arguedover the parking arrangement and Fuller reportedly diedduring the ensuing altercation. No evidence of stabbing orother wounds were found. Authorities have not yet ledcharges in the case and are investigating a claim that Fullers

coworker was acting in self-defense.

ROCK HILL

Inmate accused of exposing himself to guard

An inmate in the YorkCounty jail faces additional charges after a female guard saidhe attempted to masturbate in front of her.

According to a report led by the York County SheriffsOf ce, a 22-year-old inmate told a female of cer that hehad a question about a form he needed to ll out. Whenshe approached, she said he exposed himself and began tomasturbate as she neared. The of cer turned and walkedaway and the inmate apologized.

SUMTER

Intoxicated cop accused of pulling his pistol at ShoneysA Lee County sheriffs deputy has been charged with

pointing a gun at employees of a Hartsville area Shoneysbefore driving away drunk, according to a report in theSumter Item .

A spokesman for the Lee County sheriffs of ce saidSgt. James Reddick, 55, will be terminated. According to thereport, Reddick was intoxicated at Shoneys and pulled hishandgun on employees. About 20 people were reportedly inthe restaurant. He was later stopped by Hartsville police fordriving erratically.

UNION

Drunken man tries to evade police in go-cartPolice cruisers didnt have to work too hard to catch up

to a man suspected of stealing a go-cart.Authorities arrested Edward Sweezy, 29, at an intersection

in Union after spotting him in a go-cart, turning on theirlights and sirens, and pulling him over. Sweezy reportedlybecame agitated during questioning and later struggled afterpolice found a crack pipe and a bottle of pills. The policeturned the go-cart over to Sweezys wife.

I n separate IncIdents , two motorIsts reported that objects had been dropped on theIr vehIcles from an overpass on I-20 near mIle marker 11.


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Dear Facebook paparazzi, Remember the early days of cell

phone cameras? It was a simple time,when, at most, young coeds would clustertogether, lips pooched, and take head-

shots of themselves at Art Bar for gaudyMySpace slideshows. Maybe added someanimated glitter and a Maroon 5 song forkicks. Folks generally kept to themselvesin them days. Folks was content.

Nowadays, these newfangledFacebookers and Tweeters have turnedtheir digital lenses outward and introduceda new Wild West of cell phone photogra-phy. These days a fella will post a photo of his buddy in a dress without even explain-ing that it was a joke at a surprise party.

And if a respectable young lady is visiblein the background at said party passed outon a dog bed in her skivvies, folks thinknothing of tagging her in the photo to alerther 480 friends and coworkers.

Something has to give here. This cen-ter cannot hold.

Columbia City Paper

Dear S.C. Legislators, This is yet another letter to you guys

sincerely asking that you pull yourselves

together up there. State workers areentering another year of furloughs dueto budget cuts, education spending hasbeen slashed and burned, among a slewof other nancial woes befalling our state.Yet, some of you are proposing to lend$10 million to a Hilton Head PGA golf tournament because Verizon pulled out asa sponsor? The proposal was apparentlytucked into the states spending budget.

Rep. Brian White of Anderson whoalso wants to erect a statue memorializing

aborted fetuses on the State Housegroundsrecently defended the proposalin a newspaper report, claiming the tax

revenue the tournament would generatemakes up for the investment. And, maybe itwould. But, why not just invest that moneyin small businesses, who could also turnthat investment into pro t for the state?

Sure, Hilton Head hotels, restaurants, callgirls, and coke dealers would suffer, buttimes are tough for everyone.

Columbia City Paper

Dear grandma, The flannel shirts for Christmas

and $15 checks for my birthday havebeen great every single year for the past20-something odd years. Im not com-plaining. But, a grandmother in Wisconsinrecently camped for 43 hours so her

grandson would be first in line at a newice cream shop. According to one report,she had planned to spend the night in hercar, but locked her keys in it, so she had tosleep in a public restroom. Now, Im notsaying I dont appreciate your brownies(though lately I can tell theyre not home-made), but Im just wondering how deepyour commitment to me really goes.

You know, stores will be releasing thenew Apple iPad next month. Maybe weshould take this opportunity to reevaluate

our relationship. ...Im just sayin.Columbia City Paper

Dear municipal election commission, So, we have a convicted felon running

for city council and a mayoral candidatewho was recently removed from the bal-lot stemming from a felony conviction in1994 and both in the same election? Andall this time I thought the felonies cameafter a candidate takes office.

Columbia City Paper

Reader Letters to the

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Editorial by Paul Blake

Laws and Constitutional amendmentsdon't seem to matter at all times in theColumbia, S.C. justice system. It only takessifting through a few weekend police reportsto see that sometimes police don't feel theneed to use probable cause.

According to a federal lawsuit, on thenight of October 16, 2009, Officer JohnPassmore and two other officers arrested thewrong man: Myrtle Beach attorney JonathanMcCoy. McCoy was arrested outsideSharkys and in return filed a lawsuit onJanuary, 19 against three officers involved.

Video surveillance of the incidentbacks up McCoys allegations that theofficers exaggerated the incident and mademisleading remarks on the police report.The charges include resisting arrest andinterfering with a police officer. Video fromthe scene contradicts their own police report

and shows officers gettingphysical with McCoy.This is not the first

time Officer Passmore, inparticular, has used poor

judgment. Passmore isshown in the video initiatingboth arrests. On August 20,2003, I personally had a run-in with Passmore and severalof Columbia's finest in FivePoints. According to that

police report, I was arrestedbecause ...Reporting officeridentified the subject in thecity fountain splashing.

No joke.Allegedly cooling

off in the fountain on thatAugust evening didn'tbother them. They wereupset that I was exercising

my Fifth Amendment rightswhen they approached me: Ididnt explain why I walkinghome wet a few blocks away

from the fountain on Harden Street. It wasan officer-initiated incident and cops don'tlike it when you don't answer questions.Exercise fundamental rights the way McCoydid on October 16, 2009 and you could getpunished.

Fortunately, my cellmate didn't killhimself and I was only lightly scarred byan inmates offer that I could masturbatein front of him if I wanted to. In a bizarretwist, he claimed to be the stepbrother of themayor of the City Of Charleston and said hewas arrested in a shoplifting attempt to scoresome money for cocaine. Not sure if this istrue; thats just what he said. Consideringsome of the other alternatives, I was actuallylucky to have that fat bastard take a dumpnext to my cot pillow. An errant turd and anoffer of mutual masturbation is somethingI will get over. Thats not much worse thanhanging out at a downtown bus stop for afew hours. But, McCoy wasn't so lucky. Hiscellmate committed suicide in front of him.

When I fought what I believed to be abogus disorderly conduct charge in court,shady things began to happen. The judgeinitially denied my right to an attorney.After name dropping an attorney andfirmly demanding a recess, I returned withrepresentation 15 minutes later.

Immediately, the judge changed histune and declared a mistrial for proceduralerror. After the mistrial, Passmorereinstated the charges. During the initial tr ialPassmore made contradictory statements

(as he has in the McCoy case), so I made a

formal request for the trial transcript.This is where the judge, officer andCity of Columbia should be ashamed of themselves. The City left me a voicemailstating, The transcript is inaudible andthat there was something wrong with thetape. Had the judge been embarrassedabout his behavior in denying the requestfor an attorney days earlier? Was Passmoreworried about the statements he made underoath? What if this was a murder case andnot someone enjoying a fountain in the

summer?McCoy's federal lawsuit against theofficers involved describes similar coverup tactics. Page five of the lengthy suitalleges that the incident, should have beenrecorded by the dashboard camera videoequipment located inside the Defendantspatrol vehicle pursuant to policies andprocedures of the City of Columbia PoliceDepartment. However, Defendants nowclaim that no video recording of this incidentexists.

So, Columbia City Paper wouldlike to help judges, attorneys, and policewith a fundamental freedoms refreshercourse. We are offering free pocketconstitutions at our offices on North MainStreet with proper identification showingthat you are part of Columbia's justicesystem.

The above column is just my opinion,based on what I have seen and experienced.A persons opinion, thankfully, is still aprotected liberty. But, in Columbia, itllprobably just land me in court.

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Columbias system ofinjustiCe rears its ugly head

This little criminal is enjoying a chlorinetreated public fountain on a summer day

Video survaillence shows Office Passmore shoving Myrtle Beach Attorney Johnathan McCoy

According to court documents Allen Keith McAlister Jr. disputed several charges placed on his food and beverage tab at Red Hot

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Five Points has been designated a city

park -- just for the 24 hours of St. PatricksDay.

Proponents of the idea say it givespolice more leeway to enforce rulesassociated with the St. Pats in Five Pointsfestival, such as restrictions on outdoorconsumption of alcohol and liquor and

possession of coolers and backpacks.But some Five Points merchantswho had planned to sell beer at theirestablishments during the popular festivalclaim the new resolution could affect -- if not shut down completely -- their beersales.

It seems like they are doing everythingthey can to prevent retailers from sellingbeer, said Krista Snyder, co-owner of Disorderly Conduct, a business in FivePoints. I was told I could get fined andbe held criminally liable if someone leavesmy store with beer that day.

The controversy had its genesis onFebruary 3. That day, the Five PointsAssociation, a nonprofit organization thatruns the St. Pats in Five Points festival,lobbied for and won city council approvalto designate the entire Five Points areaa park for the day. The resolutionalso gave Five Points Association thepotentially lucrative control over beersales by requiring establishments to servebeverages in containers purchased fromthe nonprofit group if patrons were todrink alcohol inside the festival.

Last year, prior to the city councilsresolution requiring that possession andconsumption of alcoholic beverages shallbe permitted only in containers providedby the Five Points Association, the FPAtook in $7,500 from sales of cups, whichsold for on average 25 cents per cup.Now that the city council has required

businesses to purchase cups from the

nonprofit organization in order to sell beerout their doors, the association could earnfar more than $7,500 in cup sales this year.

In short, City Council gave the FivePoints Association a monopoly on beersales during St. Pats in Five Points,providing the nonprofit with a guaranteedcut of as much as $160,000 in beer salesrevenue.

The new law could also mean cuts in

profits for bars and businesses in Five Points-- an irony given Five Points Associationsmission to promote and foster business inthe area. In previous years, merchants inthe festival zone obtained one-day permitsto sell beer and alcohol. They were ableto sell beverages in any type of plasticcontainer out the door, and that meantsizable revenue spikes during the festivalthat attracts about 40,000 people to thearea.

Because of the new law, the stateDepartment of Revenue in a letter urgedSnyder of Disorderly Conduct to returna one-day license it had already issued.The state agency wanted to give Snyder

a restricted license following passage of the park designation. Snyder refused, andshe is now letting other merchants knowthey may have a right to sell beer that day-- without having to buy cups from FivePoints Association.

Friction between Five Points businessowners and the nonprofit whose mission isto promote business in the area is nothingnew. In 2007, City Paper detailed agrowing rift between Five Points business

owners and the Five Points Association,

particularly regarding St. Pats in FivePoints. In the article, City Paper describedhow former board member DuncanMacRae tried to block Grouchos ownersBruce Miller and Deric Baum out of theSt. Pats event by assembling portabletoilets and a stage in the way of theirbusiness. Other merchants shared similarstories, and many retailers protested byshutting down the day of the festival.

Merrit McHaffie, Executive Directorof the Five Points Association, said thepark designation and her organizationscontrol over beer sales will bolster safetyduring the festival. Police werent ableto enforce some rules in previous years,she said, and the park designation andcup requirement will provide police withgreater authority to write tickets for anumber of violations, not all of whichpertain to beer sales.

As for selling cups it is unclearwhat the Association will do on the dayof the festival. The festival organizersare claiming ignorance to what will beenforced that day. We were not asking

anyone to buy them this year, but if a bar/restaurant wants to, they can, McHaffiewrote in an email to City Paper . McHaffieresponded with more ambiguity on thequestion of enforcing the containersprovided by the Five Points Associationin the new park designation resolutionand passed the buck on questions to theDepartment of Revenue.

Outgoing president of the Five PointsAssociation, Don McCallister, told City

Paper , I would say that the answer is yes-

-we cannot require them to use our cups,but would very much like to see beveragesin plastic for safety reasons. AlthoughMcCallister has admitted privately that heis powerless over the St. Pats In Five Pointscommittee that organizes the festival.

But particularly relevant to Five PointsAssociations monopoly over beer sales isthe nonprofits close relationship to citygovernment. In fact, due to receiving

nearly 50 percent of its operating capitalfrom taxpayers, Five Points Association isa quasi-public agency.

During the one-year period fromApril 2008 to March 2009, Five PointsAssociation received $280,000 in taxpayerfunding from the citys hospitality taxfund. That money goes largely uncheckedby city officials. Despite the fact that CityPaper has reported how the Five PointsAssociation has paid tens of thousandsof dollars in commissions to boardmembers and associates in conjunctionwith the annual St. Pats in Five Points-- money that would not be available wereit not for taxpayer funding -- the City of

Columbia still does not require a certifiedaudit of the organization.

In short, the city doesnt know howexactly Five Points Association spends$280,000 in taxpayer funds. Whats more,one FPA board member, Richard Burts,chairs the citys Hospitality Tax AdvisoryCommittee at the same time he sits onthe board of Five Points Association --an apparent conflict of interest. (Burtsmaintains no such conflict exists, since he

recuses himself from votes pertaining to

o ne fpa board member , r Ichard b urts , chaIrs the cIty s h ospItalIty t ax a dvIsory c ommIttee at the same tIme he sIts

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Five Points Association.)Absent oversight by public officials,

City Paper has attempted to audit thefestival annually until the city implements abetter process to account for how taxpayermoney is spent. That hasnt always been aneasy process for the paper.

Five Points Association failed todisclose commission payouts for the 2009festival when City Paper requested suchinformation in March of that year. Morerecently, City Paper requested a list of allvendors and consulting contractors andmoney paid to those entities for St. Patsin Five Points. According to the stateopen records law, Five Points Associationhas until March 19 to provide City Paper with those records. At deadline, theorganization had not yet provided thoserecords.

Those records are important becausethe commission on beer sales in yearspast was 18 percent. That commissionhas meant sizable amounts of moneyfor people connected to Five Points

Association. Last year, board

member Kelly Glynn took in $4,570 inbeer sales commissions after paying $2,750

in expenses -- giving her a profit of $1,820for the festival. Glynn owns Village IdiotPizza and Pub with her husband Brian,who formerly worked for Budweiser.

Not surprisingly, Glynn controlsthe beer order this year and stands totake in even more money in Five PointsAssociation commissions. On March 7,at training for event volunteers, Glynn

downplayed the significance of the beercontract when talking to City Paper .She said her business had to bid forthe contract and compensation is on asliding scale maxing out at 8 percent-- significantly lower than in previousyears.

But even with a lower percentage,Glynn still stands to earn a healthycommission check. Last year, whenGlynns commission was $4,570, St.Pats in Five Points had low attendance

numbers and low beer sales figures dueto rain. This year, weather permitting,Glynn stands to make an estimated$9,000 after expenses. (Assuming beersales are around $150,000 and expensesare similar to last year.)

Yet she isnt necessarily thegreatest beneficiary of St. Pats in FivePoints. That distinction goes to SkipAnderson, the executive director of operations for the Columbia Blowfishwho organizes a mostly volunteer staff for the St. Patricks Day Festival. Inprevious years, Anderson received apercentage of wristband sales. Recordsshow as much as $28,000 in wristbandcommissions were paid out in previousyears. Anderson denies ever making thatmuch and last year he received $8,000for his action on the wristband sales.

No, it is not percentage based,Anderson told City Paper . Im just here

to help out and see what happens, man.City Paper s interview with Anderson

came to a halt when Duncan MacRae, theco-owner of Yesterdays and a co-founderof St. Pats in Five Points, interrupted.

Get off my ass, MacRae said.Also benefitting financially from St.

Pats in Five Points is Jack Van Loan,the economic development director forFive Points Association. Van Loan receives

what can only be described as an Act of God Bonus. If St. Pat in Five Points isntrained out, Van Loan receives $5,000.

St. Pats in Five Points, for the record,is supposed to benefits charities. For the2008 festival, which had expenses totaling$353,970, Five Points Association gave$39,500 to charity.

In other words, the City of Columbiakicks in $280,000 in taxpayer money tohelp put on a festival to benefit charities.That festival, in turn, generates about

$40,000 for those charities -- making fora negative 88.5 percent return on taxpayerinvestment.

Mayoral candidate Kirkman Finlay IIItold City Paper in 2007: Three hundredthousand dollars in taxpayer money seemsan inefficient way to give $30,000 tocharity.

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A letter from the Department of Revenue threatening the owner of small business Disorderly Conductwith criminal prosecution if their patrons leave the establishment with alcohol into the festival area.

Resolution 2010-002 past on February 3, 2010 designates all of Five Points a park on the day of the festival. The resolution includes the language possession and consuption of alcoholic beverages shall

be permitted only in containers provided by the Five Points Association in designated areas.

v an l oan receIves what can only be descrIbed as an a ct of G od b onus . I f s t .

p at In f Ive p oInts Isn t raIned out , v an l oan receIves $5,000.


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It is safe to say without expert opinionor attribution that planning and pulling off the annual St. Patricks Day Festival in Five

Points is no small feat. Executive Directorof the Five Points Association MerritMcHaf e and all the staff, vendors andvolunteers put an immeasurable amountof effort into putting together one of themarquis street festivals in the region. Asthe FPA continues to acknowledge a needto be more transparent and sensitive to theneeds of all merchants in the district; as themonetary cookie jar of what is supposedto be a charity event has nally been

nibbled down to a few thousand crumbs;and as the City of Columbia continuesto improve its accounting practices, theannual St. Patricks Day festival can onlyget better. Many hope going forward thatit will be bene cial for all parties involved,be they association members, stand-alonemerchants, vendors and, most importantly,tax payers.

Drink to that!

The following information has been provided by festival organizers:

THREE Days of Pre-Party FestivitiesM arch 12 - L et s G et r eady to r uMbLe ! Time/Location: 5-10 p.m. on Santee Avenue

Admission: FREE to the public!!Description: What better way to pre-

party for St. Pats in Five Points thanlistening to 6 local bands vying for a slot ona St. Pats stage and seeing if you have what

it takes to be named Rock Band Champion.

Notes Adult beverages will be availablefor sale. Rock Band competition is free.

c oMfort Z one + s huttLe s ervice

+ a Lert c abs = c oMpLiMentary c onvenience

St. Pats in 5 Points is quicklyapproaching and festival planners havedevised a number of ways to make yourfestival experience as enjoyable and safeas possible.

c rowds + M usic e nerGy = a n eed to r eLax s oLution : South Carolina HospitalAssociation Comfort Zone Location: FivePoints Fountain (center of the festival) Seek

solace in the chairs and cots of the ComfortZone. Rest and recharge your batteries.Enjoy the day the safe way. Amenities:fruit, water, juice, band-aids, diapers andother similar provisions

t ips on a voidinG f ive p oints t raffic ! p ark and r ide for f ree -Shuttle Transportation - Time: 9:00 a.m. 8:00 p.m. Hassel free parking is availableat a number of locations throughout the

city.Shuttles run every 20-minutes from

these locations and deliver riders to thefestival gate: Capital City Stadium onAssembly St.; drop off at Green Street Gate Park Street behind the Koger Center;drop-off at Green Street Gate HandMiddle School on King Street side; dropoff at Devine Street Gate

NOTE:food, beverages, backpacks, coolers

and containers are not allowed on shuttles!!

a Lways r esponsibLe . a Lways a Lert c ab ! n eed a s afe r ide h oMe a fter the f estivaL ? G et a ride froM your b ud .

Take an Alert Cab from thefollowing gates and Checker-Yellow & Budweiser will pay the

rst $10 of your fare to a homeor hotel. Blossom Street (nearWachovia)

Greene Street (near ClaussensInn) Devine Street (near Subway)

r eady . s et . r un -or parade , -or pLay -or shaG !

Whatever you prefer, thisyear St. Pats has something foreveryone. Best of all, youll ndtons of free activities to choosefrom that are sure to please all thelittle (and big) leprechauns!

G et to the G reen 5k r un & 1 M iLe w aLk d ay of r eGistration : 7:00 a.m.

8:00 a.m. - Of cial Start: 8:30 a.m.Location: Registration and race start lineon Blossom Street (by Carolina First)

Description: Runners follow rainbowsthrough the beautiful tree lined streets of Shandon to a pot of gold at the nish lineon Devine Street. Over 1,500 lean greenrunning machines made the 2009 race theLargest Road Race in the Midlands. *Dontforget to dress in your leprechaun bestand vie for an award as the Best DressedLeprechaun! Notes: All participants in the5th annual race get FREE entry into thefestival and the of cial race t-shirt.

s t . p at s p arade t iMe : 10:00 a .M .Location: Musical Mile of Free Viewing onDevine Street (from Dreher to Five Points)

Description: There will be magic in theair and clover everywhere as this visualspectacle delights and entertains with livelymusic, entertaining oats and amusingcharacters. Bring a bag to collect all thegoodies shared by the parade participants.Be sure to watch for Five Points ownKudzu Queens!

free w achovia c hiLdren s c arnivaL Time: 10:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m.Location: Martin Luther King Park

Description: Celebrating with weeones? Your little leprechauns are sure tothink theyve found the end of the rainbowin this safe fun lled area with rides,games, kid-approved entertainment, tasty

treats, a petting zoo, magic shows, karaoke,face painting and the new Fun Bus- a

tness playground on wheels. Notes: Sillyadults... St. Pats is for kids!

sc e ducation L ottery s haGGin on s antee Time: Noon 6:00 p.m. Location:Santee Avenue

Description: Irish Jig? Southern Shag!The Capital City Shag Club is bringingthe State Dance to St. Pats in Five Points.DJs from around the state will be throwingdown beach, boogie, blues and shag tuneswhile Shag enthusiasts shag, shuf e andglide during exhibitions, showcases,lessons and free-style dance. Top off theday with Jim Quick and Coastline! See themusic tab for the DJ

sc e ducation L ottery s s haGGin o n s antee

DJ Throwdown Schedule - Free Shag &Line Dance Lessons/Demonstrations

Noon - 1:00 - 2:00 -3:00 - 4:00 - 5:00 -DJ Skip Lancaster, R&B Spartanburg

Shag Club CCSC Shag/Line DanceDemonstration & Shag Lessons DJ BrettBishop, Sumter Shag Club Junior Shag/Line Dance Demonstration & ShagLessons DJ Billy Cook, Florence ShagClub CCSC Junior Shag/Line DanceDemonstration & Shag Lessons Jim Quickand Coastline Junior Shag/Line DanceDemonstration & Shag Lessons DJ DennisBrumble, Camden Shag Club CCSC Shag/Line Dance Demonstration & Junior ShagDemonstration & Lessons

all you need to know!


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Voted best in ProPerty management!


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By Shelby Sachs

Known for their plaid shirts,banjos, love songs, and tons of screaming 16-year-old girls,Sequoyah Prep School will be sureto pack out yet another show March20 at New Brookland Tavern.

Justin Osborne,vocals, West Jones,guitar, Jordan Hicks,guitar, JohnnieMatthews, bass,and Harrison Boyd,drums, are no strang-ers to Columbia ortheir popularityamongst the locals.Performing songs off their latest album,Ghost Town , as well

as some older songs for their olderfans, everyone in attendance wontbe disappointed as the boys arecertain to unveil some new songsduring their performance.

Recently, Sequoyah PrepSchool has been touring the countryand recording some new music.

They are gaining fans all over thecountry, but they know no one ismore devoted than their very ownSouth Carolina fan base. Duringevery performance, you can pointout the newbies from the die-hardfans as they will be singing, clap-ping, and stomping along to everysong; they are truly a huge contribu-tor to why every Sequoyah PrepSchool show is so memorable andentertaining.

Although this will be oneof Sequoyah Preps Schools firstshows as an opener, headliningSouthern-rock band, Benjy DavisProject, whom just released theirlatest album, Lost Souls Like Us,are certain to be a perfect fit to thisColumbia favorite.

Wed 03/10/10

Peter MulveyWhite Mule

Thu 03/11/10

WeatherboxNew Brookland Tavern

Fri 03/12/10

Full ThrottleHard Knox

Total DenialUtopia

Kevin HartComedy House Theatre Sat 03/13/10

Coolie G & Lion Reggae

Utopia

Kevin HartComedy House Theatre

St. Patrick's DayFestival Columbia, SCBallyhoo!Celtic BlueCrash KingsDangermuffinDeepfield FoxyShazamJet

John SatterfieldJosh Roberts & TheHingesJustin SmithLong MilesPatrick DavisPerpetual GrooveRobert Earl KeenSaosinSequoyah Prep SchoolShallow PalaceThe MovementThe SkelligsVillanova

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DB Bryantand FriendsHard Knox

Kevin HartComedy House Theatre Wed 03/17/10

Jazz Fusion & FunkWith Jeremy RobersoHard KnoxCrime In StereoNew Brookland TavernThe Wonder Years

Blues Jam with NazHard Knox

Wayne The TrainHancockWhite Mule

Fri 03/19/10

David BazanNew Brookland TavernHeadlights

Edwin McCainClarion Town HousePatrick Davis

Irritating JulieHard Knox

Jelly Roll & The DelicousDishUtopia

Sat 03/20/10

Benjy Davis ProjectNew Brookland TavernSequoyah Prep School

Marshall Ruffin TrioElbow Room

Blackberry Smoke w TheDB Bryant BandHard Knox

Glenn Powell & FriendsUtopia

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Laura StoryColumbia Int'l University

TelepathElbow Room

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PinnaUtopia

Jeff DunhamColonial Life Arena

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Pretty LightsClub 1800Two Fresh

TigercityNew Brookland Tavern

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Abandon KansasNew Brookland TavernFarewell Flight

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YarnWhite Mule

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Manchester OrchestraJillian'sBiffy ClyroO'BrotherThe Features

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Rachael SageWhite MuleDanielle Howle

SimplifiedCapital City Stadium

Thu 04/22/10

Laura StorySpring Valley BaptistChurch

Fri 04/23/10

Appetite For Destruction- Trib. To Guns N' Roses(NC)New Brookland Tavern

Bess RogersWhite Mule

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Greetings!!! March is upon us,the Weather is on the upswing, and the timekeeps rollingsummer is right around thecorner. Based on how cold its been, itwill be pretty hot this summer; SC weatheralways happens in extremes. A big thankyou to every person out there reading thisCCP for the continuous support and love of The Vocal Booth; be on the lookout for thewebsite and much more on the way. Much

music has dropped since last issue.Method Man, Raekwon, and Ghostfaceteamed up to make the Wu Massacre,Erykah Badu is about to drop part 2 of herNew Amerykah series, Ludacris is havingthe time of his life as he rides the Battle of The Sexes wave, and labels are gearing upto make as much money as possible fromtheir artists as the cash cow season getsunderway. Although March is WomensHistory Month, today we are going to shinethe spotlight on one of Hip Hops greatestemcees thats currently battling an illness,suffered a heart attack, endured surgery, fellunder comatose, yet still remains strong.This enemy is none other thanGiftedUnlimited Rhymes Universal aka GURU(of Gang Starr & 7 Grand). Here is a list of the 20 best songs by Guru, featuring Guru,or produced by Guru. Lets get it!!!!

GURU (of Gang Starr & 7 Grand) 20Best!!! (In No Particular Order except

#1-my personal fav!!)

1) Mass Appeal (from Gang Starr-Hard To Earn)

2) Loungin (Jazzmatazz Vol. 1)3) Jazz Thing (from Mo Betta

Blues Sdtk.)

4) Code of the Streets (GS- HardTo Earn)

5) Words I Manifest (GS- No MoreMr. Nice Guy)

6) Just To Get A Rep (GS- Step InThe Arena)

7) JFK 2 LAX (GS- Moment Of Truth)

8) Dwyck (GS- Hard To Earn)9) Step In The Arena (GS- Step In

The Arena)10) Skillz (GS- The Owners)11) Ex To The Next Girl (GS- Daily

Operation)12) Soliloquy of Chaos (GS- Daily

Operation)13) Wordplay (by Bahamadia-

Kollage)14) You know my Steez (GS-

Moment Of Truth)15) Watch What You Say

(Jazzmatazz Vol. 2)16) Bring It On (by NDea

Davenport s/t)17) Certified (Jazzmatazz-Street

Soul)18) Check The Technique (GS-Step

In The Arena)19) Royalty (GS- Moment Of Truth)20) Brainstorm (GS-Hard To Earn)

WORDS OF WISDOMYou never know what day will

be your lastLive your life now!!! StayUp!!!!

DJ Kingpin-Villain Of Vinyl [email protected]

Dear Mexican: Im a pan blanco, and my wife is puertorriquea. Our sonlooks white (though a casual observer might admit thereis some Latin going onthere). Im not sure how this

pertains to my questionit may or may not be worthmentioning. Our son is ahigh-functioning autistic12-year-old. The way helooks and behaves makeshim a target for bullies. Heis sweet and innocent. Hedoesnt understand sarcasmor how to be cool. He studieshard and gets good grades.

He is a classic four-eyed, Harry Potterdork. He doesnt bother anyone, but he getsteased and bullied by cruel classmates. It breaks my heart and makes me furious.

Today, a bigger kid came up and twisted his arm behind him, causing him pain. Afterhe told me about it, and as I fought back tears of rage (and yes, I tell the authorities,and they do what they can, but they cant beeverywhere at once), he asked me, Daddy,why is it that every time Im bullied, its bya Mexican?

Im wondering the same thing. Everytimeand I mean every single timehesbeen bullied and tormented since we moved to California three years ago, its been by a

Mexican kid. Oh, and the Mexican studentsare in the minority in his school. A largeminority, but a minority nonetheless. Its not like hes the only white kid in the yard. Imtruly at a loss as to why this seems to be so.

Are all of these kids beaten by their fathersso they have to take it out on what theymight perceive to be a pampered gringo?

Im guessing. Other than teach my kid howto defend himself, I dont see what can bedone about it.

Is it cultural? I wonder if you could suggest what I might say to my son to

prevent him from hating Mexicans by thetime he reaches adulthood, if not before. Orwhat I might say to myself, for that matter.Why is it always a Mexican kid tormentingmy son? Every fuckin time. Why? I dont like the dark place my mind is going to. Can

you help me? A Good Papi

Dear Readers: The more I think aboutthis question, the more it saddens me

about the bullied kid, of course, but also about thefathers thought process.The dads not a racist pig

just an understandably upsetpapi. But pendejos exist inevery ethnicity, and theresno reason to use thosefuck-ups to smear a groupas a whole. Its a naturalinclination to do so, but awrong one. To the dad: Mybest advice is to get on theschool administrations assto protect your beautiful son.And trust me, at some pointin his life, therell be a goodMexican kid wholl kick the

asses of those bullies like any good personwould.

Dear Mexican: Whenever I read some Mexican history, Im always amazed at thevariety of rst names that apparently have no

English equivalent. Im only 40 pages into abook about Pancho Villa, and already Iveseen such beauties as Indalecio, Fidencio,

Maclovio, Nemesio and Belisario. Ive tried Google, but I cant seem to nd a placewhere the origins of these names and theirmeanings can be found. Any suggestions?

Flummoxed In Flagstaff

Dear Gabacho: Try Google again. All thenames you mentioned are the Hispanicizednombres of Catholic saints (respectively,Indalecio, Fidelis, Maclou and Nemesius),with the exception of Belisario, which refersto the great Roman general Belisarius.Mexicans traditionally pulled their namesfrom the Bible and the Papist calendar.This resulted in two separate celebrationsfor someones birththe cumpleaos(the actual birthday) and the da de santo,the feast day of the saint corresponding tothe persons name; sometimes the twaindid meet and knock back Herradura.Those traditions and esoteric namesare unfortunately disappearing becauseAmerican culture devours all. But youknow whats the weirdest male name Iveheard? Susano. Etymology? From Susanna,obviously, but no pinche clue how it becameaccepted for hombres . . .

Ask the Mexican at themexican@

askamexican.net

Ask a Mexican! A Nio Named Sue?

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LEGISLATORS NEED MOREISSUES TRAINING

By Andy BrackThe opposite of a leader is a lemming, a

political metaphor for a follower who willdo just about anything, including blindly

jumping off a cliff, to back a leader.South Carolinas General Assembly is

full of lemmings so much so that onetop lawmaker privately confided this weekthat some legislators wouldnt know wherebabies came from if they had not been per-sonally involved.

Part of the reason for the vast numberof lemmings in South Carolina politics is

the institutional structure of the legislature.In other words, committees. Legislatorsget experience on a range of specific issuesthrough committees to the exclusion of

other issues. For example, a House membermay serve on the Agriculture and NaturalResources Committee and learn a lot onenvironmental issues. But because sheisnt on Ways and Means, she doesnt haveas much familiarity with budget issues.Therefore, she relies on colleagues who dealwith budget issues to provide informationand voting recommendations about thoseissues.

Thats how committees are supposed towork as structures to help lawmakers usetime more wisely and deal with multipleissues. Unfortunately these days, seri-ous issues often fly through committees sofast that theres little deliberate discussionbefore a meaningful vote occurs and thenthey move on to the next big thing.

Another reason for so many lemmings islawmakers face a great number of issues onwhich they seem to have a hard time keep-ing up with details. They have, for lack of a better description, a knowledge gap onproposals outside their narrow committeescope. I would argue, for example, that at

least half of the General Assemblys 170members really dont understand the statebudget or have a big-picture view of howgovernment is funded. (Some people sayIm very low in the estimate.)

While changes to the General Assemblyscommittee system likely arent in the tealeaves, there is something lawmakers coulddo to bone up better on the issues they face:Attend a special annual training session toget non-partisan educational informationon top issues impacting the people of SouthCarolina.

Call it an Institute of Government.Such an idea has been successful in NorthCarolina in helping to build camaraderieamong partisans. It also has allowed leg-islators to deepen their understanding of issues.

From a practical perspective, such anInstitute wouldnt cost much. Legislatorsalready meet for an organizational ses-sion each December. They could spend anextra day in Columbia to hear from leadinguniversity professors on everything frombudget and health care to education, envi-ronment and growing jobs. Because many

of the professors already are state employ-ees, they could do presentations as part of their jobs.

Several political insiders and legisla-

tors Republicans and Democrats whowe asked about the idea said annual trainingwould be a good thing.

To get something like this moving,however, would require the Houses andSenates leaders or caucus leaders to supporteducational training by requiring lawmakersto attend. Mandatory attendance is neces-sary if the exercise is to have an impact.

Because lemmings, you know, do whattheyre told. If theyre not told to attend,they wont.

So now we read that House lawmakershave voted to cut the amount that can beawarded for negligence in civil lawsuits to$350,000 at most.

Proponents claim such tort reform isneeded to attract jobs, which seems to be thenew rationale for anything that anti-lawyerforces use to get what they want. Opponentsof this next iteration of tort reform sayreform isnt needed because the systemalready works that of 136 jury verdicts forpersonal injury in 2007 and 2008, only twoinvolved damages of more than $7,000.

We urge state senators to look beyondthe rhetoric when considering this mea-sure that would take away peoples rightsto receive compensation for corporate orpersonal negligence. Instead of listeningto special interests, think about it this way:If you lost your arm in an accident causedby an employers negligence, wouldnt youwant to sue for more than $350,000 in dam-ages? Or is having use of your arm for therest of your life worth less?

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I would arGue , for example , that at least half of the G eneral a ssembly s 170 members

really don t understand the state budGet

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By Baynard Woods

I walked out of the Capitol building,waist high mounds of gray snow glistenedin the sun. I walked down C Street, thinkingabout Senator DeMint and the highly politi-cal, yet tax exempt, organization that rents

him a room in its frat house on the street. ButDeMint wasnt on C Street. He was acrosstown at the Marriot where the ConservativePolitical Action Committee (CPAC) wasmeeting.

I made my way to the nearest Metro.As I rode down the escalator on my way toCPAC, I felt like I was descending into theunderworld.

It was about 3:00 oclock when I gotthere. Before I went up to the Marriot, Istopped at Murphys Irish Pub around thecorner. It was filled with young Republicansin suits, looking over their shoulders everyother minute, hoping some luminary maywalk in. A union organizer I know goesthere every year for a CPAC happy hourand tries to pick a fight. He didnt go thisyear. Knowing he likes a good fight, I couldsee why. Though the rhetoric of the CPACRepublicans has become robustdownrightrevolutionary, in factthe guys at the barwere the same dweeby young Republicans Iknew in college and high school. Picking afight at Murphys that day would have beenlike shooting wolves with machine gunsfrom helicopters and calling it sport.

But, as I walked up the hill to theMarriots service entrance, I was a bit ner-vous. Aside from being a straight whitedudethe obvious favorite racial and gen-der characterization of CPACersI was theembodiment of so many of the hatreds theydbeen railing against. I live on the east coastwhere I teach at a University. I write forwhat they would consider the mainstreammedia. (If you imagine a world whereColumbia City Paper is considered main-

stream and FOX News independent, you canget an idea of just how skewed the CPACworldview is).

In fact, I had no trouble getting in at all,even though I didnt have any kind of badgeor pass. I walked into the lobby. Everyonewas either watching the conference theywere attending being broadcast on wall-mounted televisions, talking on cell phones,or scanning the room for important people.Nobody even noticed me. By the time I madeit to the exhibition hall, I grabbed a coupleof the most radical stickers I could find

and stuck them on my jacket, and I moved

around the conference freely.Then people were running and scream-

ing, as flames engulfed them. Oh no, thatwasnt here. That was an IRS office that aright wing anti-tax terrorist flew his planeinto at the exact moment that Pawlenty wasurging conservatives across the country to

emulate Elin Woods and smash out thegovernments windows just as she had doneTigers.

And this is the amazing thing. None of these staunch anti-terror advocates will callthis terror. And, so afraid of them are we, thatno one else will either. A guy gets on a planewith some kind of ridiculous flammableunderwear and is apprehended and it is allObamas fault. In the middle of a confer-ence where radicals are urging citizens to doharm to their own government, a man attacksthe very heart of conservative hatredtheIRSand nobody connects the dots as ter-rorism people like to say.

But that explained why there was noheightened securitythese were the terror-ists. Or at least the people who share theirideological hatred of the United States gov-ernment.

Earlier, I watched the worst comedianI had ever seensome bozo with a bookcalled Obama Zombies . He called CPACour Woodstock. Sure, Ill take those odds.We get Jimi Hendrix, you get Alec Baldwinsright wing brother. We get Janis Joplin, youget Anne Coulter.

But, as I walked around, I figured thezombie guy was right. These tea party folksare like the Rights hippies. I saw a coupleof guys dressed in Colonial garb and won-dered if everyone in the Marriot had takenthe brown acid. John Kerry lost in 2004because of what the hippies did over thirtyyears earlier. Stopping at the NRA exhibit,I wondered what long-term negative effectsCPAC types would have on the RepublicanParty over time.

In a flashback moment, I saw a pony-tailed guy running the John Birch Societybooth. Their booth had a picture of blackchildren smiling hanging above it. I wasnteven alive in the Sixties and it freaked meout. Birchers should not have ponytails.

I talked to the man who navigated theEnola Gay and dropped the atomic bomb. Hetold me it ended the war, but did not win it.He asked me if I wanted to have my phototaken with him. I did. I talked to some radicalstudent groups, because everyone here wasobsessed with capturing the youth.

Oh, and I forgot, when the zombie guy

compared CPAC to Woodstock he claimedour women are more attractive. (That maynot be an exact quoteI couldnt bear towatch him again). Well, there did seem to bean overabundance of the type of blonde thatevery network must now hire as sportscaster.But they were as bland and boring as the

rhetoric is radical. As I walked around, Inoticed that they were definitely showing thedorky guys exactly why the Republicans arecalled the party of no.

Most importantly of all, I kept my eyespeeled for Senator DeMint. See, I had calledhim earlier. I wanted to write about one of his staffers in the same way I wrote aboutClyburns policy director. When I called andasked for the Press Secretary, the womanwho answered the phone asked who was call-ing. I told her. She put me on hold. She cameback. Hes not in right now.

OK, I said. Could I get a voicemail?He doesnt have voicemail.

Email?He doesnt do email.Its hard to know how DeMint gets by

with a luddite press secretary. Or maybe, heis just living up to his principles and cuttingthe costs of his office staff. He had after all,

just called for the abolition of the Federal

income tax that pays his expenses.When I got back out onto the street, itwas dinnertime. I noticed large groups of blue blazers standing stunned on the street-corners. I listened in and realized whatwas going on. The only obvious restaurantsin Woodley Park were ethnicIndian orEthiopianand the CPACers didnt knowwhat to do. I dont think Im hungry any-more, one young man said. I didnt know if it was because he was a bigot or because hehad been fed such a load of shit all day.

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Arts


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n otes froM usc s 54 th a nnuaL s tudent a rt e xhibition

b y J udit t runkosEach year the University of South

Carolina Art Department invites stu-

dents to submit works in any mediafor an annual juried exhibition.This year, Jeanette Guinn, ProgramDirector for the South Carolina ArtsCommission, judged the competition.She selected 57 works ranging fromphotography, painting, multimediasculptural installations and video.The works are a good representation

of the departments undergraduateand graduate students.

Mallory Collins USC LibraryCard Catalog Book, graduate stu-dent Katie Venugopals Venugopaland Vasantha on Their Wedding Day

and undergraduate student JordanMorris untitled work all receivedawards.

Collins hand stitched picture bookincorporates photographs and descrip-tions of buildings and plays with theidea of cataloging an entire univer-sity. When viewed from one directionthe book features sepia-toned imagesof USCs Thomas Cooper Library,

when viewed from the other direc-tion it features images from all overcampus.

Venugopals painting depictsyoung Indian couple on their weddingday. The bride, represented as femi-

nine and soft, the groom as strong anddisciplined, seem to be optimisticallylooking towards the future together.The bride gives the viewer a hint of a smile as the groom looks at theviewer with a certainty.

Morris, who earned first placeamong undergraduate students, doesnot limit his work to a certain theme

or object, but wants the viewer tocome to their own conclusions. Thenormally two-dimensional pieces of paper turn into a three dimensionalobject in Morris hands. The aes-thetically pleasing sphere creates a

seemingly organic object, individualdetails dissolving into Morris largerfantasy.

The USC group exhibit can be seenthrough March 27 at the McMasterGallery at the University of SouthCarolina.

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Arts

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I am a girl who sabotaged my relationship. I was angry; I had complaints. But my

real issue was astore of repressed childhood trauma,and I was working

it out on the closest person to me, my BF. We had something magical, and I destroyed it. I am nowwilling to give 110 percent to fix it.

We no longer have sex. We are hardly onspeaking terms. I know now that my relationshipskills are stuntedmore childhood baggagebut

I want to save my relationship. Do you have anytips on initiating sex with someone whom I havetraumatized or on improving communication withsomeone who is so resentful? I am willing to giveit time and effort, accept my faults, and breathedeeply rather than react in anger when we talk through things.

Saboteur Addressing Dysfunctions

Ill get to your problem in a second, SAD.But first, a Savage Love programming note:I dont usually mention where Im writing aparticular column, because it doesnt really matterwhether my computer is sitting on Ann Landerssdesk or resting on Apolo Ohnos ass. (I will letyou know when I am writing in a bar, though,because alcohol can impair an advice columnists

judgment.)Im writing this column on an airplane, and

I was totally in the zone when I noticed that theguy sitting next to me on this airplane was readingmy laptop screen. So I wrote this: HEY! YOU!YEAH, YOU! THE GUY SITTING NEXT TOME ON DELTA 2360! STOP READING THISSHIT UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING TOADD!

Some people.Okay, SAD: Unless your boyfriend is a weight

bench or an exercise ball, you werent workingit out on him. You were taking it out on him.Now, maybe youve been led to believeby yourcounselor, by Oprah, by some other idiot with anadvice columnthat you can just throw up yourhands and say, Childhood issues! Childhoodbaggage! and everything will be magic again.Sorry, SAD, but sometimes the damage is too

great. Your boyfriend wont speak to you? Wontfuck you?Game over.Accept that younot your issues, not your

baggage, but you yourselfscrewed yourself out of a decent guy. End it, get your ass intocounseling, and make an effort to resolve yourissues and unpack your bags before you inflictyourself on some other dope. You dont have tobe 100 percent healthy before you dateno oneis 100 percent healthybut you do have to be inrelatively good working order.

And what does the guy sitting next to me onthis airplane think?

Ive dated girls like her, says TGSNTMOTA.

Daddy issues. She should get over her shitbefore she dates someone else, you know, butshe probably wont. Girls like her never do. Butmaybe this one will, because youre pulling her upshort. And she should move to an islandHawaii,the Big Islandbecause being on an island canreally help you work through your shit.

Thanks, TGSNTMOTA!

I am a leather daddy in a big city. A youngmanearly 20s, in a small towncontacted meonline and asked to be my boy. I declined, dueto distance, but agreed to be his confidant and adviser. The boy has one huge problem: He is ina long-term relationship with a vanilla boyfriend who has no interest in BDSM and vehemently

opposes allowing him to explore with others.Presently, the boy goes to dungeon parties and

plays with men behind his boyfriends back. I feel very strongly that the boy should either come to anunderstanding with his boyfriend that allows him

to explore or break up with him so they can both find what they need. I wouldnt ordinarily presume to know whats

best for other people, but this boy is starvingsexually, emotionally, and spiritually. But myconscience will not allow me to advise him onnavigating the leather scene when I know hell usethis knowledge to cheat on his boyfriend. Do youagree with the advice Ive given this boy?

Wanna Be A Good Influence

I agree with the advice youve given this boyget the boyfriends okay or get outbut this boyis already navigating the leather scene, WBAGI,and will continue to cheat on his boyfriend with orwithout your guidance.

So continue to serve as this boys confidantand adviser, WBAGI, all the while pressing himto do the right thing and leave his boyfriend. Andwe both know that he needs to leave his boyfriend,WBAGI, not just get the boyfriends permissionto explore. If this boys interest in BDSM is sostrong that hes jumped into the deep end of thepooli.e., dungeon partieshell never be happywith a vanilla monogamist who grudgingly allowshim to play with other guys.

And what does the guy sitting next to me onthis airplane think?

The guy with the boyfriend should dowhat the other guy, the leather guy, says, saysTGSNTMOTA. Because the leather guy has agood head on his shoulders, and the guy withthe boyfriend should listen to the leather guy andleave the other guy, the boyfriend guy, and seeother guys.

Um... thanks, TGSNTMOTA!

Im an 18-year-old hetero male collegestudent. Im in a relationship with an awesomegirl. Im dominant; shes submissive. I like name-calling; she likes being called names. Our libidosmatch, etc. Theres only one thing Im into that sheisnt: watersports.

The idea of urinating on a girl turns meon. My fetish is by no means unusual, and Im

perfectly comfortable saying, Im into piss!

She, however, finds the idea unappealing, to saythe least. I know that Im young and have a longtime to act on my fantasies, but this one seems likeit will always be difficult. Do you think that, downthe road, I will be able to find a girl who is willingto get pissed on?

I Want To Pee On Someone

Watersports, for the kinkily inclined, is oneof those things that can seem almost unspeakablyperverse at 18 and not that big a deal at 28. Dontdo it first thing in the morning, and dont do it afterchowing through a plate of asparagus. Do it afteryouve had a few beers and the piss is just so muchwarmand sterilewater.

So relax, IWTPOS, because the odds thatyoull be with this girl foreverremember, youre18, shes 18are slim, and the odds that youllmeet a girl at some point whos either into it or canbe talked into it are high.

And what does the guy sitting next to me onthis airplanea very nice-if-nosey thirtysomethingdude from Lubbock, Texasthink?

I have a thing for girls peeing on me,TGSNTMOTA whispered to me. Because its likea sort of female ejaculation thing. I met girls on theBig Island who were into it, clear and nice, and

Okay, TGSNTMOTA, thanks for sharingandheyit looks like were getting ready toland, so... thanks for playing Savage Love.

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LoveSavageSex Adviceby Dan Savage jonesin crosswordsAcross1 What writer Malcolm Peltu predictedcould cross a busy highway withoutbeing hit by 20106 Heavy falling sound10 Green living prefix13 Verdugo of Marcus Welby, M.D.

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