I was hoping to write about the state Supreme Court ruling before I left for good after this week, but still no ruling. I talked to Superintendent Charles Gale last week about the district's contingency plan in case the court did not rule before the Dec. 31.
Gale said the district's other option is to sell the bonds and then place the funds in esgrow until the decision is made. He said they haven't done this sooner because it'll cost interest once its done and the School Board will have to approve it - so look for that to happen if a ruling doesn't come down.
I'm actually moving this week so in reality I'm more of a reader than a writer until I take off for Berkeley. I say that because I wanted to pass along the Associated Press version of an unbelievable story I read in today's paper. The full story with video is on the Anderson Independent-Mail website:
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A man driving a float in the Anderson Christmas parade has been charged with drunk driving after he passed another float then sped down Main Street, police say.
When officers caught up to 42-year-old David Allen Rodgers, he had an open container of alcohol in the truck he used to haul the children and adults on the float for the Steppin' Out Dance Studio, Anderson Police spokeswoman Linda Dudley said.
Witnesses said Rodgers was driving in line in Sunday's parade when he pulled out to pass a tractor in the float.
Rodgers sped down Main Street and ran a red light, while a witness on the float called 911 on a cell phone, police said.
Officers started chasing Rodgers, who didn't stop for three miles. Once he pulled over, he tried to attack an officer, Dudley said.
Rodgers, whose child was on the float, faces more than three dozen charges, including DUI, 18 counts of kidnapping and assaulting an officer, authorities said.
A woman who answered the phone at Rodgers' home would not talk to a reporter and a message left at the dance studio was not returned Monday.
Rodgers will have a bond hearing on the kidnapping charge Tuesday. He has a prior traffic offense, but Anderson Police officials could not elaborate on the charge.
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