Thursday, December 23, 2010
THE DEMISE OF CYNDI MOSTELLER'S INFLUENCE IS GREATLY EXAGGERATED
Earl Capps wrote at http://earlcapps.blogspot.com/2010/12/meet-2010-joker-of-year.html:
Cyndi Mosteller: For years, she was an extreme and polarizing figure in GOP circles. Well known for blurring the line between religion and politics in order to support her candidates and personal agendas, she was becoming increasingly marginalized by those who saw her erratic, vicious and self-serving tactics as toxic.
This year, Mosteller found a way to accelerate her political retirement when she teamed up with Liana Orr, another high-maintenance outcast from GOP politics, to run a shadowy attack group which attacked Governor-elect Nikki Haley with undisclosed campaign contributions. In the end, the failure to be candid about her motives and who backed those efforts have done much to put her out to political pasture. Her divisive style of politics won’t be missed.
Contrary to Mr. Capps' belief, the days of Cyndi Mosteller's political influence are hardly in the past. For example, she is on the Board of Heritage Community Services to which the State of South Carolina is poised to hand another $800,000 of the people's money. And this appears to be in addition to the $800,000 federal grant DHEC is apparently steering to Heritage. In the meantime, while DSS is being slowly starved for funding, Ms. Mosteller's brother, South Carolina State Senator Chip Campsen, helped deny the South Carolina Child Support Enforcement Division South Carolina one of its most powerful tools by voting against the enactment of mandatory new hire reporting in South Carolina. This may be one reason that according to the United States Office of Child Support Enforcement the Arrears Amounts Due in South Carolina increased last year by 5% to $1,234,595,152.
Labels: Child Support Collection, New Hire Reporting
