Y’all probably think I don’t praise Nikki Haley enough (y’all are just hypercritical, you know that?), so here goes…
I think she made a great decision choosing Ted Pitts — my former representative — to be her new chief of staff:
COLUMBIA — Gov. Nikki Haley has named her former fellow Lexington County legislator, Ted Pitts, as her new chief of staff.
Pitts succeeds Bryan Stirling, who was the S.C. Department of Corrections director last week.
Pitts served with Haley while she in the General Assembly from 2005-11. He was in the legislature from 2003-11 before he chose not to run for reelection when his S.C. National Guard unit was deployed to Afghanistan. He also ended a bid for lieutenant governor…
Ted’s a good guy who has his head on straight, and I think most people agree with me on that. And unlike her first chief of staff, he actually knows South Carolina.
So good one there.
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Too bad she didn’t make a qualified pick for Corrections. A young lawyer.
Hopefully he’ll surround himself with competent people. But I won’t hold my breath.
I don’t know. I thought Jon Ozmint did a fairly decent job there, and he was a young lawyer…
These political appointments depend upon whether the appointee is committed to the now, or focused on the next launch.