A daily glance at the top 10 Charleston stories of 2008. Look for the entire list in this week’s Charleston City Paper.
1. In Our Lifetime
Whoever said that work productivity falls off the most during March Madness has never been in a newsroom while a pitbull with lipstick talks about the terrorist ties of the man who would become our next president. Barack Obama’s win is the story of the year, but November’s election had a wealth of news. Democrats in Charleston County won several seats on the County Council and a new Statehouse seat. And Linda Ketner came surprisingly close to beating Republican Congressman Henry Brown in a hard-fought campaign highlighting Brown’s stumbles, most notably his attempts to intimidate investigators regarding a fire he started that swept into a nearby national forest.
In 2009: We’ve got City Council elections around the corner, but the real fun will be in 2010, when a new governor is selected and Brown has to face competition again, with Congressional Democratic leaders already eyeing his seat.
Help keep the City Paper free.
No paywalls.
No newspaper subscription cost.
Free delivery at 800 locations from downtown to North Charleston to Johns Island to Summerville to Mount Pleasant.
Help support independent journalism by donating today.