Why were the flags at half mast today?
Did somebody die?
I could understand if the flags were at half-mast yesterday (as a WWII memorial), but why today?
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December 9th, 2005 at 3:25 am
Ex-S.C. governor
Carroll Campbell dies
Suffered from Alzheimer’s disease
Observer News Services and Staff Reports
LEXINGTON, S.C. - Former Gov. Carroll Campbell Jr., popular and politically savvy, who helped make the Republican Party a powerful force in South Carolina and changed the face of state government while recruiting big-name industries, died Wednesday. He was 65.
Campbell was admitted to a residential facility to treat Alzheimer’s disease this past summer, nearly four years after announcing he had been diagnosed with the illness.
Family members could not immediately be reached, but the former governor’s chief of staff said a statement would be forthcoming. Lexington Medical spokeswoman Margaret Gregory said Campbell was brought to the hospital early Wednesday and died there.
“This is very sad. Carroll Campbell was a giant in South Carolina as well as nationally. He had an enormous positive impact on South Carolina and also on the country,” said state Attorney General Henry McMaster, who was chairman of the South Carolina GOP at the end of Campbell’s administration.
Campbell was a four-term congressman before he took office in 1986 as South Carolina’s second Republican governor since Reconstruction. He easily won re-election in 1990 and might have won again four years later had state law not barred him from a third consecutive term.
“I am what I am,” he said. “It’s all out there for the people of South Carolina to judge. I am proud of the record. I am proud of being sensitive to many different views. I was always willing to listen to others and respect that.”
Campbell championed an overhaul of state government and in 1993 signed legislation that abolished many agencies’ governing boards and gave the governor power to appoint most department heads.
Legislators, who had elected those governing boards, relinquished that power reluctantly and only after several years of pressure from the governor.
Campbell’s two terms, however, may be more remembered for the former real estate developer’s focus on economic development, capped by luring German automaker BMW to build its first North American manufacturing plant near Greer.
“We’d better bring in jobs into South Carolina that are high paying, that will help us raise the level that people have in income,” Campbell said. “That’s the way you build an economy.”
McMaster said Campbell’s legacy is alive and well today.
“There are a number of things in terms of legislation and philosophy that are important, including free enterprise business development, strong economies and the strength of states, as well as the military strength of the nation, all of which he understood well and understood how to use those strengths,” McMaster said.
“He was a tremendous pioneer in government restructuring and moving South Carolina forward in economic prosperity,” said former Gov. David Beasley, who was in China on Wednesday. “He was second to none, bringing in BMW. He set the stage that South Carolina could get the best.”
Beasley, a former House member and Democrat who switched parties, immediately followed Campbell in office. “He and I were good friends. He laid the groundwork for me to be governor,” Beasley said.
“Personally, Gov. Campbell helped me in my first campaign to fill a seat he once held in the U.S. House of Representatives,” said Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C.
“Throughout his life, Gov. Campbell worked to improve the lives of all South Carolinians. He was a visionary that understood South Carolina must compete in a global economy,” DeMint said. “His tireless efforts helped bring our state’s economy into the 21st century.”
December 9th, 2005 at 8:11 am
That’s true, but the flags were also at half mast in Georgia, according to my Dad who was there on a business trip.
Since he was a SC governor and not a national figure, I wouldn’t have expected other states to honor him with the flags at half mast as well.
December 10th, 2005 at 4:26 pm
Yes, they were lowered in GA on 11/28 by order of the Governor of GA to honor a different person. Maybe someone left the flag that your dad saw at half-staff? Sorry for it being in PDF, not my choice.
http://www.gov.state.ga.us/ExOrders/11_27_05_01.pdf
December 10th, 2005 at 4:30 pm
Ah! That explains it.
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December 7th, 2007 at 6:14 pm
The flags are at half mast because it is in rememberance of Pearl Harbor Day.
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