No way to ask for money
“EMERGENGY NOTICE – Your heat will be turned off.”
The South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs warns us that utility scams are common this time of the year. You might expect this type of scam to originate from Russian or Iranian hackers.
You would not expect a scam like this to originate from a sitting U.S. Senator. However, this is exactly how South Carolina Senator Tim Scott begins his current email fundraising campaign.
Only after opening the email does it become clear that it is not an emergency overdue heating bill notice, it’s Senator Scott asking for money. Please write to Senator Scott’s office (https://www.scott.senate.gov/) to let him know this sort of fraudulent activity is unacceptable.
– Peter Birschbach, Port Royal
‘A waste of good newspaper space’
Heee’s baaack! In reference to David Taub’s resurrection in the Dec. 1-7 edition (of The Island News), I must paraphrase Henry II, “Will no one rid me of this gas bag?”
In many earlier columns, he held anyone who disagreed with his political views as some sort of ignorant low life and now he is hoping to drum up support for the doom and gloom crowd; perhaps he should get some pointers from Greta Thunberg.
His columns are not only uninteresting, they are a waste of good newspaper space.
– Bill Warren, Lady’s Island
