Division In Spartanburg

As we mentioned in an earlier post, the division in the county delegation is apparent already.  And it’s not across party lines either.

First:
I would like to share with you the vote weight scale for the county.  It is based on population amounts and is distributed to make a sum of 100.  This becomes key.  You will see in the video below where a last minute decision was made to ensure the desired outcome.

District	Member	Vote Weight
SD 11	Glenn Reese	17.893
SD 12	Lee Bright	17.310
SD 13	Shane Martin	13.791
HD 34	Mike Forrester	6.510
HD 36	Rita Allison	6.457
HD 32	Derham Cole Jr.	6.425
HD 38	Joey Millwood	6.403
HD 37	Steve Parker	6.356
HD 31	Harold Mitchell	6.230
HD 35	Keith Kelly	6.217
HD 33	Lanny Littlejohn	4.972
SD 14	Harvey Peeler	1.006
HD 42	Mike Anthony	.430

Second:
View the picture below.  This is taken before the vote and it shows where each candidate remained seated for the rest of the meeting.  Note the 2 nameplates at the center of the platform and exiting House Speaker Pro Tempore Doug Smith.

The Vote for Chair(s)
It went down in style.  Below you will find the video of the event but here’s the quick vote count.  Littlejohn wins the vote based on a decision by Doug Smith that supposedly for procedural matters, vote count is the preferred method instead of a weighted vote.  The video shows some hesitation in the decision process. Kelly wins the vote using the same procedure determined from the previous vote.

Littlejohn

Member	Chairman		Vice-Chairman
	Martin	Kelly	Millwood
Lee Bright		Y		Y
Mike Forrester	Y		Y
Harold Mitchell	Y		Y
Mike Anthony	Y		Y
Glenn Reese		Y		Y
Keith Kelly	Y		Y
Lanny Littlejohn	Y		Y
Derham Cole	Y		Y
Rita Allison	Y		Y
Shane Martin		Y		Y
Harvey Peeler	Y		Y
Joey Millwood		Y		Y
Steve Parker	Y			Y
Total Votes	9	4	8	5
Weighted Vote	44.603	55.397	38.247	61.753

One question that leads me to believe that the division exists is based on the following question:

Why did half of the group expect it to be a weighted vote and the other half a count?

Two of eldest members of the group, Reese and Littlejohn, were on two different pages as to how the vote was counted.  This isn’t the first time that they witnessed the county delegation chairmanship proceedings.

And what caused the chair(s) to coincidentally be set up at the center of the stage?  There appears to be a rat afloat and we hope to get an answer.

Here is the video: