Clerk of Court the Drunk Punk Idot

[Anonymous]

The clerk of court for Lexington County is waisting tax payers dollars drinking and getting drunk when he should be in the office. It's time to put a stop to this jerk's sorry ways. He runs the office like the drunk on The Andy Girffith Show.

[Annabelle .]

As you can now see Moe Joe - Joe Joe I'm the only one who can truly tell who's who on here.


I can track you down to the AOL Modem number you dialed into or your modems mac address.

Your starting to act like a little troll.

[Anonymous]

The clerk of court for Lexington County is waisting tax payers dollars drinking and getting drunk when he should be in the office. It's time to put a stop to this jerk's sorry ways. He runs the office like the drunk on The Andy Girffith Show.

How rude!!!

[Anonymous]

Well vickie,
Sometimes the truth can be ugly. He is a drunk. He has been arrested twice for DUI and also for Child support. My question is how can the Clerk of Court tell a jury that the datamaster machine is not an accurate machine and that he does not trust it. The datamaster is almost just as accurate as a blood test.

[Anonymous]

What is an "Idot?"

[Anonymous]

i think he is a very fine clerk and fu :oops: l ling

[Anonymous]

Well, we wouldn't be worried about Ol' Tom this election if the Trooper hadn't turned off his video camera when he was arrested near Dan-O's the last time.

From the mouth of one of the jurors at his trial...that's the sole reason he beat the conviction.

[Anonymous]

The clerk of court for Lexington County is waisting tax payers dollars drinking and getting drunk when he should be in the office. It's time to put a stop to this jerk's sorry ways. He runs the office like the drunk on The Andy Girffith Show.


So Annabel flushed out Mo Jo Jo. You might ask why is Mo Jo Jo agaist the current Cerk of Court. Easy, the woman running against the current clerk of court is the wife of a county councilman, who is a VERY close friend of Metts. :twisted:

[Anonymous]

I met the "lady" running for Clerk of Court at a recent meeting last week. During her rounds of the room she met an individual and was talking to them when she asked what county the lived, they replied "Richland" at which time she said,"Well what the f@#% am talking to you for?". We were floored, this "lady" does NOT need to represent us! :oops:

[Anonymous]

Well you ARE from Springdale - you wouldn't know a joke if it hit you while you were in the barn........comeon - lighten up

[Anonymous]

I am not sure what you have against Springdale, but at least we have manners and know how to act appropriately in public..........though, I am glad to see you admit to it! :roll:

[Anonymous]

The only thing you have in Springdale is MAYBE enough residents in order to make ONE full set of teeth

[Anonymous]

And where are you from Guest? I assure you this is not the way to get votes out for your person. :mad:

[Reality]

Guest, sounds more like you have some issues of your own. If you have a problem with Springdale courts or politicians thats one thing. But, don't make comments about innocent, tax paying citizens that you obviously don't know anything about. If you want to pick a fight with someone or mud sling, do it based on facts and intelligence not stupidity and inmaturity. I for one happen to know some very intelligent, hardworking and good hearted people who live in this area. They definately sound higher class and more diverse than the small minded comments you made on this forum. Crawl back to the dumpster.. Were not taking any more trash on here. :evil:

[Anonymous]

....MORE diverse? you are kidding.

[Reality]

My, how old are you 12?

[Anonymous]

what is THAT?!?!? who uses "my" like that? Are you 104?

[Anonymous]

Guest... you sound a lot like someone who made it to high school, but didn't quite make the stage and get the diploma. Maybe you should head back to AOL Chat rooms instead of trying to carry a conversation on this forum. You suck at it!

[Anonymous]

I am the "lady" to which you refer and I never use language like that when speaking to any citizen of Richland or Lexington County or anyone else for that matter...... Mostly, because I have better manners and I respect people in general who deserve respect, but also because that resident of Richland may be related to the resident of Lexington........... Somebody has told a very BIG lie..... I don't mind losing or winning based on my own merits, but I do have a problem with people who resort to lying in order to get votes.... For those who have looked at my information with an open mind, I extend a great appreciation!!! THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT!!!

[Anonymous]

Well, if it's any consolation I doubt it was Sweet Tom.

His type would have been slurred. :lol:

[Anonymous]

Anyone will tell you, it's not guilt or innocence in DUI trial; it's how much you can afford for an attorney. Tommy boy even threatened the trooper the first time he was arrested for DUI, stating that he didn't want that SOB in his court house.

He is an arrogant, pompus jackass with no regard for the law. How ironic. Clerk of Court......Motoring drunk....hates police officers.

[Anonymous]

:evil: Holyman, I am not sure about you! In one post you talk about “cheapening” a campaign and then you attack our legal system and the integrity of a Jury. In both cases a Jury made the decision, not the Judge. Now I realize that the OJ trial showed that it is great to have a high dollar team of Attorneys but in Comerford's case that wasn’t the case. The State and the Defendant presented their cases to the Jury and the Jury decided the outcome. We need to respect them for their judgment.

Looking at his Opponent, we need to review what she has done and what her platform is, without going into a tirade of profanity and obvious personal dislike, such as it appears you have for Comerford. First, lets talk about my perspective of things; I work for an Attorney’s office where it is my responsibility to go to the Clerk of Courts Office to review documents. I have met Comerford’s Opponent on several occasions and admit that she appears to be very personable. She has never done anything to me or mistreated me, I would expect that because as she has posted, I am a potential voter. Unfortunately, I have met some of the people she has worked with and they paint a very different picture of her, one of rudeness, hatefulness and someone who is very difficult to work with. Now mind you, I understand that these views can be tainted by personal animosities, such as your little profane spouting. So, though I am concerned about her ability to work well with others; I also feel this should only be used as part of my evaluation as to whether I would vote for her or not.

I began to look at her platform of the changes she would make if she took Office and became a little curious about how she was going to achieve these tasks when I know for a fact that these same issues have been brought to County Council’s attention from Comerford and he has asked for the funds to advance these ideas but was denied. Comerford has asked for the funds to modernize the Clerk Courts Office for SEVERAL years but to no avail. These changes would have assisted me and others that work in my profession but COUNTY COUNCIL said NO not Comerford! Well I wondered then how she was going to achieve what Comerford had not? Then the answer came when on one occasion Mrs. Carrigg introduced me to her HUSBAND who is on the LEXINGTON COUNTY COUNCIL! Now, this causes me some grief because my first thoughts are that County Council has intentionally not provided the Clerk of Courts Office with the proper funding, which ultimately affected me, so that they could assist another Councilmen’s wife with a platform and then give her the funding if she should win to meet these promises. Good Ol’ Boy politics!!

It appears that County Council is trying to manipulate an election and I find that reprehensible!

[Anonymous]

Reprehensible??? You find it reprehensible that County Council will not fund a Clerk of Court whom has never once walked into a budget meeting with a progressive presentation that would support his request for money.... Maybe the citizens of Lexington County deserve to know that the wonderful Clerk of Court has wasted $1 Million dollars on an imaging system that failed. Maybe the citizens of Lexington County deserve to know that the wonderful Clerk of Court cost the taxpayers over $40,000.00 in bank fees because he wasn't smart enough to reconcile a bank account. Maybe the citizens of Lexington County deserve to know that the wonderful Clerk of Court spends Federal Child support enforcement funds on advertising......... With his picture on it!!!! That's money well spent!!! You wonder why County Council won't provide this leader with more money to squander!!! He has been in office twelve years and what is there to show for it? A telephone response system!!! Now that is really bringing the Clerk's office out of the dark ages... You wonder why the County Council members won't vote to give our wonderful Clerk of Court more money to spend when he is never in the office because he's either out drinking or recovering from the drunk episode the night before!

You actually have the audacity to criticize 9 elected officials who have served their consituents honorably??? Eight of these individuals are all independent business owners who run very sucessful businesses. Yet, you have the audacity to question their good judgement! Talk about reprehensible! You act as though 9 educated, independently minded individuals can't make a sound honest decision. It must be a conspiracy! By all means, let's stay away from the educated councilman's wife because it might be a conspiracy!! We the citizens of Lexington County should absolutely continue to support the uneducated alcoholic because there is a conspiracy! TALK ABOUT REPREHENSIBLE!

[BTK]

Guest, you sound an awful lot like Beth Carrigg, therfore I can understand your apparent anger at the above post since it would also include questioning your Husband's motives! None-the-less, in America we have the audacity to question our elected Officials because it is OUR right. Just as it is your right to counter any criticism you feel is unjust! Your statement , Comerford never "walked into a budget meeting with a progressive presentation", what exactly does this mean? Just because Comerford didn't have a fancy presentation they didn't give, not him, but the Clerk of Courts Office the funds they needed to run the office properly! OR, because they don't like or respect him they didn't provide the Clerk of Courts Office (because once again it is not Comerford's money) the funding they needed to provide the citizens of Lexington County with the services they demand from this office?

My only question, as a voter, is did the people I voted into office to take care and mange the County that I live in, let personal issues direct the way they funded one of the Departments of this County and neglect the citizens they serve? If so, the Voters will fix it in June and November.

Personally, I don't give a damn if OUR (that's right, you work for the citizens!) Officials like each other or not, just do the job you were elected to do!!!!!!!!! :evil:

[Anonymous]

Maybe next time they need to move the County Council meeting to The Deli so Sweet Tom can make his presentation in a more comfortable (for him) setting....bellied up the bar.

[Anonymous]

There isn't a candidate who is running worth voting for in the Clerk of Court's race. Do Lexington County a favor, do a write in vote for me Moe Joe - Joe Joe.

[Anonymous]

I have read Mrs. Carrigg's latest flyer, which came in my mail yesterday. Some of the innovations she proposes to make have already been made. For instance, the court dockets are on line and have been for a long time. Many of her proposals would be so costly they don't stand a chance. As for the accusations that Mr. Comerford is drinking during work hours, I am in frequent contact with him from the law office where I am employed and I have only observed him working very hard at his job. He has told me several times that he has been constantly calling different members of Council trying to persuade them to allocate enough money just to hire sufficient staff to run the courthouse. They keep refusing to do anything for him. As for his DUI charges, it has been proven that he was followed and set up by two troopers. Since it is not against the law in S.C. to drink and drive unless you are impaired by that drinking, he was found not guilty twice by a jury of his peers. Character assassination is a pathetic tool and is only used against a candidate by those who have nothing legitimate to say against him. Regardless of Mrs. Carrigg's qualifications, or lack of same, the bottom line here is that her candidacy is a huge conflict of interest. Who could be dumb enough to believe that her husband would not influence Council votes, i.e., "You vote my wife a pay raise and I will vote for your project."[/list]

[Anonymous]

Jeff 24 is right on with one exception....it was the SAME trooper, at the SAME location at the SAME time of night, on the road that Mr. Comerford would certainly take to his house. And the jury did not hear anything about the trooper turning his camera off as he didn't even have one. The jury did see the video from the datamaster room and got to watch everything he Mr. Comerford did and said for almost 45 minutes. Guess what!!!!!!! He was absolutely SOBER and the jury was out for only about three minutes before they came back with a verdict of NOT GUILTY. And guess what else!!!! You would have reached the same verdict. That's what the jurors say.
Now, why don't we put this red herring behind us and talk about issues and facts? Facts like Mr. Comerford is a seasoned and experienced Clerk of Court. Beth Carrigg has no experience whatsoever that qualifies her for the job. She says in her flyer that she was ULTIMATELY certified by the SC Supreme Court as a guardian ad litem. It takes only nine classroom hours and the watching of three custody cases to become a certified guardian ad litem. That surely does not qualify anyone to hold the difficult job of Clerk of Court. (By the way look at how slippery the words are used in her flyer to convey false impressions).
Mr. Comerford has been employed by Fortune 500 companies in managerial positions before getting elected twelve years ago. Mrs. Carrig has been a hair dresser, cleaned houses and then became a secretary in several law firms. Not that there is any thing wrong with any of those jobs, but they just don't compare with his jobs and experience.
In the flyer she just put out, Mrs. Carrigg says that she has spent many years working with Family Court and Circuit Court. But the problem is that she has done that as her husband's secretary or maybe paralegal in Mr. Carrigg's law office and a few others before that. That doesn't even begin to qualify her to perform the job she says she wants.
Everyone I have talked with in the last several days is rightfully concerned about a conflict of interest just as Jeff24 says he is. I am too.
You see, with her husband serving on County Council he would vote on her budget and things like that, even her salary. That is a serious issue not to be overlooked for one second by the citizens of Lexington County.
Reading what Mrs. Carrigg has posted in this web site, I can only conclude that she is easily provoked and, as one of her former co-workers told me, also somewhat hateful. Now those are not qualities that we are looking for in our Clerk of Court are they? This job entails a lot of contact with the public concerning a lot of delicate issues and we must be careful about the tempermanent of our Clerk of Court. We don't need some bombshell laid on us now do we?
I read with great interest the allegation that Mr. Comerford essentially wasted a one million dollar imaging system and searched my mind about how I could have possibly not known about that. Then I investigated further and found out that it is JUST NOT TRUE. You see, I am in a position to find out things like that and it just never happened. Yes, it is totally fictitious.
My goodness, I do hate to go on like this but you know that flyer that Mrs. Carrigg put out is just so intriguing. In there she says that she was Miss S.C. All American. Now what is that and how could that possibly qualify her? Don't know, but the website of that "company" just doesn't show anything about HER. Information on S.C. All American in the Secretary of State's office just says: "Headquarters, 7 Laurens Street, Greenville, S. C.". Not even a zip code is furnished there.
The flyer reads like she is a lawyer but she is not. Its just that slippery language in there. Look at it carefully and see if you don't agree. There is a lot more but ,unfortunately, I have to go for now. Perhaps I will be able to return one day soon to share some more with you. In the meantime won't you please do your homework on Mrs. Carrig and the situation she would place us all in? Think about that conflict of interest.

[Reality]

Intersting post. Definatley makes me want to take a second look at her for a candidate. Thanks for the paper trail to follow.

[Anonymous]

Yesterday, I wrote a lot about the Clerk of Court's race and sort of promised that I would be back with more FACTS and ISSUES, and now I can promise you that I will return but my posts will be in the forum on the site entitled CLERK OF COURT on this website. The tiitle of this forum does not afford the proper dignity due all of those who have a genuine interest in our political and govermental affairs. So, I invite you to join us there as we approach the primary. Never know for sure when I'll be able to share more with you but it won't be long.

[Anonymous]

Anyone who knows Tom Comerford knows what a good man he is. Those who call him a drunk OBVIOUSLY do not know him. Some IDOT's (idiots) should keep thier opinions to themselves since when they try to speak they show us just what an IDOT (idiot) is!

[Anonymous]

Your husband (I mean the current one), left his pregnant wife to marry you. The children you name in your campaign flyer as being the precious children of your's and John's are not your's and John's biological children, but the children of your previous marriages (that is to say, that neither of you are both biological parents of a single one of them--they are your children from previous marriages) and you use them to try make yourself look good. What a shameful thing. Kind of like that 15 year old "glamour" shot on your signs and brochures--misleading as HE_ _!
You are not an administrator as you told the Lexington Chronicle, but a secretary in your husband's law office.

Your aim is to seize control of the Office of Clerk of Court so that your husband and a couple of his cronnies on council and elsewhere can seize control of the federal funds that go to the Clerk's office for child support enforcement and use them for something else. Somebody has trown one hell of a lot of money behind your campaign for a particular reason.

You have not had the numerous years of "working with Family Court and Circuit Court" as you claim in you brochures. The only thing you have ever done with either court is to type up papers for lawyers to be filed there (oops, I am slightly wrong there because you did occassionally take the papers to the Clerk's office and file them.)

You have been a hairdresser, house cleaner and secretary and that is it as far as work experience is concerned . Nothing wrong with any of those, but you don't have a clue as to what it takes to run the Clerk's office--in fact, you don't even have a suspicion.

Your husband has already been disqualified from voting on the Clerk's budget, but both you and he claim not not have a conflict of interest with his being on county council. Can you ever tell the truth?


What in the he-- do you mean when you say that your education ULTIMATELY led to being certified by the SC Supreme as a guardian ad litem? What education? You don't mention one single degree and don't tell the voters that all it takes to be certified as a quardian ad litem is nine course hours and watching three custody hearings. You just do not have ANY experience that would quailify you to handle the millions and millions of dollars that come through the Clerk's office every year.

You lied on this very site in that post which you started with the words: " I am the lady to which you refer." Firstly, you sure are not a lady and you did do exactly what you were accused of. It was at a place called "Willy's" down in the vista at a going away party for one of the assistant solicitors who was leaving to take another government position. By now, I am sure you know who I am and you know that I know a whole lot more.

You can tell your "buddy" Mrs. Gunter and also Mrs. Moore that the little grand design has failed. Win, loose or draw in the election you will lose because the rest of the truth is on the way. AND BY THE WAY IF YOU WANT TO SUE ME FOR LIBEL GO AHEAD BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS AN ABSOLUTE DEFENSE, --YOU AND YOUR CRONNIES.

[Anonymous]

BY THE WAY, DON'T FORGET THAT YOU ARE THE ONE WHO STARTED ALL THIS NEGATIVITY--JUST LOOK AT WHAT YOU NAMED THIS SITE. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME SAYING IT WASN'T YOU BECAUSE WE ALREADY KNOW,

[Anonymous]

The Old clerk spent county time at a bar. Hopefully the Clerk elect will do a good job. The change is a relief.

[Anonymous]

Maybe we should say the same thing about our great Senator JK!! :razz:

[Anonymous]

The Old clerk spent county time at a bar. Hopefully the Clerk elect will do a good job. The change is a relief.

Hey "idot" get a life. The election is over. For you to be sitting around on a Friday night writing stuff like this, you obviuosly don't have much to do. By the way, Mr. Comerford is putting out the word that he will invite Mrs. Carrigg to join him in a transition effort in December to help her get off and running in January. He obviously cares about the people of the county and it would sure be nice for people to remember what he has done for so many and get off his case.