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Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Boomer with Attitude / News Tent City named "Sanfordville" rises in Columbia
Posted By John Grooms on Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 11:35 AM
South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford has taken a lot of heat for rejecting federal stimulus money slated for education. Today, Sanford's feeling even more heat, this time from protesters who are setting up a tent city in downtown Columbia's Finlay Park and naming it "Sanfordville."
The name references the Great Depression's "Hoovervilles," shanty towns built on the edges of cities by those who had lost their homes. Hoover's name was attached to a lot of the hardships of the Depression: overalls were renamed Hoover Suits; a cheap, harsh brand of cigarette tobacco was called Hoover Dust; rabbit meat became Hoover Ham; and homemade vehicles made from old cars but pulled by horses were Hoover Wagons. There's as yet no indication that Sanford's name is slated to be attached to anything else, but the possibilities are endless, such as, say, renaming one of the dilapidated schools in the state's "Corridor of Shame" the Sanford Academy. But back to Sanfordville: Bob Coble, the mayor of Columbia, says he's fine with the protest, but notes that the protesters cannot legally camp on city property.
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