Andrew Kiel Consulting

With the national media now caravanning to SC for the next week and a half, I’ve put together a quick list of do’s and don’ts that might be useful to my colleagues covering the candidates. They are as follows:

Items in italics didn’t make the Tweet, but explain things a bit better.

• Nat’l media: We had a mom get her kids drunk this weekend & a politician who’s heading to prison get another DUI. It’s a great day in SC! (Mother was drunk too, kid went to the hospital he was so drunk. Politician served two terms on county council and was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for mortgage application fraud. It’s also his second DUI charge. This particular time, he allegedly hit a mailbox Tuesday at 1:45 a.m.)
• Nat’l media: Let’s not forget Rodell Vereen (the horse lover) in Conway and State Sen Jake Knotts and his pontoon boat! Welcome to SC!  (Vereen was arrested for having relations with a horse. Twice. With the same horse. Her name is Sugar)
• Nat’l media: Don’t you dare try to go to lunch Sunday btwn 1045am & 1230pm. You’ll get a paper cut from our church bulletins. Welcome to SC!
• Nat’l media: Watch out for deer on the back roads. And if you cover an event at The Beacon in Spartanburg, you’re expected to eat there too. (Cash only)
• Nat’l media: Cayce is “casey,” Huger is “hue-gee” and “Lancaster” is “Lang-kuh-stur.” Get it right. Welcome to SC!
• Nat’l media: When you order tea in SC, it’s already gonna come with sugar in it. You only get to choose whether or not it comes with a lemon.
• Nat’l media: We stop for funeral processions here in SC. If that means you miss a deadline, well, consider the alternative rolling by you.
• Nat’l media: Those spiky trees about yay high are called Palmetto Trees. Used in the Rev. War to stop cannon balls. Welcome to SC.
• Nat’l media: Please disregard the green sign that tells you the official name of the interchange at I-77 and I-26. Not important. Thanks. (Intersection is named after former State Rep. and Lt. Governor Andre Bauer, who at one time, compared unemployed citizens to ‘stray animals.’ Bauer also reeeeallly reallllly wanted to be Governor.)
• Nat’l media: Some of our jails, as of today, are just now allowing books other than the Bible for use by their inmates. (Serious here, Berkley County just started allowing this.)
• Nat’l media: Most South Carolinians do not consider Myrtle Beach as their #1 tourist destination. We call it “southern Ohio” ’round here. (You can see why some may be opposed now to Interstate 73)

And, finally…

• Nat’l media: Liquor stores in SC close at 7, closed Sunday. The Blue Laws are still in effect in some counties. Plan ahead.

Well, after further inspection (and $1,000 later), it’s now evident the issues with the speedometer and air conditioning not working in tandem were due to a failed body control model.

As it was explained to me, the left wheel speed switch was shorting out (around $400 to fix through the Jeep dealer) which was leading the body control module (another $600 to fix, again, through the Jeep dealer) shorting out.

I later learned from the dealer that Jeep has since eliminated a single BCM device — opting for a distributed system that controls individual parts of the system. One would assume this distributed system is cheaper to fix. Maybe.

It’s been said before the cobbler’s kids have the torn-up shoes.

Well, I’ve been a bit busy and developing this web presence has been a bit more in-depth than initially thought.

So… nothing to see here, for now. Although, you can check out my SoundCloud directory, where select production pieces are zipped to the web for your listening enjoyment.

Thanks,
Andrew