Can you believe that Gov. Mark Sanford’s pet organization, Reform S.C., didn’t go to a South Carolina company for its advertising? Neither can Vierdsen. Nope, instead of staying around here, he went to Charlotte firm Specialized Media Services.
Of course, Reform S.C./S.C. Club for Growth chairman Chad Walldorf went to SMS for his Sticky Fingers operation, so that may mean something.
Over the course of a month (5/27/08-6/30/08), Reform S.C. paid SMS $72,019.98. That’s a hefty bit of cash, and about 56 percent of the 501(c)4’s total expenditures for the last reporting period.
But, Reform S.C. didn’t stay away from new media – no, sir. Between the end of May and the end of June, the organization gave Google $50,000. Lest you forget, though, that money went straight(?) to San Francisco.
Way to go, Guv. You just paid for a programmer to go to BearFest ‘08.
Do you have any idea how TV advertising works? Anyone could see the ReformSC ads that ran across the state in June. I’d be willing to bet that 99% of that $72,000 went to local TV stations.
Actually, all of that went to SMS. Check the disclosure report, Seamus. A couple grand did get paid to a cable company, though – not a local TV station.
By the way, are you SamSamIAm or RichieRich? You should probably use a different IP address if you’re going to use different names.