Gov. McMaster removes SC mayor from office for domestic violence

[DonViejo]

Source: The State



BY DAVID TRAVIS BLAND

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August 04, 2018 10:23 AM

Governor Henry McMaster has removed a South Carolina mayor from his position.

John Kay Hansen, the mayor of Ware Shoals in the Upstate, was dismissed from his job Friday. The governor took Hansen out of office after the former mayor pleaded guilty to third degree domestic violence, according to McMaster’s executive order.

Hansen was indicted by a grand jury in Greenwood County for one count of second degree domestic violence and one count of third degree domestic violence.

In Sept. 2016, Hansen pushed his then wife against a wall and onto a bed where they struggled over her cell phone, reported Adam Benson and Damian Dominguez of the Greenwood Index-Journal. He was arrested in Dec. 2016.

Read more: https://www.thestate.com/news/local/crime/article216102160.html

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Good

but I'm not in favor of chief executives intervening at every headline with executive orders. Due process and public shame could have handled this. EO's are overused, imo.

[malthaussen]

2. I'm surprised he has that authority.

Isn't the Mayor an elected official?

-- Mal

[riversedge]

3. Think of how Gov's sometimes take over school districts. School board members are

elected. I do not know all the powers they have. But seems to be considerable.