CHARLESTON LEGISLATOR CREATES OWN SPACE, SCREW EMS

I’m so glad that Sen. Robert Ford is named after the guy who allegedly shot and killed the outlaw Jesse James whom Hollywood recently portrayed in a popular movie because that means I can use some variation of that headline for pretty much anything the Charleston Democrat does.

Like if he tells you that you are dying of cancer: The Assassination of Hope by the Senator Robert Ford.

Or he attends a ZZ Top concert: The Assassination of a Mean Air Guitar by the Senator Robert Ford.

Or he goes out to dinner at Sticky Fingers: The Assassination of a Hickory Smoked Rack of Ribs by the Senator Robert Ford.

In this case, it was cleverly parking in a fire lane near the shopping center in West Ashley hoping no one would notice his “inconspicuous” legislative tags. Unfortunately for him though, someone did and sent a picture to the Charleston Post and Courier.

That spurred a wave of letters to the editor last week condemning the senator’s actions.

“It is quite obvious that he is like many of our elected officials and believes he is above the law,” said one reader. “I wonder what other laws Sen. Ford believes it’s OK to break.”

Ford’s response? “Every person in the country does it,” he told the Post and Courier. “Whatever, I’ve got no problem with it. If someone does, tell them to go call the tow truck or police.”

He’s right. Who cares? It’s not like there was a fire.

And even if there was a blazing inferno that could kill people if help blocked from being able to properly respond, those pesky firemen could have parked their 50 foot long, 30 ton fire truck somewhere else. What’s important here is that the senator was as close to his vehicle as possible. After all, you never know when when he’ll have to go assassinate a good piece of legislation.