Former governor candidate James Smith lands new job at SC college

[TexasTowelie]

COLUMBIA — Two months after losing the governor’s race, former Democratic state Rep. James Smith has found work at the University of South Carolina.

Smith, a Columbia attorney, started working this week in a $140,000 job as executive director of military strategies and programs for USC’s online school, Palmetto College, a university spokesman said.

Being a major in the S.C. National Guard who served a combat tour in Afghanistan makes Smith uniquely qualified to the position, the university said.

The more than 1,200 veterans, active-service members and military dependents account for about 3.5 percent of the student body at USC’s main Columbia campus.

Read more: https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/former-governor-candidate-james-smith-lands-new-job-at-sc/article_c05571f2-19ae-11e9-abfc-bf43f90f5aaa.html

[SCantiGOP]

1. That's my alma mater

I didn’t even know they had a military.