I hope the Anderson County Legislative delegation has enough guts to stand by their appointee. Aren't they free to choose whom they want for this position?
I can't say I agree with your characterization of this.
We had a long discussion about this sort of thing on this thread. post 88 was my main opinion, although there are some long posts after it too.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1295097/posts?page=88#88