Finlay joins mayoral race

Well, that was quick, wasn’t it?

It took mere hours from a story saying Steve Benjamin‘s campaign for Columbia mayor was getting its oppo on regarding Councilman Kirkman Finlay III before Finlay announced for mayor. Most assumed he would announce at some point, and that point came Wednesday with a story in The State.

Obviously, Benjamin’s staffers are as smart as they are expected to be, considering the FOIA on Finlay’s activity on the city council. As South Carolina politics are ridiculously interrelated, The first two grand of contributions to Finlay’s campaign came from GOP attorney general candidate Leighton Lord and his wife.

Start your engines, boys and girls. We’re about to have some fun.