YOU MAY HAVE RECEIVED AN EMAIL LAST FRIDAY OR OVER THE WEEKEND SAYING IT WAS FROM THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON BUT LOOKING A LITTLE FISHIER THAN THE USUAL EMAILS FROM THE TOWN. BECAUSE IT WAS, LITTERALLY A PHISHING ATTACK ON AN EMAIL LIST OPERATED BY THE TOWN. IT INCLUDED AN ATTACHMENT ASKING YOU TO PROVIDE AN ACCESS CODE, BUT BLUFFTON’S I-T DEPARTMENT WARNS YOU NOT TO OPEN IT. IF YOU DID, PLEASE RESET YOUR PASSWORD AND HAVE YOUR I-T DEPARTMENT, IF YOU HAVE ONE, SCAN AND SCRUB YOUR COMPUTER. OR CALL BLUFFTON’S I-T DEPARTMENT. THE TOWN SAYS NO INFORMATION WAS COMPROMISED AND NO DAMAGE WAS DONE.
THE MOSELLE PROPERTY THAT WAS IN THE MURDAUGH FAMILY FOR GENERATIONS IS ABOUT TO BE FLIPPED, AGAIN, THE CURRENT OWNERS ASKING 2.2-MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE RENOVATED ESTATE IN COLLETON COUNTY, A HALF-MILLION DOLLAR PRICE REDUCTION FROM THE PRIOR LISTING. ALEX BLAIR BOUGHT THE ESTATE IN FEBRUARY OF 2024 AND INVESTED ABOUT A MILLION BUCKS IN NEW RENOVATIONS, INCLUDING A MORE OPEN FLOOR PLAN, NEW FLOORING, VAULTED CEILINGS AND HIGH- END APPLIANCES. TEN ACRES OF FENCED HORSE PASTURE WITH TWO LARGE BARNS ARE ALSO INCLUDED.
CLEMSON’S GOT MORE CONTROVERSY BREWING THAN JUST FOR ITS FOOTBALL TEAM. A CLOSED-DOOR MEETING MONDAY AFTERNOON RESULTED IN THE FIRING OF ONE PERSON AND REMOVAL OF TWO FACULTY MEMBERS FOR THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS APPROVING OF THE ASSASSINATION OF CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL ACTIVIST CHARLIE KIRK LAST WEEK. FREE-SPEECH ADVOCATES SAY THAT ANY COMMENTS MADE IN PRIVATE ONLINE TEXTS AND CHATS ARE PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND SOUTH CAROLINA LAW PROHIBITS FIRING ANYONE FOR HEIR POLITICAL OPINIONS, BUT CLEMSON’S SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY DOES NOT PROTECT PEOPLE FROM SPEAKING OUT TO INCITE IMMIET VIOLENCE AND ATTORNEY GENERAL ALAN WILSON GAVE HIS GO-AHEAD TO THE REMOVALS.
HERE’S A VACCINATION REQUEST MOST EVERYONE WILL AGREE ON. BEAUFORT COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES IS WARNING LOWCOUNTRY RESIDENTS TO GET THEIR PETS VACCINATED AGAINST RABIES AND DISTEMPER. THEY REPORT THE THREAT OF OUTBREAKS IN BEAUFORT COUNTY. RABIES, OF COURSE, CAN BE TRANSMITTED TO HUMANS WHILE DISTEMPER IS HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS AMONG ANIMALS, PARTICULARLY BETWEEN WILDLIFE AND PETS. UP TO 120 CASES OF RABIES WERE REPORTED LAST YEAR ALONG IN BEAUFORT COUNTY. THE EXPERTS SAY YOU SHOULDN’T BE HANDLING WILDLIFE, PERIOD, AND YOU SHOULD TAKE YOUR PET TO THE VET IMMEDIATELY IF YOU BELIEVE THEY’VE BEEN BITTEN.