Meet Roxanne Walker…The South Carolina Broadcasters Association named Roxanne Radio Personality of the Year in 2002. She has been honored for her political opinion commentary by the Greenville Chapter of Women in Communications.
Roxanne resides in Taylors, SC with her husband Alan and the best dog in the world Allie.
Bonnaroo 2010-Four Days of Sizzling Hot Music and Sun
Bonnaroo is an outdoor music festival but it’s also a state of mind. The four day festival held on a 700 acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee was founded in 2002 and attracts more than 75,000 music fans annually. Bonnaroo is an affordable way for music lovers to see and hear some of the biggest acts of yesterday and today with ticket prices starting at $250 and rising into the thousands for VIP luxury packages. This year’s head liners were Stevie Wonder, Jay-Z, the Dave Matthews Band, Kings of Leon and comedians Conan O’Brien, Margaret Cho and Aziz Ansari.
Palmetto Political Passions by Gail Collins
The political sex scandal spotlight is on South Carolina, which has hogged that stage so much lately you’d think it would be willing to give somebody else a turn. Maybe there’s something in the water. Or perhaps it’s difficult to maintain marital unions in the state that invented nullification. Nikki Haley, a 38-year-old candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, has had an action-packed month. Sarah Palin endorsed her candidacy on the steps of the State House. She rocketed ahead in the polls. Then a blogger and former political consultant, Will Folks, claimed he’d had some sort of sexual relationship with her. “If you were elected governor, do you think questions raised about your personal life would affect your ability to recruit jobs to South Carolina?” Haley was asked in a debate on Tuesday.