The former chief of police in Darlington, South Carolina is seeking a seat on city council in the general election on November 2, 2021. Daniel Watson is running for the city’s first ward seat because he wants to “improve our infrastructure including roads, water and sewer as well as other city services.”
Watson also says he wants to “improve the working conditions of our city employees” and “work hard to attract business and investment to our community.”
Darlington certainly needs a boost. Aside from hosting NASCAR’s Southern 500 on Labor Day weekend, the city has very little going for it. According to the latest U.S. Census estimates, Darlington is home to approximately 5,800 people – well below its peak of nearly 8,000 citizens back in 1980.
That’s a 27.5 percent decline …
Not everyone is thrilled with Watson’s candidacy, however, especially after his resignation as police chief in January of 2018 raised eyebrows.
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As my news outlet reported at the time, Watson (above) was allegedly involved in “some sort of inappropriate relationship” with a former female student of his at the Florence-Darlington Technical College – a government-run system of vocational campuses located in the Pee Dee region of the state.
School officials launched an investigation into this alleged inappropriate relationship after receiving an anonymous tip regarding Watson, who was a part-time professor at the school. Meanwhile, a female...
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