Quote Originally Posted by SWMAP View Post
True, many people do take paycuts to go into public service - but its usually when they are very well-established financially - a state that Charles Pugh clearly was not in. Instead, he was very precarious financially speaking. Odd then to run for council and within only months to set up a private fund operation to fund more perks for himself.
Here's my guess, and its just a guess. I think Pugh came out as a preemptive move against the TV station. Maybe they were trying to get rid of him, and once he went public he knew they couldn't get rid of him. However by doing that his career was effectively over, he would never get off of weekend TV and he knew he couldn't slip up, but it bought him time to figure out his next move... career politican