Isle of Palms Magazine, Summer 2016

candidate Barry Goldwater during the 1964

campaign, Cable and Iowa-born Max Capper

helped assemble a group of like-minded islanders

to run against the incumbent slate of Democrats.

“We were definitely mavericks,” Cable

recalled. “Everything was Democrat. Salvatore

Sotille was mayor, and, in order to maintain

control, they had a rule that you had to run a

full slate in order to compete. You couldn’t run

just one person. You had to have a mayor and

eight council people. And with a novice outfit,

we just had a hell of a time doing that. I like to

say we had to run the town drunk in order to get

a full slate. And we did! His first name was Bill –

I won’t give you his last name.”

Somehow, the cobbled-together GOP ticket

managed to carry the day. Capper was elected

mayor, and Cable (and Bill) became town

councilmen.

“Hell – we won it,” Cable said, still with a bit

of wonder in his voice. “We won everything!”

Cable went on to spend 13 years on the Town

Council as an ardent supporter of building the

Clay Cable spent 13 years on the Isle of Palms Town Council and served as

mayor twice. He left office in 1985.

Photo courtesy of Clay Cable.

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