In one particularly memorable demand, a male resident preparing for a big date asked Abdul to help him re-enact a scene from the movie "Hitch" where a couple rides jet skis under the Brooklyn Bridge and around the harbor.
Colbert Busch, saying she would use her years of business experience including her work in the steam industry, criticized Sanford for voting in Congress against harbor dredging and building a higher bridge so the Port of Charleston could handle a new generation of larger container ships.