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Supreme Court Heard Testimony of SC Attorney General and House Speaker
- By Bob Dill, Publisher
The South Carolina Supreme Court heard the arguments of Attorney General Alan Wilson and lawyers for House Speaker Bobby Harrell last Tuesday.
Harrell is attempting to block a grand jury from hearing ethics charges against him filed by the South Carolina Policy Council and other public interest organizations. The court itself is in an ethical and conflict of interest situation because Harrell as speaker of the house has been instrumental in appointing each of the justices to the bench.
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Targeting Systemic Corruption in South Carolina Government
- By Bob Dill, Publisher
“We are not going to Talk about Ethics Reform Any More. We are going to Talk about Ending Systemic Corruption in this State.” - Ashley Landess, President, SC Policy Council
“We are not going to talk about ethics reform any more. We are going to talk about ending systemic corruption in this state,” Ashley Landess told attendees at the Greenville based RINO Hunt meeting last Friday night.
Landess was speaking after the Legislature failed to pass an ethics reform bill that critics said had nothing to do with ethics.
“It would have decriminalized the ethics code and forced citizens who want to participate in legislative hearings to register as lobbyists.”
The bill that passed both Houses of the Legislature but did not get out of the Conference Committee contained one important reform, according to the Policy Council Education Foundation newsletter.
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2014 Furman Grad Recognized as Top Student Activist
- By Press Release
Recent Furman graduate, Lauren Cooley, was recognized as one of the nation’s top student activists this past weekend at the Student Activism Conference in Houston, Texas. Lauren, a former leader of Furman’s Conservative Students for a Better Tomorrow (CSBT), addressed attendees at the conference’s Lone Star Dinner held by the Leadership Institute.
“We are proud to see our former CEO recognized for her leadership, courage, and principle,” said Elliot Stegall, current Chief Executive Officer of CSBT. Stegall continued, “Lauren is just one example of the high caliber students who have participated in Furman’s Conservative Students for a Better Tomorrow over the years.”
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Ravenel Threatening to Challenge Graham, Hutto for Senate Seat
- By Bob Dill, Publisher
Unintended consequence of Petition Candidate Could Help Democrat
State Senator Brad Hutto won the Democrat primary for United States Senate with 76 percent of the vote. U. S. Senator Lindsey Graham won the Republican primary with only 56 percent of the vote, however his vote total doubled that of Hutto. The apparent crossover Democrat votes for Graham do not bode well for Hutto in the General Election.
Charleston real estate developer turned actor, Thomas Ravenel, is threatening to enter the race challenging Graham as an independent petition candidate. The former Republican statewide office holder who resigned due to drug charges has support in the Upstate, although his base of operations is in Charleston.
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Lawmakers Promise Improved Health Care for Veterans
- By Bob Dill, Publisher
Lawmakers Receive Warm Welcome from Veterans at War Museum
Senator Lindsey Graham, smiling from his recent primary win, thanked veterans for their support and promised relief from the problems in the VA health care system. He was accompanied by Fourth District Congressman Trey Gowdy.
“The South Carolina veterans community has had my back for many years,” Sen. Graham told a group of veterans in Greenville, Monday. “I’ve tried to have your back all of these years, because I know that without you, there is no election.”
Graham noted that “only one percent of Americans serve in uniform and the 99 percent depend on the one percent.”
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“Double Whammy” for Greenville County Taxpayers
- By Bob Dill, Publisher
School Board and County Council Scheduled Conflict to Raise Taxes
Greenville County Council and the Greenville County School Board were obsessed with raising taxes at their Tuesday, June 3 meetings. Could it have been a coincidence that the School Board scheduled their special called-meeting to raise taxes again at the exact same time that the County Council was holding a public hearing and vote on the largest proposed tax increase in county history?
The School board voted 9 to 2 to raise property taxes by 4.9 mills for operating expenses. The board has raised taxes 21.8 mills in only 5 years with all incumbent board members being returned to office.
Roger Meek, one of the trustees voting for the tax increase and up for election this year, said the increase is necessary just to maintain the same level of education for children.
Superintendent Burke Royster said all district employees would get at least a 2 percent pay increase this year. The teacher raise is funded by the State. Royster said the millage increase would only cost the owner of the average car no more than an additional 84 cents on their tax bill. The average car used as the basis for that estimate was an eleven -year-old Ford or Honda. Owners of newer cars, boats, rental property and small businesses will take the hardest hit from the school tax increase.
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Greenville GOP Removed 14 Executive Committeemen
- By Bob Dill, Publisher
Committee Members Allegedly Violated Meeting Attendance Rules
Following lengthy, and sometimes emotional debate and several preliminary votes, the Greenville County Republican Party Executive Committee voted to remove fourteen of their members from the position they were elected to by their precinct organization.
The charge was that the committeemen failed to attend three or more meetings in violation of Party rules that prescribe removal if three meetings are missed by an Executive Committeeman who is the voting member representing the precinct organization.
The committee voted to delete two men from the expulsion list who were present and presented compelling justification for their actions. Most of those affected were not present.
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- GOP Executive Committee Opposes Tax Hike Referendum
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