This statement from Karen Floyd on the failed Voter ID Bill that died in the South Carolina Senate due to four Republicans who failed to vote on our side are the reason this is dead. We now have two years to get rid of Jakie Knotts ( Lexington, AND Vote Katrina Shealy), William O Dell [Click here to continue reading the full article...]
Apr 292010
**Updated** The Issue: The Bill H3047 “SPENDING ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2009″ was prefiled in December, 2008 long before anyone announced running for any offices in 2010. The bill has passed the SC House with 100% vote of “Aye” (aka “Yes”) on March 25, 2010 after being recalled out of House Committee for a floor vote. [Click here to continue reading the full article...]
Dear Friend of South Carolina, State Senators Glenn McConnell and Larry Martin have declared themselves against H3047. Despite the fact that half the Senate has cosponsored this bill, these two are doing everything they can to bottle up this bill in committee. But don’t forget – Rep. Dan Cooper tried to block this bill in [Click here to continue reading the full article...]
HR3047 and S11 Bills to require votes on all laws and resolutions to be recorded by name. Action items: Call Representative Dan Cooper, chairman of the Ways and Means committee, at (803) 734-3144 and nicely tell him that you want him to have a vote on Nikki Haley’s “Accountability Act” H3047 in his committee ASAP. [Click here to continue reading the full article...]
Friends of South Carolina, Much is happening in the “hallowed halls” of the state house in Columbia. Thanks to Harry Kibler of www.rinohunt.net for putting together the following summary and request for action. Its great to have so many people from so many groups working together to support limited and accountable government. Please take action! [Click here to continue reading the full article...]
By Talbert Black Jr. Well, here we are again. Despite assurances that this resolution would pass at the beginning of the 2010 session, after one week of inane argument against it, we are no further along than we were last June. How long will the Senate waste it’s time? How long will supposed supporters of [Click here to continue reading the full article...]
Jan 152010
By Talbert Black Jr. (Last Update 1/14/10) Why is this even an issue? Isn’t it amazing that this is even debated? The SC House has it right. They passed their bill unanimously! H3509 passed the house on 26 Feb 2009. Their resolution and a similar one in the senate, S424, reaffirm the 9th and 10th [Click here to continue reading the full article...]
Jan 062010
January 5, 2010 Dear Friend of Liberty, Happy New Year! I want to remind you of three events coming up in the next two weeks. The SC Freedom Rally will be held January 9, 2010 at the SC State House in Columbia from 1 to 3 p.m. The event website is www.scfreedomrally.com. This is a [Click here to continue reading the full article...]
Dec 292009
Dear Friend of Liberty, I hope you had a great Thanksgiving surrounded by family and friends, and I wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season. I want to tell you I am very happy that we finally have a Regional Conference scheduled in our area! It will be held in Atlanta, GA [Click here to continue reading the full article...]
Dec 182009
I have been having reservations of the Henry McMaster for Governor of South Carolina for no real good reasons other than a gut feel these last months; because, we have a candidate for the folks of South Carolina that actually has created jobs outside of expanding the government of South Carolina. It was reported [Click here to continue reading the full article...]
