Want some good news for a change? Here’s some:
The S.C. House today rejected a bill that would have authorized a "freshman caucus" for the purpose of being wined and dined by lobbyists. That’s exactly what they should have done. Gee, I wonder where they got the idea?
Seriously, that’s the second time this session that the House has rejected a bill that would have undermined state ethics law, taking the action on the very day we urged them to do so. (The first one isn’t technically dead; it was sent back to committee; but so far there have been no efforts to resurrect it. So keep your fingers crossed.)
OK, you don’t have to thank us. In fact, you shouldn’t. It’s easy for us to say, "Do the right thing."
Thank the ones who actually DID the right thing. You can find their names here.
Oh, all right; I’ll help.
Here are the good guys, who voted to can the bill:
Agnew Anthony Bales
Ballentine Battle Bingham
Bowers Brady Branham
Breeland R. Brown Chalk
Chellis Cobb-Hunter Coleman
Cotty Edge Frye
Funderburk Govan Hagood
Haley Hardwick Harrison
Harvin Herbkersman Hiott
Hodges Hosey Howard
Huggins Jefferson Kirsh
Loftis Lucas Mack
Mahaffey Miller Mitchell
Moss J. H. Neal Neilson
Ott Owens Parks
Perry Pinson E. H. Pitts
Rice Sandifer Scott
Sellers G. M. Smith G. R. Smith
Stavrinakis Talley Thompson
Toole Weeks Whipper
Witherspoon
That would leave, playing the goal of NOT-so-good guys, the following:
Alexander Bannister Barfield
Bedingfield Bowen Brantley
G. Brown Cato Ceips
Clyburn Crawford Dantzler
Delleney Duncan Gambrell
Gullick Hamilton Harrell
Haskins Hinson Kelly
Leach Limehouse Lowe
Merrill Mulvaney M. A. Pitts
Rutherford Scarborough Shoopman
Skelton D. C. Smith J. R. Smith
W. D. Smith Spires Stewart
Taylor Umphlett Walker
White Williams Young
OK, I gave the links on every one of the good guys. I’ve got to run, so I don’t have time to do the others right now. If you want me to, speak up, and I’ll come back and do it later tonight. (This will be helpful, because I never know how helpful that stuff is to you, or whether you care enough for the time it takes me.)
Gotta do another quick post, then run.
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I noticed the excellent editorial today on this very subject. I noticed the brilliant editorial on the DOT yesterday.
What’s up…u trying to accomplish some meaningful change? Give us a heads up next time, otherwise we might miss it! Wink wink…
It was good work. Thanks
Brad,
This is valuable information, the kind that should receive more exposure than just the blog. Put it in the paper and include the names of those who voted “yea” and “nay.” It helped me begin to form an opinion of Kris Crawford MD, a new House member from Florence whose race I didn’t follow closely. Since Kris is a fellow physician, I was particularly interested in what he would add to the debate. I’m disappointed that one of his first acts (as the new Chairman of the Freshman Caucus) is to be the lead sponsor of such self-serving legislation-it doesn’t bode well.
Thanks for the links.My rep,Mac Toole,did the right thing again.I will email him a note of appreciation.
Paul,
Crawford sounds like a quack,and you probably won’t need a second opinion.