News Article
| Transparency Reforms Take Flight |
| September 24, 2008 |
The cause of open government in South Carolina got a boost today as Gov. Mark Sanford joined State Reps. Nikki Haley and Nathan Ballentine and SC Policy Council president Ashley Landess on a statewide tour promoting Haley's proposal to require "on the record" legislative votes for any bill that spends taxpayer money.
Damn - that was a long sentence.
Anyway, a recent study by the Policy Council revealed that South Carolina lawmakers hardly ever record how they vote on legislation, meaning that they routinely blow your money on crap like this and then turn around on the campaign trail and pretend like they're fiscal conservatives.
No wonder a "Republican" majority was able to pull off the greatest expansion of government in South Carolina history over the last three years.
An example of how "on the record" votes force fiscal accountability occurred last year when State Rep. Mick Mulvaney demanded a recorded vote on a proposed back door pay increase for state legislators.
Not wanting to see their names attached to such a wasteful, self-serving proposal, a majority of Representatives voted against the bill.
Link to article
http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/09/24/transparency-reforms-take-flight/
|
|
 |
|
