Action Alerts What will Larry Martin do? Talbert Black, May 25, 2012 South Carolina State Senator Larry Martin is in a position to make or break the Freedom of Information Act Sunshine bill, H3235. It is in his Judiciary Committee. He controls what is on the agenda and what is not. In fact, it was reported that when the subcommittee chair was… Continue Reading
Will Sunshine die of inaction in the SC Senate? Talbert Black, May 16, 2012 There are only two more weeks left before our state Legislature goes home for the year! If the South Carolina Senate doesn’t pass H3235, the Freedom of Information Act Sunshine bill, by then we’ll have to start all over again in January from square one! They will continue to legally… Continue Reading
Action Alerts Deadline for Sunshine Thursday 26th Talbert Black, April 25, 2012 Now I have names! Listed below are the Representatives that are holding up a bill that will require the South Carolina General Assembly to be subject to the same sunshine laws as every other government agency in the state! Disclosure is critical to accountability and transparency! Currently, members of the… Continue Reading
Action Alerts Legislators continue to hide their documents Talbert Black, April 16, 2012 Which South Carolina legislators want to hide their e-mails, letters, memo’s and documents from the public? I don’t know for sure, but a bill that will require them to disclose their documents is on the “contested” calendar in the SC House of Representatives. That means somebody doesn’t want it to… Continue Reading
Action Alerts Defense from NDAA starts in Columbia Talbert Black, April 13, 2012October 16, 2012 James Madison said,”Perhaps it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad”. [Letter from Madison to Jefferson, May 13, 1798] On December 15th, 2011, the 220th anniversary of the Bill of Rights, the Senate… Continue Reading