Sep 29 2008
Make Our Government More Accountable
The days of back room voting by your elected officials may be coming to a close. Representative Haley from District 87 of Lexington County and Representative Ballentine from District 71 of Lexington and Richland is working on a new bill that will provide voting status of each Legislator on each bill up for review. Governor Mark Sanford of South Carolina has joined in support for the passing of this as well as many others.
If this bill is passed it will make it easier for everyone to know just how each elected official is voting. You can then determine for your self if he or she is doing the right thing for the community. With this comes better accountability for actions on the part of those who citizens support.
This is one bill I hope will be able to pass in this next session. The more we as citizens know about how the people we elect vote on issues, the better chance we have of getting people in office that will vote more in tune with what the people want rather than Big Corporations and Lobyist’s. We have to start at the state level and work our way up to the country level if we as citizens want to make big changes with in our Government.
See the first Debate for this 2008 election year. You can view it on our Election 2008 page. Tell us what you think.
Today In History
On this day in 1932 General Motors established the first five day work week in the United States.
Local Gas Prices
You will find that today’s local gas prices around the Upstate South Carolina are sitting at $3. 78 a gallon with the cheapest of gas in our area being found at Steve’s Corner on Wade Hampton Blvd. in Duncan.
Find out what the daily numbers are for the local lottery at: http://www.sceducationlottery.com/default.aspx
That is a great idea for a bill! I hope it passes, good to see you have another blog now! Good luck with it!