Budget tale shows how state funds often flow to private causes
A South Carolina budget story traces how the Ways and Means subcommittee initially rejected then backed private group funding including the Darlington Youth Home and Carolina Children's Home. The piece argues funds are allocated via political influence, not clear criteria, despite a proposed pre year end review by the Budget and Control Board.
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House Ways and Means
Ways and Means
Marshall Cain
R-Aiken
Bill Campbell
D-Richland
Solomon Blatt
D-Barnwell
Cain
Campbell
Blatt
Newberry County Boys Farm
Columbia
Carolina
Greenwood
Festival of Flowers
S.C. Lion’s Club
Darlington
Carolina Children’s Home
Charleston Civic Ballet
Phillis Wheatley Association
Greenville
State Budget and Control Board
General Assembly
Budget and Control Board
Horry County Council Considers Appeals After Ruling
Nine Horry County council members removed by the state Supreme Court last week explore options. They may seek a federal injunction, request the state Supreme Court reconsider, or appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. The ruling held the 1975 Home Rule Act violated by establishing 12 single member districts.
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Conway
Horry
Rabon
State Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
General Assembly
Limehouse Drug Conviction Upheld by 4th Circuit
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld former state Rep. J. Sidi Limehouse III's 5 year prison sentence for conspiracy and drug smuggling after a 1978 marijuana seizure. His lawyers may petition the U.S. Supreme Court. Limehouse is free on $75,000 bond. The appeal centered on jury instructions and trial venue. The court ruled Judge J. Robert Martin did not err in substance on the requested jury warning and venue move.
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Richmond
J. Sidi Limehouse III
U.S. Supreme Court
4Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Johns Island
Limehouse
Hutchinson Island
Colleton County
Mark C. Tannenbaum
Coming B. Gibbs Jr
U.S
J. Robert Martin
Columbia
Martin
Charleston
Eric Schaufele
Richard Hunt
Tannenbaum
Gibbs
Merit Selection Debate Faces Lawmakers In South Carolina
Rep. Marc Westbrook of Lexington says he can accept merit selection but opposes an amendment that would let current legislators serve on the Public Service Commission after their terms end in 1980. He accuses the move of being a political deal as he resumes a filibuster that began Thursday.
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Columbia
Marc Westbrook
Lexington
Public Service Commission
Westbrook
Dick Riley
PSC
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