76 ordspråk av Joel Sawyer
Joel Sawyer
A group of people from diverse backgrounds say the solution is in better collaboration and better governance. That is something the governor has been advocating for higher education on the whole since he was on the campaign trail.
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As we would like to appoint someone from every geographical region of the state, with only three appointments, we're not always going to be able to do that.
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At the same time, taxpayers should be outraged that the Senate is spending almost a billion dollars more than what was being spent last year - and not a dime of new money is going to be returned to the hardworking people of this state.
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Based on that information, we determined it was a 'pass through' to hire a specific individual to a particular job. The fact that being the son of a senator entitles you to a state position is complete counter to what we've been working for.
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He's laid out pretty much where he's coming from in the coming (legislative) session. What he says really shouldn't be too much of a surprise.
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If we can pay a dividend back to taxpayers, that's great. There's a long way to go yet.
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If you look at our labor force, despite a slight decline in the past month, our labor force is still the fourth fastest growing in the U.S..
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In Congress, Gov. Sanford had a record of opposing providing social services to illegal aliens.
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It doesn't appear that the bill does enough to address cost drivers associated with recent increases in workers' compensation.
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It shouldn't cost the taxpayers of this state $64,000 to keep the lieutenant governor 's speedometer out of the triple digits.
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It strikes the appropriate balance by allowing local school districts to retain some flexibility in the starting date while also addressing the needs of the tourism industry.
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It's certainly not something we'd support. The governor has been talking for the better part of five years about restructuring government to make it more accountable to the executive branch. This runs completely counter to accountability in government.
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It's no surprise that trial lawyers in the Senate who are lining their own pockets on the backs of South Carolina's businesses would want to delay much-needed reform of a broken workers' compensation system.
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It's not something we've reviewed in detail yet.
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It's something they are going to address internally to make sure it doesn't happen again, and we're going to continue working hard to try to bring this project to South Carolina.
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