Joel Sawyer
Joel Sawyer
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With less than 30 charter schools, we don't believe that they are having the kind of impact on the overall picture that they could be having.
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The governor's agenda has always been one of smaller government, less spending, more choices for parents and government restructuring. The fact that the House shares that agenda with the governor in the coming year is welcome.
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The bill in its current form does a lot less to address what businesses from across the state have told us. The workers' compensation system is broken and this doesn't do nearly enough.
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The way the bill was gutted in committee today means achieving significant savings is far less likely. With the changes in this bill, it does a lot more to protect the interests of personal injury lawyers and a lot less to protect the interest of small businesses and injured workers.
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We're very pleased the House and Senate are moving forward on this. This bill is incredibly important to our state's ability to preserve and protect large tracts of land.
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People forget sometimes that this money belongs to the hard-working people of this state. The governor has been very consistent that after all the trust and reserve funds have been repaid and money remains beyond what is needed for core services, the rest ought to go back to the people of this state.
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The South Carolina Code of Laws says if a South Carolina serviceman or woman dies in the line of duty, the flags will be flown at half-staff on the day of the funeral.
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We will review the bill and make a determination once it has finished going through the legislative process.
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That would certainly be an enormous step in the right direction in terms of fiscal responsibility.
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Most homeowners would say it's important to treat everyone equally. This bill singles out a particular industry group for preferential treatment.
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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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You can have one budget that grows government at 10 percent or break the budget into three different bills, but the bottom line is this does not seem to be in keeping with the notion of a true spending limit.
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We're certainly glad to see Senate Republicans are following through on that.
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Virtual schools are something that this charter school bill has certainly laid the groundwork for. It's something that we're certainly open to in terms of a way to expand choices for students and parents.