Governor after House Changes Its Rules
(The Nerve)
The S.C. House last week danced a conspicuous ethics two-step, in what one State House watchdog describes as exactly the kind of bull pucky that makes taxpayers cynical about politicians and government.
Simply put – it stinks, says the watchdog, Common Cause of South Carolina director John Crangle.
As The Nerve has reported exclusively and repeatedly, a resolution was introduced in January 2011 to let some sunlight in on the House Ethics Committee.
The resolution, H. 3445, was designed to change the chamber’s operating rules so that matters before its Ethics Committee become public if they involve probable cause of wrongdoing.
The House Ethics Committee and its counterpart, the Senate Ethics Committee, have a long history of being secretive about their activities.
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