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Lynn Teague, LWVSC-VP and Attorney General Representative Kirkman Finlay, House District #75. Alan Wilson. off the day sharing her fifty–five plus Leadership Development (MLD) exercise At the end of January, almost 60 years of experience. She challenged us to talk about what brought them to the League Members gathered in Columbia to keep plugging away with the work League and shared their best stories. for LEAD 2016. The agenda was of improving government and never designed to spend the morning getting forget that old fashioned face to face LEAD DAY: continued on page 5 – to know each other and the League and communication beats social media and the afternoon reflecting on what we can email every time. After Sarah spoke, do together for SC’s future. League members used a Membership and The amazing Sarah Leverette kicked Highlights: Calling all League Members to...... • LEAD Day...... 1 League of Women Voters of South Carolina Council • Presidents' Message...... 2 Saturday, May 14, SCEA Building in Columbia • At The State House...... 3 Look for information in your In-Box soon • Educating our Children...... 4 Spring 2016 is here and with it comes Leaguers and learn from them as well as the biennial meeting in Columbia. Plans share your successes with them. are underway for an exciting, energizing, Council is a time for serious work and • Healthcare Actions...... 5 educational time for LWV members from organization building as well as a time to across the state. connect with Leaguers from across South • SRS Update...... 6 This will be the time for you to help set Carolina. This is a chance to be inspired the path for the League for the next year. and educated. This is a chance to feel the • Youth Voter Registration...... 6 We will adopt the new budget and much strength of the League statewide. more. You will attend hands-on, how-to If you have any questions before you • Archives Open at USC...... 7 workshops on League voters service and receive your CALL TO COUNCIL please study and action, presented by experienced contact Julie Hussey at copresidentlwvsc@ • Important Dates...... 7 League leaders. You will network with other gmail.com or 843-224-1096. Website:Website: www.lwvsc.orgwww.lwvsc.org Join the League today! ★ ★ ★
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• Church – We were almost as involved in religious organizations as we are in social ones. • League members are loyal and stay connected and active with professional organizations. • League members, at least those at LEAD, are often involved with other advocacy organizations and political parties. While we do have a lot of Democrats, we also have Republicans in our ranks so don’t forget to reach across your community when approaching others who are politically engaged. • AARP, the Sierra Club, NAACP, and ACLU make great partners for the League because we share a lot of members. • League members are often leaders, Julie Hussey not just in the League but also within JoAnne Day Co-President, LWVSC the other organizations in which they Co-President, LWVSC are members. Leadership Education and Advocacy Advocacy cards at each table offered the state with expertise on lots of issues Day (LEAD) was not just an opportunity the opportunity for LEAD attendees to let and several members who understand to listen to great speakers and network us know about their advocacy skills and the process because they have served as with each other, it also offered your willingness to support ethics reform and elected officials. state board valuable information about other League issues at the SC Statehouse. Not only did we learn a lot about what our members and feedback for future From these cards, we are not only able to you were doing in the community and programing. Here are some of the things get a list of members who are comfortable how you could help the League, we also we discovered about you. writing a letter to elected officials or learned more about how we can serve you After Dee Woodward spoke about local newspapers, but also members who in our programing. The online evaluation reaching out, LEAD attendees were asked to are comfortable calling elected officials, survey after LEAD will be used to shape write down their affiliations outside of the attending legislative days, using social Council in May and other statewide League on Post It notes and then place these media to advocate, speaking on TV gatherings in person and maybe even notes within different categories: religious, and radio about an issue, testifying to online through webinars. social, political, professional, environmental, a legislative committee, developing an service, governing and advocacy. advocacy campaign, or training others on • Legislative Update and Speakers were This simple exercise offered some advocacy. We learned: the top two draws at League gatherings interesting insights not just for the State and most prefer a day with a balance • We have a lot of experience contacting board but for all League’s looking for of League training, Issues, Legislative elected officials either by letter, phone call, new members, building partnerships Updates, Advocacy training, and and even meeting with them in person. and coalitions, as well as scheduling Governing Issues. • Responders with the most experience activities. The 57 members present at • Time for talking with other League advocating were willing to share their LEAD associated themselves with 215 members was seen as important to 80% lessons learned with others. organizations. Their responses told us: of those surveyed. • While several people expressed a • LeagueWebsite: members www.lwvsc.org live active social lives Join the League today! • The $20 fee for lunch and materials willingness to use social media to ★ ★ ★ and balance their League memberships was a considered to be a great value advocate even more were willing to with social activities/groups such as by 80% of attendees and no one email or call friends about League issues. book clubs, bridge clubs, drinking considered it a waste of money, but cost • We have League members all around clubs, knitting groups, etc. PRESIDENTs' PERSPECTIVe continued on page 3 – ★ 2 ★ Website:Website: www.lwvsc.orgwww.lwvsc.org Join the League today! PRESIDENTs' PERSPECTIVe: continued from page 2 –
was ranked important to just over 50% • While a few League members like tea, Bottom line, 100% of your state board of those surveyed. lemonade and juice, coffee and water and co-presidents are honored to count • Getting a ride to the meeting does not are must haves while we can leave the you as a fellow League member, grateful matter to everyone, but is important sodas behind. for the advocacy you are willing to share, for 20% of attendees. We did notice • We are split into thirds about lunch and committed to delivering programing that Leagues, which provide mileage preferences between hot lunch, and support which meets your needs. and carpools, were able to get more sandwiches, with a slight edge for soup Looking forward to seeing you at people to attend. and salad. Council back at The South Carolina Education Association meeting room on • Most responders felt that a daylong • Almost all responders said that LEAD May 14th and maybe even at National meeting was appropriate, but several 2016 was excellent (60%) or very Convention June 16th to the 19th in said that it was slightly or somewhat good (33%). Washington, DC. too long. No one said 9-3 was too short. ACTION (?) AT THE STATE HOUSE By Lynne S. Teague, LWVSC VP, Issues and Action
There have been successes on the decision making about road priorities out conference” (the ability for the joint environmental front, including passage with of the hands of legislators, and no raid on House-Senate conference committee to substantial bipartisan support of a bill to the general fund that would make other make significant changes in the bill from require enhanced storage of coal ash brought state priorities harder to achieve. either the House or Senate version) on the into South Carolina from out of state. It is quite possible that the outcome ban on abortions after the 19th week made Much the energy in the State House will be no roads bill at all, or one so it out of the Senate, with all Republicans so far in 2016 has been consumed by watered down that it is not very useful on and half of the Democrats voting for it, transportation, or more specifically, roads. any front. In the meantime, it is important despite the absence of any exceptions for Public transit has not figured prominently to remember that gas tax supporters who rape and incest. As this is written, “free in discussions. The League has not been refused to support reform of the DOT conference” for this bill has failed in the prominent in this debate, although we and STIB contributed significantly to the House once, by one vote, again with many at times have made quiet contributions Senate impasse. Democratic votes joining the Republicans. to the dialogue. The House passed a bill Both houses have had committees The League is engaged on other issues with a gas tax, accompanied by an income working on the education issue in as well: problems in the implementation tax cut to offset the gas tax, and some response to the Abbeville decision. We can of the Base Load Review Act, fighting relatively weak reform of the SCDOT and expect no action on this in this session. against commercial nuclear waste storage the Infrastructure Bank. This bill responds This is heavy lifting at any time, but with at the Savannah River Site, legislative to the demand by Governor Haley that the prospect of general revenues being study of new voting technology for South any gas tax be offset by an income tax cut eaten up to fill potholes it is an especially Carolina, proposed changes in absentee and reform. Although we support a gas formidable issue. voting, closing the health care gap that tax, the income tax reduction makes this a The good news on the ethics reform leaves about 123,000 people uninsured regressive approach that would hurt those front is that the current ethics bill finally has because South Carolina did not accept who must buy gas but benefit little from special order priority status in the Senate, federal funding for Medicaid, and other shifts in the upper levels of tax policy. At thus overcoming the minority report placed issues. Violence prevention is on the the same time, it diverts money needed for on the bill by Senator Brad Hutto. This horizon, but we do not expect action on everything from schools to public safety. version of ethics reform addresses private that this session, with both the Senate and The Senate has spent much of the income disclosure by public officials and House up for election this year. sessionWebsite: on the www.lwvsc.org roads issue, and has independent investigationJoin the of League complaints today! It is unlikely★ that this ★session will ★ produced a sound reform package tied against legislators. However, taking up go down in the history of our General to a very unfortunate raid on the general ethics has to take a back seat to a bill that Assembly as a productive one, but we fund for $400 million in funding for road is intended to make any Middle Eastern can cling to our state motto: “dum spiro Website: www.lwvsc.org Join the League today! repair.★ Neither approach2 satisfies★ all of refugees who arrive in South Carolina as spero.” While we breathe we hope. The the League’s wish list: a gas tax to have miserable as possible. League will keep fighting as long as users pay for road repairs, solid reform of The bad news on the women’s necessary to make progress on these DOT and the Infrastructure Bank to take reproductive health front is that “free important issues.
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This bill would make permanent a district financial officers, to develop The Senate has been slow off the mark proviso that has been in effect the last two and adopt a statewide program for in education this session, delayed by their years. It allocates $12 million to provide identifying poor fiscal practices and seemingly endless palavering about roads. tax credits to individuals who donate to advising districts using this statewide As everyone knows, they did finally pass scholarship- granting organizations that plan The plan calls for 3 levels of a roads bill H3579 which dedicates $400 provide tuition scholarships for exceptional concern: fiscal watch, fiscal caution, million of the general fund annually to needs students to attend private schools. and fiscal emergency. roads improvement. Unfortunately, any We oppose this bill because it uses public • H4938 Survey College Students - reduction to the general fund negatively funds to support private education or survey all education students at state impacts education funding. The Senate homeschooling. Opposition to the bill colleges and universities as to whether Education Committee and K-12 should now turn to the Senate. Concerned they have considered teaching in a rural Subcommittee are meeting this week. members should contact their senator district and what incentives it would The bills that have passed the House and members of the Senate Education take for them to work in one. seem to be peripheral to the larger issues Committee and K-12 Subcommittee (John • H4939 asks the SCDE to create a of the Abbeville case. None of them Couson, John Matthews, Luke Rankin, committee to review all state education allocate any real money to solutions Harvey Peeler, Larry Grooms, Gerald laws, determine those that are outdated, recommended by the House Committee. Malloy, Vincent Sheheen, Paul Thurmond, and report them to the General Some call for further study of areas Tom young, Nikki Setzler, Wes Hayes, Assembly. The bill also requires the that have been studied to death already Mike Fair, Brad Hutto, Greg Hembree, SDE to develop a system to provide (teacher recruitment and retention; Floyd Nicholson). Sen. Larry Grooms regional technical support to districts surveying education students to see what authored the previous provisos and is by December 2016. Finally the bill would get them to apply to rural districts). supporting this bill. requires the SDE to monitor school The House has kicked the can yet again. H4778 Advance Ed Accreditation - boards and professional development in It remains to be seen whether the plaintiff all school districts must be accredited poorly performing districts to determine districts and the SC Supreme Court will by Advance Ed (formerly the Southern what changes need to be made. accept these limited measures as adequate Association of Colleges and Schools). response to their needs. Base Student Cost for 2016 - the In addition, Proviso 1A.64 (Rural Other bills address the school starting budget sent to the floor from House Ways Teacher Recruiting Initiative) is under date, appointing the Superintendent of and Means committee includes $2,350 as consideration. This proviso would create Education, private school tuition credits, the base student allocation, an increase a program within CERRA (Center for AdvancEd accreditation, and base student of $250 from last year. The final amount Teacher Recruitment, Retention, and cost for Education Finance Act distribution. may change in the budget debate. Also Advancement) to recruit and retain H1014 would allow school to start the remember that, according to the Education teachers to rural and underserved school second week of August. Finance Act, the inflation-adjusted BSA districts.Website: Incentives www.lwvsc.org may include: Salary Join the League today! should currently★ be $2,800. ★ ★ PROUD HERITAGE, LWVSC history from 1920 – 1976 now available digitally: ★A digital version of the history★ of the LWVSC, ProudWebsite: Heritage, www.lwvsc.org by Mary L. Bryan, is now available on line from the UniversityJoin of the South League Carolina. today! 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The latest happenings at the SC experiences and preferences. Now we Statehouse were the focus of the have a solid list of letter writers, phone afternoon at LEAD. SC Attorney callers, and policy wonks we can put General Allan Wilson talked about into action. Dee Woodward, LWVSC Board Member Judicial Reform and the recent Thanks to all who were able to Attorney General’s Ruling on Pascoe’s attend LEAD. Anyone who wasn’t LWVSC board member and president request for an opinion about ethics able to attend but wants to learn of the Sumter League, Dee Woodward violations. SC Representative from more is encouraged to check out the spoke about being an African American Richland County Kirkman Finlay talked morning and afternoon Powerpoint in the League and challenged us to about passing ethics reform in the house presentations at the LWVSC website take our meetings out of the kitchen and the challenges in the SC Senate. under LEAD. If you are interested in and into every community. The power Lynn Teague ended the day with an getting the lists of allied organizations of our reach and alliances became update on all of the League’s issues at or advocacy expertise, please email evident when attendees listed the other the Statehouse and how we work with or call Julie Hussey- 843-224-1096 or organizations to which they belong and coalitions. League members used cards [email protected] the total was over 200. at the tables to share their advocacy Healthcare Actions By David Ball, LWVSC, Healthcare Website: www.lwvsc.org Join the League today! essential background material required to several occasions★ recently ★ with Rep David ★ Palmetto State of LWVSC Study: understand the issues involved as well as a Mack to have it brought up in committee Health, our state League’s 2- year Study set of consensus questions with supporting for testimony the first week in March but on healthcare is well under way. Eight local notes. It will then be the responsibility of with no result. Leagues, at four events, have sponsored Website: www.lwvsc.org Join the League today! ★ 2 ★ local Leagues to educate their members, listening tours entitled, Healthcare The League debate the issues, and report their Medicaid Expansion: Conversations. These were held July 14th continues to participate in CloseTheGap. consensus to the state League. (Charleston), August 29th (Clemson, Org in an effort to encourage the state Greenville), September 23rd (Hilton Head, Legislation: At the Statehouse, the to expand health coverage to the poor. Bluffton),Website: and www.lwvsc.org February 25th (Darlington, Senate passed a 20-weekJoin the abortion League ban today!The coalition★ continues to make modest★ Sumter, Florence). It generated a great with no exceptions for rape and incest. progress; the general feel 3is that expansion deal of useful discussion with providers, According to our lobbyist Lynn Teague, will happen after all other ideas have been hospitals, patients and families. half of the Democrats even voted for it. exhausted. The latest effort is to frame the A draft packet will be circulated among WItebsite: then went www.lwvsc.org to the House where they fell proposed expansionJoin the as Leaguea job creation today! bill healthcare★ caucus4 committee★ members for one vote short. The House and Senate that will siphon the cream off to private their input before finalizing the packet for bills to create Universal Health Care in the insurers. If there is any money left, it can local Leagues, which will be available at state will most assuredly die by the end be used for the poor. State Council on May 14. It will contain of the session. We made a serious push on Website: www.lwvsc.org Join the League today! ★ 5 ★
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In the 1980s, All proponents expressed pride in the SRS The Germans should proceed with cleanup finally began at SRS. A few tanks safety culture. Other locals were concerned previous plans to entomb the spent fuel, have been closed. Other tanks can spring that Congress and DOE had not taken as the US plans to do with our similar leaks, and when they do, SRS staff thins responsibility for wastes already at the reactor wastes in Colorado. the wastes and pumps them into an intact site. I represented LWVSC in opposition to • The community is shortsighted to tank so that no wastes remain above the receiving the wastes. support import of more waste to SRS. It crack. Although curies have been removed I plan to make some written follow-up will take decades to take care of what is from the tanks, the volumes have not been comments on behalf of the League, along already at SRS IF Congress responsibly reduced as much as we all would like. It the following lines: appropriates cleanup funds . will take about 40 more years to complete • According to a recent NRC document the task, if Congress and the Department entitled Nuclear Reactors1, research In addition to the German wastes, of Energy provide the funding. and test reactors by definition do not other proposals include Japan sending The wastes would hopefully be sent produce electricity. The US has about U.K. - origin plutonium to SRS, Canada off site to permanent storage. The current 31 research and test reactors for a shipping liquid wastes, and a shipment plan for storage is tentative and temporary, variety of objectives. The German of commercial Exelon spent fuel from with serious political as well as technical reactor was not listed as a research Illinois to SRS. Apparently SRS stopped challenges. SRS wastes as well as any new reactor until it was proposed to move the Exelon fuel shipment. LWVSC is wastes accepted are very likely to remain its wastes to SRS. The German reactor considering participating in a lawsuit to at SRS for the foreseeable future. did produce a net output of 34 MW require an Environmental Impact Statement Several years ago, spent commercial electricity intermittently over its 20- before the unprecedented shipment of fuel from a failed German reactor was year operating period, generating a about 100 truckloads of liquid wastes from relabeled ‘research’ fuel and secretly modest amount of revenue. Ontario to Savannah River Site. proposed to be shipped to SRS. The • The US has 99 operating commercial 1 http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML1525/ GermansWebsite: offered www.lwvsc.org payment to the US Join the League today! reactors. We have about 50 more ML15254A456.pdf,★ page ★ 17 ★ Treasury, and SRS staff began looking into reactors, many experimental, some ways to separate out the ingredients in the 2 http://www.srswatch.org/ preliminarily licensed, and operated fuel. The separation of the German fuel in uploads/2/7/5/8/27584045/legal-opinion_ Website:briefly, www.lwvsc.org if at all, including one similar Join the League today! ★the SRS H canyon would occupy★ a major export-avr-juelich_rw%C3%84nderungen_ 2 to the German reactor. Although the contractor and a few hundred employees manu_bund_friends_of_the_earth_ industry has learned from many of for a few years and generate yet another germany_september_2014.pdf page iv these reactors, we do not classify waste stream challenge. Website: www.lwvsc.org Join the League today! ★ 3 ★ Youth Voter Registration Grant Awarded to LWVSC The League of Women Voters of South Carolina applied for This grant will help ensure that our local Leagues have the ★and received a grant4 of $1000★ to register youngWebsite: voters www.lwvsc.org this spring, resources they need to do the importantJoin workthe League of registering today! and with a focus on schools serving underrepresented communities. engaging young voters. We will look forward to hearing the Four of our local Leagues agreed to participate in the grant results of these efforts from our local Leagues in the coming and have set goals for youth voter registration. The participating months. Our last Youth Voter Registration grant met and Leagues and their goals are listed below: exceeded the goals set in the grant, and we are confident this Darlington (6 schools) years’ grant recipients will have ★the same success. We applaud★ Georgetown (6 schools) these Leagues and all of our local Leagues that 5do the most important work of registering and informing voters in our state. Spartanburg (7 schools) Sumter (7 schools)
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