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Cobb-Hunter at DNC meeting: Obama on right track (Audio)

February 8, 2010 By

Gilda Cobb-Hunter

Orangeburg Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter attended the winter meeting of the Democratic National Committee meeting in snowbound Washington last week and over the weekend. Cobb-Hunter serves as a National Committee member from South Carolina, and also chairs the DNC Southern Caucus, consisting of Democratic leadership in 13 states.

U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schulz of Florida, the House Deputy Whip, addressed the Southern Caucus, on the Democrats’ current efforts to maintain its majority position in Congress.

Cobb-Hunter says Democrats are concerned over the lack of movement of their legislation in the Senate, particularly President Obama’s health care plan.

(Cobb-Hunter on DNC meeting MP3  3:40)
Cobb-Hunter on DNC meeting

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Filed Under: Legislature, News, Politics & Government

Greenville Republicans working with conservative groups

February 8, 2010 By

The Greenville County Republican Party and the Upstate Coalition of Conservative Organizations announced a cooperative agreement Monday which party leaders hope will result in the two groups working together on mutual goals.

The Upstate Coalition of Conservative Organizations is a group that holds many Tea Party events and also supports other groups.  

The four areas of agreement the GOP and Upstate Coalition have reached include:

- Increasing precinct involvement

- Improving communications between the Republican Party and all Coalition groups

- Creating a liaison between the Republican Party and Coalition groups

- Working together to make the Republican Party more conservative

SCGOP Chairman Karen Floyd said the agreement is a model, how the state Party can come to terms with conservative groups statewide. [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Politics & Government

RMDAC: Recycling revenue should not to go to waste (Audio)

February 8, 2010 By

Last week at the Statehouse, a new optional license plate was unveiled by the state’s recycling industry. The creation of the tag was approved by the General Assembly and sponsored by an advisory council that operates under the Department of Commerce.

Gerry Fishbeck of United Resource Recovery Corporation is chair of South Carolina Department of Commerce’s Recycling Market Development Advisory Council (RMDAC). He says there is a $54 fee for the tag, and $30 of it will go to promote the education, marketing and information to increase recycling in South Carolina. “South Carolina’s (recycling) industry of 300 businesses, employs 15,000 people and generates an economic impact of $6.5 billion,” says Fishbeck.

Fishbeck says South Carolina is the first state to institute a recycling license plate, and it will serve as a reminder that unrecycled waste in the state is wasted revenue.

(Ashley Byrd’s interview with RMDAC’s Gerry Fishbeck MP3 3:45)

Ashley Byrd’s interview with RMDAC’s Gerry Fishbeck

RMDAC is one of the state’s economic clusters, like those represented by the automotive or textile industries.

Filed Under: Business, Environment & Conservation, Legislature, News

Stimulus money provided for SC broadband expansion

February 8, 2010 By

 Story By David Waterman/WVOC

The U.S. Commerce Department has announced that federal stimulus monies will help increase broadband Internet access in South Carolina. The state gets $5.9 million to expand Internet access at its 16 technical colleges.  U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke says The “Reach for Success” project will add more than 2,000 new computers to expand the capacity of 51 public computer centers and create 19 new computer labs.

 “With all of this combined, they’re gonna be doubling the number of workstations to more than 3,200  — basically a workstation is a computer and a terminal and desk and so forth.  And they’re gonna be able to accommodate more than double the number of users every week from 17,000 now to 38,000 users per week.” [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economy, Education, News, Politics & Government

Souper Bowl of Caring raises $3.7 million Sunday

February 8, 2010 By

Reported by David Waterman, WVOC

It began in South Carolina 21 years ago as a program that transforms Super Bowl weekend into the nation’s largest youth-led weekend of giving and serving.

The “other Super Bowl” or the Souper Bowl of Caring began in 1990 in Columbia with a handful of churches urging members to use some of the energy for the big game to help the less fortunate.

Over the years, it’s grown into a nationwide effort with schools and various groups pitching in, young people getting involved in community service, and the traditional donations to help local soup kitchens and other charities.

Vice President of Communications Tracy Bender says more than $60 million has been raised, including $3.7 million generated Sunday from more than 2300 groups around the state. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Human Interest, News
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