Apr 16 2008
SC Senate OKs Mandatory Posting of County Spending
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina counties would have to post the details of how they spend money on the Internet in order to get state funding under a proposal added to the state budget.
Senator Kevin Bryant says that temporary law change is needed in Anderson County because county council members have not been allowed to review financial details.
He says it took a lot of work for a council member to find out about big credit card charges at upscale restaurants in Myrtle Beach and that a county worker was using a credit card at a Hooters restaurant.
Easily accessible records are the best way to expose and prevent this kind of abuse. It is our money, after all.
