Columbia, SC-May 2, 2013- Senate leaders today issued the following statement on the House-passed etYou must Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.
Without oversight external of the legislature, there will be no teeth to any reform. Some say the South Carolina Constitution prevents this,…then change the constitution. 46 states have figured out that the public demands external review and oversight. Our states famously grades an “F” in political ethics. This grade will not change if the wolves continue to “police” themselves. The history of our legislative ethics reviews have consistently shown that this is a political process, not a policeing one. If any state legislator brags about passage of “ethics reform” without the process being outside legislative control, they are spinning at best, lying in fact. Any “teeth” which keep the process internal are false. Don’t be fooled. Tell ’em.
Without oversight external of the legislature, there will be no teeth to any reform. Some say the South Carolina Constitution prevents this,…then change the constitution. 46 states have figured out that the public demands external review and oversight. Our states famously grades an “F” in political ethics. This grade will not change if the wolves continue to “police” themselves. The history of our legislative ethics reviews have consistently shown that this is a political process, not a policeing one. If any state legislator brags about passage of “ethics reform” without the process being outside legislative control, they are spinning at best, lying in fact. Any “teeth” which keep the process internal are false. Don’t be fooled. Tell ’em.
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Without oversight external of the legislature, there will be no teeth to any reform. Some say the South Carolina Constitution prevents this,…then change the constitution. 46 states have figured out that the public demands external review and oversight. Our states famously grades an “F” in political ethics. This grade will not change if the wolves continue to “police” themselves. The history of our legislative ethics reviews have consistently shown that this is a political process, not a policeing one. If any state legislator brags about passage of “ethics reform” without the process being outside legislative control, they are spinning at best, lying in fact. Any “teeth” which keep the process internal are false. Don’t be fooled. Tell ’em.
Without oversight external of the legislature, there will be no teeth to any reform. Some say the South Carolina Constitution prevents this,…then change the constitution. 46 states have figured out that the public demands external review and oversight. Our states famously grades an “F” in political ethics. This grade will not change if the wolves continue to “police” themselves. The history of our legislative ethics reviews have consistently shown that this is a political process, not a policeing one. If any state legislator brags about passage of “ethics reform” without the process being outside legislative control, they are spinning at best, lying in fact. Any “teeth” which keep the process internal are false. Don’t be fooled. Tell ’em.