I want to mention a bill that recently passed the Senate and was sold as a protection for business against nuisance lawsuits. This bill was pushed hard by the SC Chamber and other “pro-business” groups, just as was the gas tax. That may tell you where this is headed. The bill reportedly solved the problem of property owners moving into an area and then filing nuisance lawsuits against a company next door, that already was there if the property owner didn’t like the noise or smell. That makes sense to me, except when I asked the business groups when this actually had happened, all I heard was the state insect; crickets. None of the supposedly pro-business groups could provide me with one example of this ever happening, so I looked closer at the bill. What it actually does is allow a business to expand or even change its operation, maybe right up to your fence line, but then prevents you from complaining if that business now invades your privacy with noise or pollution. I and a few others in the Senate who don’t tote the bucket of the SC Chamber voted against this trampling of individual rights, but the special interests won again when Governor McMaster signed the bill. With Republicans like this, it’s hard to focus on stopping the proud and self-proclaimed liberals on the other side of the aisle.
We appreciate that you represent our values. Too bad that aren’t many more like you!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDYIN G EFFORTS TO CORRECT THIS SITUATION. NEW REQUEST TO YOU, SIR. PLEASE CONSIDER USING VETERANS WHO ARE TRAINED IN THE USE OF WEAPONS AND ARE WELL TRAINED IN SEEKING OUT POTENTIAL PREDATORS BE UTILIZED AS SRO S IN ALL OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR PROTECTION TO OUR YOUNG CITIZENS. SO MANY OF OUR VETERANS ARE SEEKING EMPLOYEMENT-WHY NOT EMPLOY THEM TO PROTECT OUR SCHOOL CHILDREN? YES, OUR TEACHERS CAN BE TRAINED WITH HANDGUNS AFTER CWP CLASSES, BUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR SCHOOL TEACHERS HAVE NEVER USED A HANDGUN, OR MAY NOT BE COMFORTABLE USING A HANDGUN. ONE MOMENT OF HESITATION WHEN USING A HANDGUN CAN BE VERY COSTLY. IT MAY BE POSSIBLE TO FUND OUR VETERANS AS SRO THRU GOVERNMENT FUNDING-NOT JUST STATE FUNDING. ALSO, THE USE OF METAL DETECTORS IN OUR SCHOOLS WAS NOT “FEASABLE” BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ENOUGH PERSONNEL TO MONITOR THEM. AGAIN, WHY NOT UTILIZE OUR VETERANS TO MONITOR THEM????? OUR CHILDREN DESERVE THE BEST PROTECTION WHILE IN SCHOOL-NOT TO BE AFRAID OF COPYCAT THREATS OR REAL “SHOOTERS” IN THEIR SCHOOL. PLEASE CONSIDER THIS OPTIION TO HELP PROTECT OUR CHILDREN WHILE GETTING THEIR EDUCATION. THANK YOU, SIR.