P&C: Sen. Grooms recieves 2007 Leadership Award
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State Sen. Larry Grooms, R-Bonneau, was presented the 2007 Palmetto Leadership Award this week by the S.C. Policy Council.
“Sen. Grooms has been an amazingly effective leader on education reform, property tax relief and transportation restructuring,” said Ed McMullen, president of the policy council. “He has positively impacted the lives of all South Carolinians, and for that we recognize him with our highest honor.”
The Policy Council is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization in Columbia committed to individual liberty, free enterprise and limited government.
Previous recipients include U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and state Senate President Pro Tempore Glenn McConnell, R-Charleston.
Grooms represents District 37, which includes portions of Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton and Dorchester counties.
Grooms and his wife have three young sons.
Sen. Grooms receives 2007 leadership award
Post and Courier
Friday, November 16, 2007
McConnell: Amendment would require government to rein in spending
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If South Carolina is to have an orderly, predictable, and consistent growth rate in state spending, this can only be accomplished on a lasting basis by constitutionally mandating it. It cannot be accomplished on a reliable basis by hanging on to slim majorities in the Legislature and having the right governor. The political pressures are too great unless there is a constitutional bridle on the process. That is the reason I created a task force to consider the constitutional amendment that I introduced last year that would cap the growth in spending by the state. The first meeting of the Senate Study Committee on constitutionally capping state government spending is scheduled for Oct. 24 at 1 p.m. in Room 105 of the Gressette Building in Columbia. Read more
AP: Rep. Bill Clyburn concedes defeat in state Senate race
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Representative Bill Clyburn has conceded defeat to a Republican political newcomer in the race for an open state Senate seat.
Shane Massey won the seat by 138 votes out of more than 14,000 cast after a mandatory recount. The 32-year-old Massey is a lawyer in Aiken.
Clyburn is a former Aiken city and county councilman who has served in the House since 1995. He is also U.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn’s cousin.
The senate District 25 covers parts of Aiken, Edgefield, McCormick and Saluda counties.
The seat came open in July when Democrat Tommy Moore resigned to lobby and do public relations work for the payday lending industry.
A service of the Associated Press(AP)
MASSEY WINS ELECTION - SENATE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS EXPANDS MAJORITY
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South Carolina Senate Republican Caucus Chairman Harvey Peeler released the following statement after receiving word that Shane Massey has won the recount for State Senate District 25:
“I’m proud of the hard work Shane Massey has done to expand the Republican majority in the South Carolina Senate. Shane Massey’s message of smaller government and tax relief for South Carolina’s working families is proof positive that voters support the work of our Republican majority. This victory speaks volumes about Shane Massey’s character, intellect, and work ethic, and I couldn’t be more excited to have him join us.”
When Senator-elect Massey is sworn in, he will become the 27th Republican Senator, as well as South Carolina’s youngest State Senator.
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