Shane Massey’s First Video Update
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Every few weeks newly elected Senator Shane Massey will be updating his constituents on what’s happening in Columbia. Here’s the first:
Sprinkler bill would ban extra connection fees
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The Post and Courier
By David Slade and Yvonne Wenger
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Water companies would be banned from charging extra fees to connect new fire sprinkler systems, and the state would encourage businesses to install sprinklers through a combination of tax credits and insurance discounts, under legislation proposed Wednesday in the state Senate.
Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell introduced the bill. His Charleston district includes the section of West Ashley where nine city firefighters were killed in June while fighting a blaze at the Sofa Super Store.
McConnell learned in the weeks following the fire, from reports in The Post and Courier, that it was the Charleston Water System’s policy to charge as much as $116,700 to connect a new sprinkler system to the utility’s waterlines. That’s when he first announced he would consider banning connection charges related to sprinkler systems, which are also levied by utilities in Summerville, Columbia, Greenville and other cities.
Greenville News: Senator chosen for Wilkins Award
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State Sen. Hugh Leatherman, R-Florence, will be the third recipient of the David Wilkins Award for Excellence in Legislative Leadership, it was announced Saturday.
As chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and a member of the state Budget and Control Board, Leatherman is one of South Carolina’s key power brokers.
The award is sponsored by Furman University’s Richard W. Riley Institute and is named for former House Speaker David Wilkins of Greenville, currently U.S. ambassador to Canada.
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SCNOW.com: U.S. 301 Bypass key to growth (Leatherman)
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The U.S. 301 Bypass opens a gateway to Florence that offers a better path for commuting college students, emergency workers and other motorists in the area, local leaders said during a Thursday ribbon-cutting ceremony.
“From this day forward, there will be countless lives saved because of swift and direct connections to our area’s hospitals,” state Sen. Hugh Leatherman, R-Florence, said.
The bypass now is complete with a $15.5 million, 3½-mile extension of Freedom Boulevard from Pamplico Highway to National Cemetery Road. The two-year project takes the boulevard from South Irby Street to East Palmetto Street at the Florence Flea Market, less than two miles from Francis Marion University.
