Editorials
Editorial: Richland County’s unaccountable elections board’s days should be numbered
WHY DOES the Richland County Board of Elections and Voter Registration as we know it even exist?
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Editorial: Richland elections office should pay its own legal fees
IT DIDN’T make sense for Richland County Council to pay legal fees resulting from the Nov. 6 election fiasco when they appeared to involve only attorneys’ work to determine what caused the mess and to defend against lawsuits seeking to overturn results.
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EDITORIALS
Editorial: Let the governor govern, let the Legislature legislate
THE HOUSE plan to dismantle the Budget and Control Board, up for debate this week, is bulky and balky and far from perfect.
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Editorial: Richland Elections Board should launch new search for director
WITH ITS SEARCH for a new director falling apart, the Richland County Board of Elections and Voter Registration should scrap the process and start anew.
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Editorial: Alan Wilson case reinforces need for random audits
There was nothing on Attorney General Alan Wilson’s campaign report to alert officials of donations he didn’t report. In fact, that was the case with all three instances we’ve seen of unreported donations — which suggests there are a lot more we aren’t catching...
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Editorial: Columbia must be focused, wise in drafting agreement with Bull Street developer
WHILE COLUMBIA City Councilman Moe Baddourah’s solo attempt to secure historic landmark status for buildings at the old State Hospital property along Bull Street is misguided, it does serve the unintended purpose of refocusing us on negotiations between the city...
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Editorial: New board won’t end dysfunction at SC State University
THE SELECTION of Thomas J. Elzey as South Carolina State University’s 11th president should mark a time of celebration and renewed hope at the struggling college, but things are as dysfunctional as ever.
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Editorial: Columbia’s closing fund must not be secret slush fund
WHILE MUCH time and energy understandably have been spent on Columbia City Council’s effort to buy the Palmetto Compress warehouse, far too little focus has been placed on the creation of a “closing fund” that would be used to not only acquire the historic structure but also...
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EDITORIALS
Editorial: Richland elections director search reminds why we need reform
WITH PUBLIC trust of elections officials and the voting process in Richland County at an all-time low, you’d think the Board of Elections and Voter Registration would ensure that the search for a new director goes as smoothly, lawfully and openly as possible.
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Editorial: Don’t use openness ruse to kill ethics reform
NO ONE ADMITS to being opposed to ethics reform. But plenty of people are.
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EDITORIALS
Editorial: Randy Scott’s exit restarts revolving door for Columbia police chief
RANDY SCOTT’S tearful resignation Monday marks yet another frustrating chapter in the ongoing story of the city’s inability to seal — or at least slow — the revolving door at the police chief’s office.
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