PRESS RELEASE Date: May 22, 2019 From: South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce Subject: Murrells Inlet Businessman Testifies to U.S. Senate Committee Contact: Frank Knapp, 803-252-5733 (w), 803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@scsbc.org Columbia, SC—U.S. Senators heard the voice of coastal businesses dependent on a healthy ocean for their livelihoods today. Rick…
May 22, 2019 Yesterday the S.C. General Assembly passed a Joint Resolution that sets in motion a process to determine if the heavily in-debt state utility, Santee Cooper, will be sold or managed by a private utility or kept as a reformed state agency. The SC Department of Administration will…
PRESS RELEASE Date: May 21, 2019 From: South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce Subject: South Carolina Legislature votes to block infrastructure needed for offshore oil Contact: Frank Knapp, 803-252-5733 (w), 803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@scsbc.org Columbia, SC—The South Carolina General Assembly has sent a clear message to the Trump Administration—there will…
Rick Baumann, founder of Murrells Inlet Seafood, will testify Wednesday (May 22nd) at 2:30PM to the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. The hearing is on the reauthorization of the SBA Office of Advocacy, which is to represent the views of small businesses before Federal agencies and Congress…
Lexington County Chronicle May 16, 2019 By Jerry Bellune Are federal officials ignoring a judge’s request for ocean oil test updates? Are federal attorneys misleading the judge on Atlantic coast seismic permits? These are questions SC coastal officials are asking. State and municipal officials fear ocean floor tests for oil…
Following the U.S. Secretary of Interior David Bernhardt’s April 25th public comments that he was delaying indefinitely efforts to produce a new five-year plan for oil leases off the nation’s coast, I sent Secretary Bernhardt a letter asking about his intentions on possibly suspending seismic permits processing for the Atlantic.…
Lexington County Chronicle May 9, 2019 By Jerry Bellune Lawmakers hope Santee Cooper’s value – not it’s $8 billion debt – will attract a generous buyer. Whether the state sells or seeks other ways to dispose of the debt may depend on tough decisions by a buyer willing to liquidate…
May 7, 2019 The S.C. House could take two important actions this week to protect our coast from offshore oil drilling. Please contact House member immediately by using the easy instructions below. –The House could debate and vote on H.3087 tomorrow (May 8th). The bill would permanently prohibit the facilitation…
Lexington County Chronicle May 2, 2019 By Frank Knapp, Jr., Special to the Chronicle Last week the SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce conducted our 4th town hall on the possible sale of Santee Cooper. The taxpayer-owned utility is $7.2 billion to $8 billion in debt, with $4 billion due…
WorkBoat April 30, 2019 By Kirk Moore Stung by a federal court decision in Alaska last month, Trump administration officials are putting a hold on ambitious plans to greatly expand offshore oil and gas leasing. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal published April 25, recently confirmed Secretary of…