Lexington County Chronicle, December 17, 2020 The Lancaster News, December 26, 2020 By Frank Knapp Jr. Special to the Chronicle Should Santee Cooper be sold or not is expected to be hotly debated when state lawmakers return next month. The 2 sides are gearing up for a battle. Last week…
$65 million in COVID aid to SC small businesses and nonprofits delayed by weeks
Post and Courier December 17, 2020 By Seanna Adcox COLUMBIA — South Carolina has postponed sending promised state grants to struggling small businesses and nonprofits, which could wait an extra week or more to learn whether they’ve won a small lifeline toward surviving COVID-19. And the winners likely won’t get the cash,…
10+ year Congressional fight won! Anonymous shell companies banned.
December 12, 2020 Below is a press release about Congress finally passing a law to end legalized corporate secrecy in the US that has been used by drug traffickers, terrorist cells, tax cheats, pimps, arms traders, fraudsters, and other criminals. The importance of this victory cannot be understated. In 2013…
SANTEE COOPER’S GOLDEN PARACHUTES
Lexington County Chronicle December 6, 2020 Execs get bonuses By Jerry Bellune Santee Cooper and SC taxpayers are paying millions to former executives. Former Santee Cooper CEO Lonnie Carter received a golden parachute with his retirement in 2017. In addition to $344,572 for life from the state retirement system he…
South Carolina real small businesses cheated out of federal PPP relief funds
Statement of Frank Knapp Jr., president & CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce. Columbia, SC, December 2, 2020—According to The Washington Post, over half of the $522 billion in Paycheck Protection Program loans went to larger businesses that accounted for only 5% of loan recipients. While…
PPP Disclosure Shows Sad State of Affairs for Small Business in Washington; Congress Needs to Stop Proposing Relief and Get to Work
Statement by Shaundell Newsome, Co-Chair of Small Business for America’s Future and Owner of Sumnu Marketing in Las Vegas, NV Washington, D.C., Dec. 2, 2020—Reports showing that big businesses received half of federal Paycheck Protection Program funds meant to help small businesses weather the Covid-19 pandemic, and the ongoing failure of…
SC Chamber of Commerce encourages shopping small, supporting minority-owned businesses
ABC NEWS 4 November 27, 2020 Watch video by Rachel Ellis CHARLESTON, SC (WCIV) — The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce said ‘Small Business Saturday’ is an opportunity “for everybody who says that they love small businesses to actually show it, by putting their money where their mouths…
Opinion: Our small businesses need Trump to concede and provide a smooth transition to Biden
The State (SC), November 24, 2020 Greensburg Daily News (IN), November 24, 2020 Hilton Head Island Packet (SC), November 24, 2020 Myrtle Beach Sun News (SC), November 24, 2020 The Gilmore Mirror (TX), November 25, 2020 The Orange Leader (TX), November 26, 2020 Asbury Park Press (NJ), November 27, 2020…
US business leaders press Donald Trump to start transition to Joe Biden
Financial Times November 24, 2020 Chief executives of Goldman Sachs and BlackRock warn further delays will hamper response to pandemic US business leaders are turning up the pressure on Donald Trump to begin the transition to Joe Biden’s administration, warning that further delays threaten America’s attempts to control the public…
Survey: Small Businesses Want Trump to Concede Election and the GSA to Facilitate a Transfer of Power to Avoid Harming the Economy
National survey of more than 1,000 small business owners finds 62% believe the GSA Administrator should give Biden access to resources needed for transition; 250 members of the Leadership Now Project echoed this belief in a letter to GSA Administrator Emily Murphy, urging her to move the transition process forward…