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Offshore oils’ deadly secret exposed! Special Event – October 25th at 8 pm Easter.
THE COST OF SILENCE The Cost of Silence – Nominated Best Documentary Film – Sundance 2020. Secretly filmed over nine years, an oil industry insider exposes the devastating consequences of the Deepwater Horizon oil-spill and uncovers a growing public health disaster and the coordination between government and industry to silence…
State’s $40 million Minority and Small Business Relief Grant Program is accepting applications
Application Window: October 19, 2020 – November 1, 2020 Application: Click here for the application. Grant Awards: Will range from $2,500 to $25,000 Eligibility Criteria: Employ 25 or fewer employees Physically located in South Carolina In operation from September 13, 2019, to present Can demonstrate a financial or operational impact due to COVID-19 Priority…
Is Santee Cooper an Asset?
Energy Consumers of the Carolinas’ October 13, 2020 From Scott Carlberg An asset should have a positive benefit to the owner. Not always the case, obviously. The unhappy example is Santee Cooper – it bet the future of the company and the finances of its stakeholders and failed. Deeply failed.…
Let Them Vote: SC businesses encouraged to provide time for employees to vote
South Carolina and all states appear to be in for a big voter turnout at the polls on November 3rd. Long lines to vote are expected resulting in the voting process to possibly take hours. With elections being an essential part of our democracy, employees should be encouraged to vote…
New Grant Program for SC Small Businesses. Applications must be in by November 1, 2020
Columbia, SC, October 12, 2020—The SC Department of Administration today announced a $40 million grant program for small businesses “to reimburse qualifying expenditures for providing services or for revenue loss due to COVID-19.” To be eligible for the Minority and Small Business Relief Grant Program the business must have 25…
Small Business Chamber on WRNN “Hot Talk 99.5”in Myrtle Beach—Listen
Dave Priest and Leanne Graham interviewed Frank Knapp, President and CEO of the SC Small Business Chamber, this morning on their “Hot Talk 99.5” morning show on WRNN in Myrtle Beach. Issues discussed included the need for a new federal stimulus program to help small businesses and the unemployed, the…
Republican senator says ‘democracy isn’t the objective’ of US system
Utah Republican Senator Mike Lee tweeted on October 8th as reported by The Guardian: “Democracy isn’t the objective; liberty, peace, and prosperity are. We want the human condition to flourish. Rank democracy can thwart that.” Senator Lee, you can have “liberty, peace, and prosperity” under communism or a dictatorship. What…
SC coastal towns celebrate after judge dismisses lawsuit on seismic testing permits
ABC News 4 (Charleston) October 6, 2020 By Tony Fortier-Bensen South Carolina coastal towns and conservation groups are celebrating after a judge dropped a lawsuit on seismic testing permits in the Atlantic. On Tuesday, SC Attorney General Alan Wilson and the SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce held a press…
Opinion: Let’s Put the SC PSC to Work
By Scott Carlberg, Executive Director 0f Energy Consumers of the Carolinas South Carolina just swore-in four new members for its Public Service Commission, the group that oversees the utility industry in the state. With this change there are no commissioners left who were part of the VC Summer project problem.…