Join the American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC) on Wednesday, September 23rd, at 2PM EDT for a crucial conversation on voter + election engagement and the business community’s role. ASBC is committed to building a sense of urgency and collective action in order to increase voter turnout this election and make sure voter participation is accessible …
Electronic voting machines were supposed to make going to the poll and tabulating the results faster with less potential for fraud. Not here in Richland County, South Carolina. Widespread failure of machines and too few poll workers caused most voters in this county, home of the state’s capital city, to wait 2, 3, even 4 …
The opinion editorial below ran on the Huffington Post and The Hill yesterday.————————————————————————————————- We Didn’t Vote for This by Frank Knapp, Jr. Whether Americans voted for Republicans or Democrats in the mid-term election, one thing is clear: Voters were demanding that Congress focus intensively on job creation on Main Street — not lobbyists and campaign …
I was a little pre-occupied this week so I’m late with this blog.A little thing like an election sucked some energy out of me as it did most folks. But I was involved with some positive activities. My declaration expressing support for the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to regulate greenhouse gas was filed along with …
The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce (SCSBCC) today released an assessment of the three candidates running for Governor—Rep. Nikki Haley, Sen. Vincent Sheheen and Dr. Morgan Reeves. The assessment was based both on specific critical legislative votes and a questionnaire sent to each candidate on July 7, 2010. The questionnaire can be found …
“Are you going to come out in support of Vincent Sheheen?” That was the question raised to me yesterday in a telephone call from a friend. After all, the State Chamber re-upped on their Sheheen endorsement this week. “No,” I said, “the Small Business Chamber doesn’t endorse candidates.” That has been our position since I …
