As the SC Senate resumes debate on the “Nullify Obamacare” bill on Tuesday, March 11, concerned progressive activists will continue to remind lawmakers that they think health care is a moral issue, not a political one. Truthful Tuesday activists plan to block legislators entering the State House garage at Pendelton and South Main beginning at 10:45 am.
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Democrats to reorganize precincts
The Anderson County Democratic Party will hold its biannual Precinct Reorganization meeting on March 8 at 10 AM at the Westside Community Center, 1100 West Franklin St. in Anderson.
Following the precinct reorganization, the county party will hold its County Convention. At that meeting delegates will be elected to the State Convention, to be held in May. All interested persons are invited to attend. For more information contact Stuart Sprague at sprague_s@bellsouth.net or 864-314-5640.
Legislative Delegation to address requests
The Anderson County Legislative Delegation will hold their semi-annual meeting Thursday night, at the Townsend Building on Clemson Avenue. The meeting is open to the public, and citizens can sign up to address the delegation. The meeting begins at 6 p.m.
The delegation, chaired by Rep Mike Gambrell, from District 7, meets with the public twice a year. This meeting will deal in large part with reappointing incumbents, and otherwise filling vacancies, on a number of boards and commissions.
Blue Cross Blue Shield to extend affected insurance plans
For non-grandfathered policies
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina and BlueChoice® HealthPlan of South Carolina have notified the state’s Department of Insurance that they will be allowing their non-grandfathered individual and small group policy holders to renew their existing health plan coverage for one year.
Convention of States legislation introduced
Legislation has been pre-filed this week in the South Carolina House of Representatives calling for an Article V Convention of States. South Carolina and Virginia became the first two states to call for the Article V Convention for the express and sole purpose of limiting the power and jurisdiction of the federal government.
Duncan statement on President’s “Obamacare” fix
Congressman Jeff Duncan released the following statement today regarding the President’s Administrative Change to ObamaCare:
“Yesterday, President Obama announced that if you like your health plan you can keep it…for one more year…maybe. The President’s ‘administrative fix’ is an attempt to create a lifeboat for ObamaCare to get his party through the 2014-midterm elections. The President’s actions appear to be unconstitutional and don’t change the fact that he’s still breaking his promise by not ensuring people can keep their health plans, and then only allowing people to keep their plans for another year. By only giving people a possible one year insurance extension, the President is showing that he cares more about winning the upcoming elections than he does about keeping his word. This isn’t about a broken website, this is about broken promises and a healthcare law that simply doesn’t work.”
Jeanes, Rogers elected – West Pelzer
Two new members of the West Pelzer Town Council will take their seats, once the election commission certifies the results of Tuesday’s election. Incumbent Randall Ledford was handily defeated, finishing fourth in the four candidate field. Incumbent Ann Odom did not seek reelection, opening one seat. Former councilman Jimmy Jeanes was the top vote getter with seventy three votes, while Johnny Rogers, Sr. edged out Pat Black by a count of fifty four to fifty.
Libertarians elect state officers
The South Carolina Libertarian Party meeting in its biannual reorganization convention recently elected Michael Carmany of Anderson as its new state Chairman. The convention also elected Jeremy Walters of Fort Mills as state Vice Chairman.
How to become a candidate – Libertarians meet
So you want to be a candidate or would you like to find out what it takes to be a Libertarian candidate? A public meeting will be held November 7 at the Fountain Inn Library, 311 N Main at 7 p.m. Anyone interested is invited to come at 6:30 and participate in the ULS and upstate LP counties meeting.
Sen. Bright speaks to First Monday group
1 of 3 Graham challengers
By Stan Welch
State Senator Lee Bright, from Spartanburg’s District 12, and one of three candidates challenging U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham in next June’s Republican primary, was in Anderson Monday speaking to the First Monday Club.
Bright, a state Senator for five years, made no bones about his opinion of the current administration and its perceived agenda. Nor did he exonerate his own party’s leadership.
