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New DUI Bill Proves to be Effective
About two years ago, I was the lead sponsor of a bill that stiffened the penalties for DUI violations. With the shocking amount of deaths and injuries caused every year by alcohol-related accidents, I felt that we had to do something to deter people from getting behind a wheel after they’ve had too much to [...]
My Point Exactly!
As you may have heard, college tuition rates are out of control. Each year, the cost of receiving a university education raises higher and higher, leaving college graduates with a sea of drowning debt. With no end in sight, students are forced to pay thousands of dollars more for their classes with each passing semester. [...]
Keeping You Safe During Tough Economic Times
You know the trend. When our economy heads south and families start losing their jobs, many people become desperate and turn to crime. At the same time crime rates are increasing our prison budgets, like all other state agencies, are hit hard. It’s a bad cycle that can have damaging effects on our state and [...]
Incumbents Are In Trouble For Good Reason
Dear Fellow Conservatives- As we enter the dog days of summer and endure the brutal midlands heat, I wanted to take a moment to talk to you about the status of South Carolina. I also wanted to share this article with you that ran in the Sumter Item this past weekend. We are all facing tougher times [...]
Sanford Signs Economic Development Competitiveness Act
Columbia, S.C. – June 23, 2010 – Gov. Mark Sanford today joined Speaker of the House Bobby Harrell, Commerce Secretary Joe Taylor and other economic development advocates to sign H.4478, a bill aimed at enhancing South Carolina’s ability to attract jobs and investment and compete in an increasingly global marketplace. The bill takes several positive [...]
Keep Voicing Your Frustration
It’s the last week of the 2010 legislative year and this year has been one of the hardest during my time representing you. Government has been devastated by this economic decline. Despite all the cuts to education, public safety and every state agency, there is a silver lining in the difficulty we are facing. The [...]
New Law Changes Criminal Sentencing
Friends – I’m sorry to email you two days in the row, but on this last day of the legislative session, I wanted to share some big news. Over the past year I’ve helped chair a committee tasked with writing new criminal sentencing reform for our state. In this tough economic time, our prison system [...]
Gov. Sanford Signs Sentencing Reform Bill
LEGISLATION AIMED AT SAVING TAXPAYER DOLLARS, REDUCING RECIDIVISM Columbia, S.C. – June 2, 2010 – Gov. Mark Sanford today joined legislative leaders to sign legislation that reforms South Carolina’s criminal sentencing laws. S.1154 is aimed at reversing the trend toward incarcerating non-violent criminals who pose little or no risk to the public, discouraging recidivism by [...]
Please Come to Tomorrows Fundraiser
Please join us for a Re-election Campaign Kickoff honoring Murrell Smith SC House of Representatives District 67 Wednesday, March 31, 2010 6 pm – 8:30 pm The Hamptons Main Room $50 per couple $25 individual Sponsors Elyn and William Croft Kristi and Warren Curtis Alison and T Davis Karla and Gene Dickerson Caroline and Gene [...]
Merry Christmas
It is with a full heart that I wish everyone a Merry Christmas. Macaulay and I are so fortunate for our many blessings this past year. We are enjoying this Christmas Season to its fullest as this is the first we will celebrate with our daughter, Bee. She is truly our gift. Her gift to [...]
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