Project Conflict Watch 2014

PROJECT RE-LAUNCHED FOR 2014

A year later, this statement still holds true: South Carolina remains the only state in the nation that doesn’t require its politicians to disclose any private income. The public is still in the dark when it comes to knowing whether or not their elected officials are benefiting personally from legislation.

There is potential good news: a bill currently in the State House would require mandatory income disclosure – and it has already passed House and Senate. But rather than wait for lawmakers to make up their minds, we’ve asked them (along with the state’s constitutional officers) to disclose their income voluntarily. We made a few minor edits to the form we sent them in 2013, but this year’s form is still almost identical to the one required by the federal government before one can hold office in the U.S. Congress. Uncomplicated, easy to understand, and very simple to fill out.

Last year, about a third of those we asked to participate, did so. Some refused, but we hope they’ll reconsider this year.

The table below identifies all lawmakers and constitutional officers in the South Carolina State House. We will continue with our goal to get each one to identify every source of income, even if it takes years for it to become law.

But we can’t do it alone. Here’s what you can do to be a part of this initiative:

1. Download the form here.
2. Get in touch with your elected officials. Call them. E-mail them the form. Go to their State House offices and drop it off … let them know you want them to disclose all of their income sources!
3. Sign up for daily Nerve e-mails. We take a close look at what these politicians report and break news as we find conflicts of interest!
4. After you’ve called, e-mailed, asked a few dozen times, and they’ve returned the form to you, e-mail it to Emily Gould at emily@scpolicycouncil.org, or mail it to us 1323 Pendleton Street, Columbia, SC 29201.
5. We want to hear your stories! Did your representative or senator respond immediately? Did they snub the form when you handed it to them at a town hall meeting? Let us know! Call Emily Gould at (803) 779-5022 extension 117, or e-mail Emily at the address above.

STATEWIDE
Office	Name	Filled out 2013 Income Disclosure Form?		Filled out 2014 Income Disclosure Form?		Details
		YES	NO	YES	NO
Governor	Nikki Haley		X		X	Click to email the form to Governor Haley
Lt. Governor	Glenn McConnell		X		X	Click to email the form to Lieutenant Governor McConnell
Secretary of State	Mark Hammond		X		X	Click to email the form to Secretary of State Hammond
Treasurer	Curtis M. Loftis, Jr,	X		X		Click to view Treasurer Loftis’ information
Attorney General	Alan Wilson		X	X		Click to view Attorney General Wilson’s information
Comptroller General	Richard Eckstrom		X		X	Click to email the form to Comptroller General Eckstrom
State Superintendent of Education	Mick Zais	X			X	Click to view Superintendent Zais’ information
Commissioner of Agriculture	Hugh E. Weathers	X			X	Click to view Commissioner Weathers’ information
Adjutant General	Major Gen. Robert Livingston	X		X		Click to view Adjutant General Livingston’s information

SUPREME COURT
Office	Name	Filled out 2013 Income Disclosure Form?		Filled out 2014 Income Disclosure Form?		Details
		YES	NO	YES	NO
Chief Justice	Jean Toal		X	X		Click to view Chief Justice Toal’s information
Justice	Costa Pleicones		X	X		Click to view Justice Pleicones’ information

SENATE
County	Senate	Representative	Filled out 2013 Income Disclosure Form?		Filled out 2014 Income Disclosure Form?		Details
			YES	NO	YES	NO
Abbeville	4	William O’Dell		X		X	Click to email the form to Senator O’Dell
Aiken	24	Tom Young	X		X		Click to view Senator Young’s information
Anderson	3	Kevin Bryant	X			X	Click to view Senator Bryant’s information
Beaufort	46	Tom Davis	X			X	Click view Senator Davis’ information
Berkeley	37	Larry Grooms	X			X	Click to view Senator Grooms’ information
Berkeley	44	Paul Campbell		X		X	Click to email the form to Senator Campbell
Charleston	43	Chip Campsen		X		X	Click to email the form to Senator Campsen
Charleston	41	Paul Thurmond	X			X	Click to view Senator Thurmond’s information
Charleston	42	Marlon Kimpson		X		X	Click to email the form to Senator Kimpson
Cherokee	14	Harvey Peeler		X		X	Click to email the form to Senator Peeler
Clarendon	36	Kevin Johnson		X		X	Click to email the form to Senator Johnson
Darlington	29	Gerald Malloy		X		X	Click to email the form to Senator Malloy
Dorchester	38	Sean Bennett		X		X	Click to email the form to Senator Bennett
Edgefield	25	Shane Massey	X			X	Click to view Senator Massey’s information
Fairfield	17	Creighton Coleman		X		X	Click to email the form to Senator Coleman
Florence	31	Hugh Leatherman		X		X	Click to email the form to Senator Leatherman
Georgetown	34	Raymond Cleary		X		X	Click to email the form to Senator Cleary
Greenville	7	Karl Allen		X		X	Click to email the form to Senator Allen
Greenville	6	Michael Fair		X		X	Click to email the form to Senator Fair
Greenville	8	Ross Turner	X		X		Click to view Senator Turner’s information
Greenville	5	Tom Corbin		X		X	Click to email the form to Senator Corbin
Greenwood	10	Floyd Nicholson		X		X	Click to email the form to Senator Nicholson
Horry	28	Greg Hembree		X		X	Click to email the form to Senator Hembree
Horry	33	Luke Rankin		X		X	Click to email the form to Senator Rankin
Jasper	45	Clementa Pinckney		X		X	Click to email the form to Senator Pinckney
Kershaw	27	Vincent Sheheen	X			X	Click to view Senator Sheheen’s information
Lancaster	16	Chauncey K. Gregory		X		X	Click to email the form to Senator Gregory
Laurens	9	Danny Verdin	X			X	Click to view to Senator Verdin’s information
Lexington	23	Katrina Shealy	X		X		Click to view Senator Shealy’s information
Lexington	26	Nikki Setzler		X		X	Click to email the form to Senator Setzler
Marion	30	Kent Williams		X		X	Click to email the form to Senator Williams
Newberry	18	Ronnie Cromer		X	X		Click to view Senator Cromer’s information
Oconee	1	Thomas Alexander		X		X	Click to email the form to Senator Alexander
Orangeburg	40	Bradley Hutto		X		X	Click to email the form to Senator Hutto
Orangeburg	39	John Matthews		X		X	Click to email the form to Senator Matthews
Pickens	2	Larry Martin	X		X		Click to view Senator Martin’s information
Richland	21	Darrell Jackson		X		X	Click to email the form to Senator Jackson
Richland	22	Joel Lourie		X		X	Click to email the form to Senator Lourie
Richland	20	John Courson		X		X	Click to email the form to Senator Courson
Richland	19	John Scott		X		X	Click to email the form to Senator Scott
Spartanburg	11	Glenn Reese		X		X	Click to email the form to Senator Reese
Spartanburg	12	Lee Bright	X			X	Click to view Senator Bright’s information
Spartanburg	13	Shane Martin		X		X	Click to email the form to Senator Martin
Sumter	35	Thomas McElveen	X		X		Click to view Senator McElveen’s information
Williamsburg	32	J. Yancey McGill		X		X	Click to email the form to Senator McGill
York	15	Wes Hayes		X		X	Click to email the form to Senator Hayes

HOUSE
County	House	Representative	Filled out 2013 Income Disclosure Form?		Filled out 2014 Income Disclosure Form?		Details
			YES	NO	YES	NO
Abbeville	11	Craig Gagnon		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Gagnon
Aiken	82	Bill Clyburn		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Clyburn
Aiken	83	Bill Hixon		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Hixon
Aiken	86	Bill Taylor	X			X	Click to view Representative Taylor’s information
Aiken	81	Don Wells	X			X	Click to view Representative Wells’ information
Aiken	84	Roland Smith		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Smith
Anderson	9	Anne Thayer	X		X		Click to view Representative Thayer’s information
Anderson	6	Brian White		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative White
Anderson	8	Don Bowen		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Bowen
Anderson	10	Joshua Putnam		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Putnam
Anderson	7	Mike Gambrell		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Gambrell
Bamberg	90	Bakari Sellers		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Sellers
Barnwell	91	Lonnie Hosey		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Hosey
Beaufort	123	Andy Patrick		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Patrick
Beaufort	118	Bill Herbkersman		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Herbkersman
Beaufort	124	Shannon Erickson		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Erickson
Beaufort	120	Weston Newton	X			X	Click to view Representative Newton’s information
Berkeley	100	Edward Southard		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Southard
Berkeley	99	James Merrill		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Merrill
Berkeley	92	Joseph Daning		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Daning
Berkeley	102	Joseph Jefferson		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Jefferson
Berkeley	15	Samuel Rivers		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Rivers
Calhoun	93	Russell Ott		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Ott
Charleston	117	Bill Crosby		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Crosby
Charleston	114	Bobby Harrell		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Harrell
Charleston	110	Chip Limehouse		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Limehouse
Charleston	109	David Mack		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Mack
Charleston	119	Leon Stavrinakis		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Stavrinakis
Charleston	112	Mike Sottile		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Sottile
Charleston	115	Peter McCoy	X			X	Click to view Representative McCoy’s information
Charleston	116	Robert Brown		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Brown
Charleston	113	Seth Whipper		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Whipper
Charleston	111	Wendell Gilliard		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Gilliard
Cherokee	29	Dennis Moss		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative D. Moss
Cherokee	30	Steve Moss		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative S. Moss
Chester	43	Greg Delleney		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Delleney
Chesterfield	53	Ted Vick		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Vick
Clarendon	64	Robert Ridgeway		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Ridgeway
Colleton	121	Kenneth Hodges		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Hodges
Darlington	65	Jay Lucas	X			X	Click to view Representative Lucas’ information
Darlington	62	Robert Williams		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative R. Williams
Dillon	55	Jackie Hayes		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Hayes
Dorchester	98	Chris Murphy	X		X		Click to view Representative Murphy’s information
Dorchester	94	Jenny Anderson Horne		X	X		Click to view Representative Horne’s information
Dorchester	97	Patsy Knight		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Knight
Fairfield	41	Mary Gail Douglas		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Douglas
Florence	63	Kris Crawford		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Crawford
Florence	61	Lester Branham		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Branham
Florence	60	Phillip Lowe		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Lowe
Florence	59	Terry Alexander		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Alexander
Georgetown	103	Carl Anderson		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Anderson
Georgetown	108	Stephen Goldfinch		X	X		Click to view Representative Goldfinch’s information
Greenville	24	Bruce Bannister		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Bannister
Greenville	23	Chandra Dillard		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Dillard
Greenville	20	Dan Hamilton		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Hamilton
Greenville	19	Dwight Loftis		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Loftis
Greenville	28	Eric Bedingfield	X			X	Click to view Representative Bedingfield’s information
Greenville	27	Garry Smith	X			X	Click to view Representative G. Smith’s information
Greenville	25	Leola Robinson-Simpson		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Robinson-Simpson
Greenville	16	Mark Willis	X		X		Click to view Representative Willis’ information
Greenville	17	Mike Burns	X			X	Click to view Representative Burns’ information
Greenville	21	Phyllis Henderson	X			X	Click to view Representative Henderson’s information
Greenville	18	Tommy Stringer		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Stringer
Greenville	22	Wendy Nanney		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Nanney
Greenwood	12	Anne Parks		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Parks
Greenwood	13	R. Shannon Riley		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Riley
Hampton	122	Bill Bowers		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Bowers
Horry	107	Alan Clemmons		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Clemmons
Horry	68	Heather Ammons Crawford		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Crawford
Horry	105	Kevin Hardee		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Hardee
Horry	58	Liston Barfield		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Barfield
Horry	56	Mike Ryhal	X			X	Click to view Representative Ryhal’s information
Horry	106	Nelson Hardwick		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Hardwick
Horry	104	Tracy Edge		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Edge
Kershaw	52	Laurie Slade Funderbunk		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Funderburk
Lancaster	45	Deborah Long	X			X	Click view Representative Long’s information
Lancaster	44	Mandy Powers Norrell		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Norrell
Laurens	14	Mike Pitts		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Pitts
Lee	50	Grady Brown		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative G. Brown
Lexington	85	Chip Huggins	X		X		Click to view Representative Huggins’ information
Lexington	89	Kenny Bingham	X		X		Click to view Representative Bingham’s information
Lexington	96	Kit Spires		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Spires
Lexington	88	Mac Toole	X			X	Click to view Representative Toole’s information
Lexington	39	Ralph Kennedy		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Kennedy
Lexington	69	Rick Quinn		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Quinn
Lexington	87	Todd Atwater	X		X		Click to view Representative Atwater’s information
Marion	57	Wayne George		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative George
Marlboro	54	Elizabeth Munnerlyn		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Munnerlyn
Newberry	40	Walton McLeod		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative McLeod
Oconee	2	Bill Sandifer		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Sandifer
Oconee	1	Bill Whitmire		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Whitmire
Orangeburg	66	Gilda Cobb-Hunter		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Cobb-Hunter
Orangeburg	95	Jerry Govan		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Govan
Pickens	3	B.R. Skelton		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Skelton
Pickens	4	David Hiott		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Hiott
Pickens	5	Phil Owens		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Owens
Richland	78	Beth Bernstein	X		X		Click to view Representative Bernstein’s information
Richland	73	Chris Hart		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Hart
Richland	72	James Smith	X			X	Click to view Representative J. Smith’s information
Richland	80	Jimmy Bales		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Bales
Richland	77	Joe McEachern		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative McEachern
Richland	70	Joe Neal		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Neal
Richland	75	Kirkman Finlay		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Finlay
Richland	76	Leon Howard		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Howard
Richland	79	Mia McLeod		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative McLeod
Richland	71	Nathan Ballentine	X		X		Click to view Representative Ballentine’s information
Richland	74	Todd Rutherford		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Rutherford
Spartanburg	35	Bill Chumley		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Chumley
Spartanburg	32	Derham Cole		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Cole
Spartanburg	37	Donna Wood		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Wood
Spartanburg	38	Doug Brannon		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Brannon
Spartanburg	33	Eddie Tallon	X		X		Click to email view Representative Tallon’s information
Spartanburg	31	Harold Mitchell		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Mitchell
Spartanburg	34	Mike Forrester		X	X		Click to view Representative Forrester’s information
Spartanburg	36	Rita Allison	X		X		Click to view Representative Allison’s information
Sumter	51	David Weeks		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Weeks
Sumter	67	Murrell Smith	X			X	Click to view Representative M. Smith’s information
Union	42	Mike Anthony		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Anthony
Williamsburg	101	Ronnie Sabb		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Sabb
York	46	Gary Simrill	X			X	Click to view Representative Simrill’s information
York	49	John Richard King		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative King
York	48	Ralph Norman		X		X	Click to email the form to Representative Norman
York	26	Raye Felder	X		X		Click to view Representative Felder’s information
York	47	Tommy Pope	X		X		Click to view Representative Pope’s information

LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS
County	District	Representative	Filled out 2013 Income Disclosure Form?		Filled out 2014 Income Disclosure Form?		Details
			YES	NO	YES	NO
Dorchester	4	Larry Hargett	X			X	Click to view County Councilman Hargett’s information

Thank you so much for all you do. Please consider taking part in this movement with us!