In keeping with our commitment to our 274,000 local readers in Horry County, we are providing an update on our earlier article about Rom Reddy’s decision to disband the DOGESC Political Action Committee and acquire its assets for his political campaign.
The Ethics Commission of South Carolina contacted us. They informed us that Reddy might have a Political Action Committee manage his personal campaign page.
We were also made aware that, although the ethics commission had misgivings about the DOGESC asset acquisition, it is completely lawful in South Carolina.
Understanding the Role of the Political Action Committee
The Ethics committee advised us that Political Action Committees operate like the wild west in South Carolina. Numerous activities that are prohibited at the federal level are permissible in this state.
We inquired about the reasons behind this situation. We were told that Lawyer Legislators govern the State of South Carolina. These Lawyer Legislators support the existing rules for Political Action Committees.
S.C. Representative Bruce Bannister serves as the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and is also an attorney.
Representative Bruce Bannister is a member of the FLAG PAC board. FLAG stands for The Foundation for Law and Government, a Political Action Committee, and is one among several insider PACs utilized by lawyer legislators.
Representative Bruce Bannister oversees South Carolina’s yearly budget, which encompasses a spending plan for all funds, including federal and other sources, resulting in a total budget that typically exceeds $41 billion.
Rom Reddy identifies as a champion of the people and a populist who mobilizes South Carolinians against Lawyer Legislators. Yet, Reddy engaged in a quintessential insider maneuver by utilizing the laws created by those very lawyer legislators.
The lawyer legislator establishment in SC will always take Reddy’s calls. However, Reddy is not actually an insider, even though he operates as one. Rom Reddy knows how the insiders play ball as well as any lawyer legislator in the state. He uses these laws to his personal advantage whenever possible.
The South Carolina ethics commission has decided not to take action against Rom Reddy. The laws crafted by lawyer legislators have restricted their ability to act.
Readers are invited to determine for themselves whether Reddy is genuinely the reformer he professes to be.
