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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster's State of the State remarks as prepared for delivery on Wednesday:
Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen of the General Assembly, my fellow South Carolinians. We are here tonight to address challenges and opportunities.
But first, as in prior years, I'd like to recognize those in uniform whom we lost in the line of duty in 2022.
Officer Roy Andrew Barr of the Cayce Police Department
Deputy Austin Derek Aldridge of the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office
Corporal Sara K. Weaver of Florence County Emergency Medical Services, and
Master Police Officer Tyrell Owens-Riley of the Columbia Police Department.
To the families and loved ones of these brave South Carolinians, with all our hearts, we offer our condolences. We are eternally grateful for their service.
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I am delighted to have with us once again tonight our First Lady, my bride Peggy, our son Henry Jr., whose wife Virginia is home with their three month old daughter, Margot Gray. Also, our daughter Mary Rogers, whose husband Sam is home with their six month old son, James Dargan. Please stand and be recognized.
Also, our Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette, and her husband David are here tonight. Please stand and be recognized.
Our state constitutional officeholders are here with us tonight, including our new Superintendent of Education Ellen Weaver. Please stand and be recognized
Finally, will the members of the best cabinet in the nation please stand and be recognized. Thank you.
The people of the great state of South Carolina have given me the honor and privilege of serving as your governor for another four years. My family and I thank you.
My pledge to all is that we will not squander this opportunity; we will continue to act boldly, think big and continue building on our successes.
South Carolina is richly blessed with a hardworking and talented people. Our quality of life and cultural heritage, abundant natural resources and prosperous economy make us unique and attractive to all. In fact, South Carolina is the third fastest growing state in the nation according to the U.S. Census Bureau. People want to be here.
Our booming economy has once again created a record budget surplus, this year totaling over $3.5 billion in unexpected revenue. State government is in superior fiscal shape. Today, we have the largest rainy day reserve fund balance and lowest amount of debt than at any other time in recent memory.
So, it should come as no surprise that 2022 was the most successful year for economic growth in our state's history, with the record for the largest capital investment project broken twice in the same year.
In 2022, we announced 120 projects which will create over 14,000 new jobs with $10.27 billion in new capital investment. This is almost two and a half times as much as 2021.
As another sign of our economic strength, last year we almost quadrupled our foreign direct investment from the previous year. Every day, employers are creating new jobs, entrepreneurs are opening new businesses, and companies are deciding to locate in South Carolina.
The Palmetto State has one of the nation's fastest-growing container ports, two innovative inland ports, thirty-three airports, 2,300 miles of rail lines and more than 41,000 miles of state-maintained highways. The Port of Charleston has the deepest harbor – 52 feet – on the East Coast and its volume will grow exponentially this year.
There are 208 million people - two-thirds of the U.S. population - within two days' drive of South Carolina. Our thriving tourism industry continues to break records. Compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019, in the 2021-22 fiscal year, accommodations tax collections were up almost 50 percent, our state park system revenues were up 46 percent, and admissions tax collections were up 28 percent.
Not only did we drive our way through a debilitating pandemic, with our decisions based on common sense and the Constitution, we thrived.
Tonight, we will recognize several of the businesses which announced new capital investment in South Carolina during the record-breaking year of 2022.
As you will notice, the automotive industry continues moving towards electric vehicles, and South Carolina is moving along with it. Last year I issued an executive order prioritizing the recruitment of these manufacturers to ensure that our state will continue to be seen as the ideal place for manufacturers and suppliers to do business. South Carolina will continue to adapt as the industry innovates and grows.
In Berkeley County, Redwood Materials will invest $3.5 billion – the single largest announcement in the history of South Carolina – and create 1,500 jobs for a new battery materials recycling facility.
In the Upstate, BMW will invest $1.7 billion – the second largest investment in state history: $1 billion of which will prepare Plant Spartanburg to produce electric vehicles and $700 million to build a new, high-voltage battery assembly facility in Woodruff, which will create 300 new jobs.
Envision AESC will invest $810 million in Florence to build a new, state-of-the-art battery cell gigafactory and employ over 1,000 residents to supply technology-leading battery cells to power the next generation of electric vehicles.
In Colleton County, Kontrolmatik Pomega will build a 3 gigawatt-hour capacity lithium-ion battery factory that will produce grid-scale energy storage. The company's $279 million investment will create approximately 575 new jobs.
Bosch made two announcements in 2022 that continue to develop the company's nearly 50 year history in the State of South Carolina.
In Anderson County, Bosch plans to invest $200 million and create up to 350 new jobs to expand operations to become the company's first production operation of fuel cell technology in the United States.
And in Dorchester County, Bosch launched the production of electric motors to support the U.S. market demand for electrified vehicles, with plans for future growth. Bosch plans to invest $260 million and create 350 jobs at its site in North Charleston.
With a combined investment of $625 million and 50 new jobs, Nucor Steel is expanding in Berkeley County to include a new galvanizing line to meet the increased demand for steel, and an air separation unit to modernize the mill.
E.A. Sween, a leading supplier in the "ready-to-eat" sandwich industry, will invest $38 million and create 300 new jobs in Greenwood County.
In Greenville County, Health Supply U.S. is investing $150 million and creating 600 new jobs for a new manufacturing facility that will produce American-made personal protective equipment.
KION North America will invest $40 million and create 450 jobs to reshore the manufacturing of core components for industrial lift trucks from China to Summerville.
Will the leaders from these companies here with us tonight please stand and be recognized when I call your name. We will hold our applause until all are standing.
Mr. Jason Thompson, the Chief Financial Officer of Redwood Materials.
Ms. Sherry McCraw, the Vice President of Human Resources of BMW.
Mr. Jeff Deaton, the Managing Director for North America of Envision AESC.
Mr. Bahadir Yetki, the Chief Executive Officer of Kontrolmatik Pomega.
Mr. Mike Mansuetti, the President of Bosch North America.
Mr. Nathan Pranger, the Vice President and General Manager of Nucor Steel.
Ms. Kristi Broadwater, the Senior Vice President of Human Resources for E.A. Sween.
Mr. Chris Garcia, the Chief Executive Officer of Health Supply U.S.
Mr. Jonathan Dawley, the President and Chief Executive Officer of KION North America.
And finally, our Secretary of Commerce, Harry Lightsey, and his remarkable team which worked around the clock to produce these successes, are here tonight.
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you all for making 2022 a record-breaking year in South Carolina. And this year, let's do it again.
Last year presented numerous challenges for the people of South Carolina, including those resulting from the misguided and unconstitutional policies of the Biden Administration, such as dramatic inflation and sharp interest rate hikes. Left unchecked, run-away federal spending has created the specter of a recession on the horizon.
Yet I remain confident about the future of our state because I have faith in our people and in those they elected to represent them in the General Assembly. And I am excited to renew our successful partnership - one based on working together through collaboration, communication, and cooperation.
Today, we are presented with an opportunity to take bold, transformative actions that will build prosperity for generations to come.
The foundations of our successes rest on three pillars: economic strength, education, and our natural environment.
This past November, South Carolinians overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment increasing the minimum required balance in the rainy-day reserve fund. It was increased from 5 percent to 7 percent of the total amount of General Appropriations Act funds available to be appropriated in any year.
I now ask the General Assembly to set aside an additional $500 million to voluntarily increase the rainy-day reserve fund minimum balance from 7 percent to 10 percent. By saving this money instead of spending it, we will once again be prepared for any future economic uncertainties, should they arise.
Until recently, South Carolina had the highest personal income tax rate in the southeast and the 12th highest in the nation. No more.
Last year, we worked together to pass the largest income tax cut in state history. This made South Carolina even more competitive with other states for new jobs and capital investment. A tax cut has the impact of a pay raise, letting people keep and spend more of their hard-earned money, which itself is a catalyst for even more economic growth and prosperity.
In February, the state Board of Economic Advisors is scheduled to issue an updated revenue forecast. Should an increase in future revenues allow, I ask the General Assembly to use additional funds to speed up the income tax cut schedule, so taxpayers can keep even more of their hard-earned money.
In addition, I recommend setting aside a significant amount of funds to re-invest in our state's record-breaking economic development efforts, rather than borrowing it through the issuance of bonds, which increases our state's debt. A one-time appropriation of $500 million will allow the Department of Commerce to satisfy all outstanding obligations and incentives without borrowing money. The House recently approved this appropriation, and it is my hope that the Senate will follow suit.
An additional one-time appropriation of $200 million will allow the department to identify and secure properties for future mega-site development.
Rural South Carolina has everything it needs for beauty and tranquility. But what it needs for good public and economic health is water and sewer. The right water and sewer systems in a county can transform a tax base. That means jobs, good schools, strong families, and a safe and vibrant community.
In 2022, the state Rural Infrastructure Authority received $800 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds. Their purpose: to replace, repair, and consolidate our state's aging and outdated rural water, sewer, and stormwater infrastructure, through competitive grants. The demand exceeded the supply, and RIA received grant applications in 2022 for almost $2 billion. This year, I am recommending that a minimum of $380 million in remaining ARPA funds be used to continue making these transformative water and sewer grants in our rural communities.
There is no infrastructure more in need of big, bold, and continued investment than our state's roads, bridges, highways, and interstates. Our successes are outrunning our infrastructure.
Last year, the Department of Transportation got almost $1 billion to accelerate and jump start construction, expansion, and improvements to our State-owned roads, bridges, highways, and to widen interstates. However, in the immortal words of Jerry Reed, "we've got a long way to go and a short time to get there." So we must invest more.
This year, my Executive Budget provides an additional $850 million to continue speeding up the completion of projects which will relieve traffic congestion on interstates and highways, repair or repave local roads and fix over 400 bridges across the state.
Working together, we have taken bold steps to improve the education our children receive in the classroom.
Until last year, South Carolina's system for funding K-12 education was archaic and confusing, a piecemeal system consisting of 29 separate line-item appropriations. Now, a consolidated formula makes sure that funding follows the child.
It keeps pace with student enrollments and provides financial resources to support a state average student-teacher ratio of 11.2 students per teacher, with an average teacher salary, including fringe benefits, of $72,991. My Executive Budget also increases State Aid to Classrooms by $254 million.
To increase the percentage of children who enter our public schools ready to learn, we unleashed the free market and expanded full-day, four-year-old kindergarten to all at-risk children in the state. Parents may now choose the public, private, or for-profit childcare provider that best suits their child's educational needs.
Today, we are serving 16,103 "at-risk" children in the program, which is an all-time high.
Last year, there were 18 children eligible to participate in the state-funded, full-day 4K program at St. Martin de Porres Catholic School, located in Columbia.
St. Martin is a private school participating in the full-day 4K program.
This year, parents of nine of those children wanted to enroll their children in five-year-old kindergarten at the school but could not afford to pay the tuition. Thanks to the generosity of the Catholic Church, they were able to continue their education at St. Martin at no cost to the families.
Jonathan McMillan is one of those children: He participated in the full-day 4K program last year and is now enrolled in five-year-old kindergarten at St. Martin.
According to his mother and teachers, Jonathan has been saved from further struggle and challenge by staying at St. Martin. "He had challenges upon his arrival. He had different social skills that required the intentionality of our educational team. Jonathan is not shy; he is brilliant and a determined leader." His teacher, Ms. Hare, says that her goal is to help him find his light so he can brightly shine to the world around him.
Jonathan is here tonight accompanied by his mother Ms. Djenabou along with the principal of St. Martin, Ms. Delores Gilliard. Ms. Gilliard has served as principal for five years. She completed a 40-year career in the public schools in Richland One school district, spending 22 years as a principal.
Jonathan and ladies, please stand and be recognized.
My Executive Budget also provides $25 million in lottery dollars for the creation of education scholarship accounts, or ESAs, pending a change in the law by the General Assembly. These funds will allow lower-income parents to choose the type of education environment and instruction that best suits their child's unique needs.
My Executive Budget also proposes to continue the remarkable progress we have made in raising teacher pay. And we must do more. New teaching positions are being created every year at new schools constructed to keep up with our growing population.
Six years ago, the minimum starting salary of a teacher in South Carolina was $30,113 and the average teacher salary was below the southeastern average.
Today, the minimum starting salary of a teacher in South Carolina is $40,000 and the average teacher salary now exceeds the southeastern average.
My Executive Budget proposes increasing teacher salaries by $2,500 at every step of the state salary schedule, making the new minimum starting teacher salary $42,500. My goal by 2026 is a minimum starting salary of at least - at least - $50,000.
In addition, my Executive Budget provides every eligible public-school teacher for the upcoming school year, with a one-time $2,500 retention supplement, half in December and the other half in May.
Miss MyKenna Blankenship is a first-year teacher at Bay Road Elementary School in the Darlington County School District. She teaches first grade. Miss Blankenship was a Teaching Fellow at Francis Marion University where she completed her bachelor's degree.
She is the daughter of Ms. Jennifer Blankenship, also a teacher in the Darlington County School District. She teaches English and the Teacher Cadet Program at the Mayo High School for Math, Science and Technology. The Teacher Cadet Program is a high school course which encourages academically talented high school students to consider teaching as a career.
MyKenna always wanted to be a teacher. As she said, "my mom was a lot of inspiration for my journey. . . .I enjoy seeing students make connections with their life and what they are learning in school, but also the "Ah-Ha" moment when they truly understand a concept. My first year is going awesome and I could not have been more blessed with the community I chose. These students are bright and always begin the day with a surprise. I learn more as a teacher and person every day. This career and opportunity with the students fulfill my life in more than one way."
MyKenna and her mother are here with us tonight. Ladies, please stand and be recognized.
Placing an armed, certified school resource officer – SRO - in every school, in every county, all day, every day, has been one of my top priorities. At my request, the General Assembly began funding a grant program administered by the Department of Public Safety to provide school districts with funds to hire more resource officers for our 1,283 public schools.
The grant program has been very successful and has more than doubled the number of officers assigned to a school, going from 406 to 982 in just four years. This year I am recommending an additional $27.3 million to provide an additional 188 schools with an SRO. With this appropriation, 90 percent of South Carolina's public schools will have an SRO assigned to their campus.
In July of 2021 Michael Tucker was named Program Manager for the School Resource Officer (SRO) Program at DPS. During Mr. Tucker's first year as the SRO Program Manager, working with school districts and local law enforcement agencies, the number of state-funded School Resource Officers increased by 74 percent.
For his exemplary work to improve school safety in our state, Mr. Tucker was recognized in October as the DPS's Public Servant of the Year.
Joining Michael tonight is the Director of the Department of Public Safety Rob Woods and Chief of Staff Michael Oliver. Gentlemen, please stand and be recognized.
To train our state's SROs, I recommend providing the State Law Enforcement Division with $3.5 million to create the Center for School Safety and Targeted Violence. Located at the old Gilbert Elementary School, this partnership with Lexington School District One will provide a state-of-the-art training center in a real life setting for law enforcement and school personnel.
Last year, we expanded the investigative jurisdiction of the state Inspector General to reflect concerns that South Carolinians have regarding the management of our public schools, especially the management of taxpayer funds by school boards. It was a good first step toward restoring the public's confidence in the actions of school boards. We should expand this transparency.
To this end, the public should also know who is getting paid to influence decisions made by county, municipal, or school board officials. These "lobbyists" should be required to register with the State Ethics Commission, just like those who are paid to lobby the legislature. What's good for the Statehouse - is good for the Schoolhouse. Members of the General Assembly, send me this legislation and I will sign it into law.
We know that access to an affordable degree or skilled trade certificate is essential to ensure that our state has the trained and educated workforce to compete for jobs and investment in the future. Manufacturers in particular view the availability of skilled labor as critical to their decision to invest here.
To address the critical labor shortage affecting key sectors of our economy, I am asking the General Assembly to invest an additional $78 million in lottery funds to expand Workforce Scholarships for the Future through the South Carolina Technical College System.
In the last two years, this highly successful program has empowered over 10,000 South Carolinians to earn an industry credential in high-demand careers like manufacturing, healthcare, computer science, information technology, transportation, logistics, or construction.
Geena Rocanella, a graduate of Airport High School in Lexington School District Two, is pursuing an Associate Degree in Early Childhood and Elementary Education from Midlands Technical College. In the afternoons, she works in an after-school program, caring for preschool and elementary-age students. After-school programs provide activities for students and allow mothers and fathers to work.
After completing her Associate Degree, Ms. Rocanella plans to transfer to a four-year college to complete her teacher certification requirements and become a teacher.
She received a Workforce Scholarship to attend Midlands Technical College because all regions of our state face a critical shortage of child-care workers. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are 100,000 fewer child-care workers today in America than before the pandemic. They are in high demand.
Ms. Rocanella is joining us tonight, and with her is Dr. Ron Rhames, President of Midlands Technical College.
And this would not have been possible without the tremendous leadership of Dr. Tim Hardee, President of the State Technical College System who is also here tonight.
Will you all please stand and be recognized.
My Executive Budget marks the fourth consecutive year that I have asked the General Assembly to freeze college tuition for in-state students, with an appropriation to our institutions of higher education of $43 million. This represents the 5.2 percent increase in the Higher Education Price Index for 2022 and is based on the number of in-state students enrolled at each public institution.
We are also providing a record amount of financial aid and scholarships for students in need. I propose providing $80 million so that every South Carolinian who qualifies for federal need-based financial aid - as measured by federal Pell Grants – receives sufficient state financial assistance to attend any in-state public college, university, or technical college.
And students at private, independent, and historically black colleges and universities will receive an additional $20 million for tuition grants and assistance.
In just two years, the University of South Carolina has almost doubled the number of in-state students receiving need-based grants from 2,000 students to more than 3,900 students from every county in the state.
With us tonight is Jazmine Lara Guerrero, a junior at the University of South Carolina majoring in Political Science. Upon graduating, she plans to pursue a Ph.D. in Political Science. For the past three years, she has received a need-based grant.
Miss Guerrero is a first-generation college student. She is an Opportunity Scholar, a Ronald E. McNair Scholar, and a Magellan Scholar. She is part of the Gamecock Guarantee Program, which provides financial and academic support to first-generation college students. And she will graduate having no student loan debt.
Before entering USC, Miss Guerrero attended the Academy for the Arts, Science and Technology, a public magnet high school in Myrtle Beach. Jazmine, please stand and be recognized.
We must continue to address the repairs needed at the aging, state-owned buildings, and infrastructure on the campuses of our four-year colleges, technical colleges, and universities. I ask the General Assembly to join me in paying down the state's deferred maintenance liability with $209 million in Capital Reserve funds to be distributed pro-rata based on each institution's in-state enrollment. Let's pay for this right now, rather than borrowing it and creating more debt.
In addition, I ask that the General Assembly complete the funding of the Battelle Alliance, a collaborative nuclear sciences research partnership between the University of South Carolina, Clemson University, South Carolina State University, and the Savannah River National Laboratory. With an appropriation of $100 million in addition to the $20 million appropriated last year, the alliance will develop workforce training programs designed to develop a pipeline of new talent to fill engineering, science, research, and management positions for private industry and nuclear facilities, including those operated by the Department of Energy. The impact on our research campuses will be far-reaching and dramatic.
It's clear that a mental health crisis exists in South Carolina following the COVID-19 pandemic, especially among our young people. Many are still struggling with the effects of disruptions, virtual instruction, isolation, and constant changes to normal routines.
South Carolinians in crisis must have access to professional mental health counseling and services.
To meet the growing demand for mental and behavioral health services, I am recommending an allocation of nearly $45 million to the Department of Mental Health. These funds will support the agency's ability to recruit and retain mental health professionals, provide inpatient services, increase access to crisis services such as suicide prevention hotlines – including one specifically for veterans – and community-based treatment services.
Last year, I directed Health and Human Services Director Robbie Kerr to initiate an immediate review of our State's behavioral health funding and delivery system.
It became clear from Director Kerr's efforts that the time has come to modernize and restructure South Carolina's siloed healthcare delivery agencies: the Department of Mental Health, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Health and Environmental Control, among others.
My Executive Budget includes a $5 million appropriation to the Department of Administration for the purpose of procuring the professional expertise necessary to analyze and provide the General Assembly, by June 30, 2024, with a comprehensive plan to restructure these agencies, consolidating and privatizing services where possible.
Our booming economy sometimes puts our state agencies at a disadvantage with the private sector in recruiting and retaining good employees.
My Executive Budget provides $78 million for recruitment and retention salary increases for state employees; $2 million for a one-time $2,500 "sign on bonus" for new, first time state government hires; and $2 million to the Department of Administration so they may assist smaller state agencies with marketing and advertising efforts to fill those "hard to hire" positions.
I am also recommending there be no increase in employee-paid premiums for State Health Plan participants and that we add - at no cost to state employees - an annual OBGYN exam for all females, similar to the existing no-cost adult wellness visit which was added two years ago.
Finally, the South Carolina Retirement System, often called the "state pension plan," has one of the largest unfunded liabilities in the nation, at nearly $24 billion. The system only has assets equal to 64 percent of what is required to pay beneficiaries, which places our pension system fifth worst in the nation.
Once again, I ask that the state plan be closed to new beneficiaries as of December 31, 2023, and that new state employees prospectively enrolled in the State Optional Retirement Program, which is a defined contribution 401(k) plan. Another year of inaction is another year in which the unfunded liability in the pension plan will increase. We cannot "kick this can down the road" any further.
To keep South Carolinians safe, we must maintain a robust law enforcement presence - and properly "fund the police." Our state law enforcement agencies continue to lose valuable and experienced people because they are unable to remain competitive with pay and benefits.
Thanks to the compensation review conducted by Ms. Marcia Adams, Director of the Department of Administration, our state law enforcement and criminal justice agencies have begun to stem the tide of personnel loss with $40 million in recruitment and retention pay raises provided in last year's General Appropriations Act.
I am proposing that we continue to build on this momentum, by providing an additional $21.5 million for recruitment and retention pay raises this year with the understanding that we will continue doing it.
I am also proposing a $2,000 state income tax credit for every active-duty law enforcement officer, firefighter, first responder, and emergency medical technician. This nonrefundable tax credit will provide a total of $38.4 million in income tax relief for those who put their lives on the line each day to protect and serve our people.
Additionally, I recommend that we maintain a proviso suspending the $10,000 retirement cap for anyone enrolled in the Police Officers Retirement System. This will allow retired officers to return to work and fill existing vacancies and make our state safer.
Our law enforcement officers know who the repeat criminals are. They commit over 80 percent of the crimes.
Sixteenth Solicitor Kevin Brackett shared a shocking example of how bad this problem has become.
On September 30, 2018, a repeat criminal, whose name I shall not repeat, who had a prior record of drugs, assault and battery, burglary, and illegal gun possession, was arrested and charged with possession of two stolen pistols, possession with intent to distribute crack and fentanyl - and to distribute it near a park or school - resisting arrest and possession of a stolen M16A4 machine gun. He was released on a $10,000 bond.
Less than four months later, he was charged with domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature for violently assaulting his pregnant girlfriend. Once again, he was released on bond.
Then, a few weeks after that, this repeat criminal, out on bond, shot two people, killing one. The surviving gunshot victim was the same pregnant girlfriend he assaulted weeks earlier. He also held four people at gunpoint, assaulting three of them with a hammer. He fled and then shot a third victim later that same day. She survived.
After all that, he was finally arrested, convicted, and was eventually sentenced to life in prison.
Unfortunately, this is happening every day. How long are we going to let this happen?
Law enforcement needs our help. They need stronger laws to keep illegal guns out of the hands of criminals and juveniles, and new laws to "close the revolving door" and keep career criminals behind bars and not out on bond.
That means no bond for repeat criminals. Those who commit a crime while out on bond will receive an automatic mandatory five-year felony sentence with no early release or parole – on top of the sentence for their previous crimes.
Currently, there are no graduated criminal penalties for illegal gun possession in state law. That means the penalty is the same no matter how many times the criminal gets caught, which provides no deterrent. Graduated felony penalties, with no bond, will help keep repeat criminals behind bars and not out on bail where they can commit more crimes.
We also need to stop on shady bail bond practices. Last October, I directed the Department of Insurance to crack down on these practices within its authority. Today I propose the establishment of minimum standards for court-ordered GPS or electronic monitoring, and the imposition of penalties on bondsmen who fail to maintain electronic monitoring or fail report to violations of bond conditions to court.
We have no means to carry out a death sentence in South Carolina – and the murderers know it.
The families and loved ones of these murderers' victims know it, too.
The Department of Corrections has been unable to carry out the death penalty by lethal injection since 2011 because the companies which make the drugs will not sell them unless their identities are shielded by state law from anti-death penalty activists. Fourteen states have enacted such a shield law. Director Bryan Stirling and I have asked the General Assembly to address this for over five years.
In an effort to solve this problem, we amended the death penalty law to make the electric chair the default method if lethal injection was unavailable and added the firing squad as a new means of execution.
It was immediately challenged in court, scheduled executions were halted, and we now - once again - await a decision by our state Supreme Court.
Ladies and gentlemen, we cannot keep waiting.
I ask the General Assembly again: pass a shield law. We must give these grieving families and loved ones the justice and closure they are owed by law and tell the people of South Carolina that their government believes in the rule of law - just like they do.
We must also re-examine those issues, practices, and laws that make our State less competitive and make it difficult for families, businesses and entrepreneurs to invest, grow, and thrive.
One issue in need of re-examination is in the area of civil litigation known as "joint and several liability." Nobody, including business owners should be penalized for the actions of others, simply because they have more money. Nor should anyone be absolved of responsibility for their own actions. I am confident that we can find a common sense formula which will provide accountability and just compensation without damaging our economy.
In addition, I suggest that it's time for members of the General Assembly who are attorneys - to stop suing the bodies in which they serve, stop suing state agencies in plaintiff actions, and stop suing elected officials. This is absurd. It diminishes the public's confidence not only in the lawyer legislators – but the rest of state government as well.
We must also ensure that the public has confidence in whom and how all our state's judges are selected, by making the processes more transparent and accountable. South Carolina is one of two states in which the General Assembly selects the members of the judiciary. It appears that the public's confidence in this arrangement is waning. Too often, the people's business is unattended. "Justice delayed is justice denied."
I suggest that our Founding Fathers prescribed a method for judicial selection that has served our federal government well and with which the public is quite familiar. Gubernatorial appointment of all judges, with the advice and consent of the state Senate, requires no "re-invention of the wheel," will inspire the confidence of our people, and will encourage more excellent attorneys to seek public service.
Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization gave us cause for confidence when it recognized that Roe v. Wade was "egregiously wrong" on "the day it was decided" and that the U.S. Constitution does not prohibit States from regulating or prohibiting abortion.
Unfortunately, the South Carolina Supreme Court delivered a temporary setback earlier this month. In a 3–2 decision, the court struck down the Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act, concluding that it violated a constitutional provision that was proposed and adopted before Roe v. Wade, at a time when nearly all abortions were illegal in South Carolina. Respectfully, the court's decision is at odds with the law and the facts, and the lead opinion's results-oriented reasoning threatens to disrupt our constitutional separation of powers.
When I signed the Heartbeat Act into law, I was confident that it was constitutional. I still am. Therefore, I will be filing a petition for rehearing next week, along with other state officials, and I remain optimistic that we will prevail in our historic fight to protect and defend the right to, and the sanctity of, life.
Finally, our shared cultural and natural heritage, abundant natural resources and prosperous economy make us the envy of others and attractive to all.
Explorers for kings and queens marveled at our mountains, beaches, sea islands, and marshes. They reported back that the land was lush, fertile, and brimming with abundance. And I have no doubt that they would have the same reaction today.
When the French, Spanish, and English settlers began arriving in South Carolina over 450 years ago, there were around two dozen groups or "tribes" of indigenous peoples, or Native Americans, residing in the Lowcountry.
The Ashepoo, Bohicket, Combahee, Edisto, Kiawah, Sewee, St. Helena, Wando, among others lived and thrived here and their names live on today as majestic rivers, sea islands, towns, and entities.
Currently, a number of tribes are officially recognized. The Catawba Indian Nation, the Beaver Creek Indians, the Edisto Natchez-Kusso Tribe of South Carolina, the Pee Dee Indian Nation of Upper South Carolina, the Pee Dee Indian Tribe, the Piedmont American Indian Association, the Santee Indian Organization, the Sumter Tribe of Cheraw Indians, the Waccamaw Indian People, and the Wassamasaw Tribe of Varnertown Indians.
Many of the leaders of South Carolina's tribes are here with us tonight. Please stand and be recognized.
By the time the English established the permanent settlement of Charles Towne on the banks of the Ashley River in 1670, a global network for trading and selling West Africans into slavery was well established by European nations, sending enslaved people to Brazil, the West Indies, and the American colonies.
Between 1700 and 1775, forty percent of enslaved West Africans entering the colonies did so through Gadsden's Warf in Charleston, which today is the location of the new International African American Museum.
They came from the Winward Coast, the Ivory Coast, and the Gold Coast areas of Western Africa, known today as Senegal, Sierra Leone, the Republic of Congo, and Ghana. The importation of enslaved persons was criminalized in the United States in 1808.
Descendants of these people are proudly represented today by the Gullah Geechee Nation, some living on the sea island properties owned by their ancestors. The Penn Center, on St. Helena Island, with its national landmark designation, serves as the cultural "capitol" and historical repository for the preservation of our Gullah heritage.
Queen Quet Marquetta L. Goodwine, Chieftess of the Gullah Geechee Nation, is with us tonight. Please stand and be recognized.
It is believed that the first European Jewish settlers arrived in Charleston around 1700 to take advantage of the civil and religious liberty afforded in the colony of South Carolina. The congregation Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim has the oldest synagogue in continuous use in North America and is known as the cornerstone of American Reform Judaism. By 1800, South Carolina had the largest Jewish population of any state in the United States.
More battles and skirmishes were fought during the Revolutionary War in South Carolina than in any other state. The victory at Cowpens over the British Army turned the tide of the American Revolution and secured life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for a new nation. And the term "Sandlapper" was born as a colloquial nickname bestowed upon South Carolinians by retreating British troops. Efforts are underway now to preserve the stories and places of these historic events.
Clearly, South Carolina has an incomparable cultural and natural heritage which distinguishes our state and people from all others. We must honor, preserve and be good stewards of that which we have been given.
Economic growth and the preservation of our shared heritage are not opposing objectives which must be balanced as in a competition, one against the other. Instead, they are complementary, intertwined, and inseparable, each dependent on the other. To strengthen one is to strengthen the other.
The question today is: Will anyone recognize South Carolina in 100 years?
Will we allow our state's culturally and environmentally significant structures, monuments, lands, islands, and waters to be lost - to over-development, mismanagement, flooding, erosion, or storm damage?
Or will we preserve and protect our history, our culture and our environment, and the public's access to them, before they are lost forever. This is our moment to act. While we still can.
To that end, I am recommending that a total of $266 million be appropriated to the Conservation Land Bank, the Department of Natural Resources, and the Office of Resilience, for the purpose of identifying and preserving culturally or environmentally significant properties and tracts in which public access is in jeopardy of being lost forever.
In closing, to the members of the General Assembly, I say let us continue our successful partnership, one that has been based on communication, collaboration, and cooperation.
Let us embrace civility and comity through our thoughts, our actions, and our words – and urge our people, especially the young people, to be proud of their state.
And let us set our State on a course that will provide the opportunity for prosperity, success, and happiness for generations of South Carolinians.
May God continue to bless America, and our Great State of South Carolina.
Mom sentenced to 40 years for killing 8-year-old son
A Connecticut woman has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for suffocating her 8-year-old son and then setting their house on fire. Prosecutors say Karin Ziolkowski suffocated her son, Elijah, in their Meriden home on Nov. 14, 2016, and then used tiki torch oil to set two fires. She was arrested in October 2017 in North Carolina. Ziolkowski was sentenced Tuesday to four decades in state prison for murder and 10 years for arson, to be served concurrently. A Superior Court jury in New Haven found her guilty on both charges on Nov. 8, 2022.
Police: Mississippi officer fatally shoots armed person
A person was shot and killed by a police officer near Jackson, Mississippi. The Clinton Police Department received a call about a suspicious person wearing a ski mask at an apartment complex around 9 a.m. Sunday. When police arrived the person "displayed a weapon towards an officer," according to a press release from the Mississippi Department of Public Safety. The officer was not injured in the incident. The fatal officer-involved shooting is under investigation by the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation. Additional details and the identities of the officer and person were not immediately available.
Ohio death row inmate resentenced, could get parole
An Ohio prison inmate who has spent nearly four decades on death row in the murder of a convenience store clerk has been resentenced to a term that could allow his release on parole. The (Toledo) Blade reports that Lucas County Judge Stacy Cook vacated Gregory Esparza's death sentence and imposed a new term of 30 years to life. She earlier said prosecutors had failed to disclose evidence. Esparza was convicted in the February 1983 slaying of 38-year-old Melanie Gerschutz, who was shot during a robbery of $110 from the cash register of an East Toledo store.
Off-duty Florida officer kills gunman in videotaped shooting
An off-duty police officer fatally shot a gunman during a confrontation outside a South Florida supermarket in an encounter captured on video. Cellphone videos posted on Twitter shows that a Homestead police officer repeatedly told a man to drop his gun Saturday, but he refused, saying he was going home. He shot into an SUV he says is his. The officer again ordered the man to drop the gun. Again, he refused. Moments later, another voice tells the man to drop it. He turns toward it and one shot is fired, fatally striking him. Police said the shooter was an off-duty Miami-Dade officer. No one else was hurt.
Homicide detectives investigate fatal Albuquerque shooting
Homicide detectives are investigating an fatal shooting in southeast Albuquerque. Police say officers responded to a report of a shooting just before 4 a.m. Saturday in the area of Dallas Street and Bell Avenue. Upon their arrival, they found one person who had died from gunshot injuries. The Albuquerque Police Department Homicide Unit is investigating. No other information has been released.
Bird deaths over New Mexico possibly due to climate change
Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers are studying a 2020 incident in which thousands of migratory birds dropped dead over New Mexico, possibly due to climate change. Hundreds of millions of birds fly south in the winter and north in the summer. But recent studies by NASA and others show climate change may be interfering with that annual cycle and those disruptions can ripple through entire ecosystems. New Mexico State University is spearheading a new partnership with the Los Alamos lab to train students in a relatively new field of research called disaster ecology.
Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia says there's "a whole lot more" he wants to do and he's seeking reelection next year. Kaine's plan to run eases Democratic worries about holding onto the seat in a state now led by a Republican governor. Kaine said Friday he had grappled with the decision to seek a third term but feels he has more to accomplish. Kaine will enter the Senate race as the early favorite. The Virginia seat is a must-hold seat for Democrats facing a tough Senate map in 2024. Kaine is a former Virginia governor and was Hillary Clinton's running mate in the 2016 presidential election.
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2 deputies wounded in Minnesota town of Winsted
Authorities say two deputies have been shot and wounded while trying to serve a search warrant at a home in the central Minnesota town of Winsted. The McLeod County Sheriff's Office has released few details so far. But news reports from the scene Monday said the two deputies' injuries are not considered life-threatening, and that a suspect remains in the home in a standoff with multiple law enforcement agencies. The City of Winsted posted a message on its Facebook page urging residents to avoid the area. Winsted is about 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of Minneapolis
Georgia Southern student arrested on battery charge
A Georgia college student arrested for allegedly attacking another student outside of a fraternity house has been released after posting bond, News outlets report Statesboro Police officers were called to the Sigma Nu Fraternity house at Georgia Southern University just after 1 a.m. on Jan. 13 to a report of a man who hit his head on a sidewalk. Investigators, using witness testimony, social media, cellphone records and video surveillance, said the victim was walking past the fraternity house when several people began approached him. Police say one of the men, identified as 20-year-old William Kroymann, of Ellabell, then attacked the victim, causing him to fall and hit his head. Kroymann was arrested Wednesday and released after posting $15,000 bond.
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Improved quality experiences of having a designated full-time faculty member would be instrumental by implementation of the Coalition of Access to Fairness and Justice (COAF) initiative here at RCC. This "pipeline" to law school program is for students who begin their education at community colleges. The Mock Trial program here at RCC is another improved quality of experience whereby a full-time faculty member could help foster the program with other faculty to increase the number of student participants as well as the number of competitions the students could participate in. RCC Students have already been recognized for their achievements via John Marshall Law School Undergraduate Diversity Mock Trial competitions both regionally and nationally; RCC students have cumulative won over $100,000 in scholarships/law school tuition waivers.
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The mission of the International Student Services (ISS) at Clayton State University is to facilitate the success of international students through: effective advising on regulatory compliance; diverse cultural, integrative and leadership opportunities; and the advocacy of cultural competence and global awareness campus wide.
Any student who is not a U.S. citizen or an approved permanent resident of the U.S. and who has temporary, non-immigrant visa status in the U.S.
Typically, these students must obtain or hold a F1 or J1 visa in good status to be lawfully present in the U.S.
International high school students in a non-immigrant status who are already in the U.S and wish to apply to Clayton State are considered international applicants.
Those with dual U.S. citizenship (eligible for a U.S. passport), approved permanent residents, refugee and/or political asylee status are international students for some purposes, but are not restricted to F1 and J1 visa rules. Please contact ISS if you are uncertain about your status.


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On this page you will find some wordsearch puzzles, from the scenes of the Bible Wonderland exhibition.
Here are some more games and puzzles, all with a Bible theme or based on the life of Jesus, for you to print out to do later.
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Isn't everyone a winner when it comes to brownies?
Brandless is a website that offers non-brand organic groceries for just $3 an item: They have been compared to an online Trader Joe's.
We did a taste test comparison of chips and salsa, brownies, macaroni and cheese, and popcorn from each store.
Trader Joe's had better-tasting products overall.
When we found out that a startup called Brandless was selling organic non-brand-name food products for just $3 each, we were excited because it sounded like an online Trader Joe's.
As Brandless picked up in popularity, we did a price comparison and found out that for most products, Trader Joe's is still a better deal because their products are larger, and therefore you get more bang for your buck.
The real test is product quality, however. INSIDER picked five nearly identical products from Brandless and Trader Joe's (white cheddar popcorn, tortilla chips and salsa, boxed macaroni and cheese, and gluten-free brownie mix), pitted them against each other, and rated them from 1 to 5.
Keep scrolling to see our thoughts.
White cheddar popcorn: the perfect snack.
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Businesses are generally formed under a set of circumstances that dictate the most appropriate company type adopted. The most common company model is the Company Limited by Share Capital, but, under the Companies Act 2014, there are variations such as Unlimited Companies, Designated Activity Companies and Companies Limited by Guarantee.
Over time, circumstances change and the requirements of the company change accordingly. In Ireland, there has been seismic change to financial reporting requirements since the introduction of Companies Act 2014, the Companies (Accounting) Act 2017 and, of course, FRS 102.
Increased disclosure requirements for directors' remuneration, key management remuneration and profit reconciliation have prompted many directors to review their company's corporate form and ultimately re-register to an Unlimited Company type, as such companies, provided they are truly unlimited, do not have to file financial statements.
For other entities, it becomes apparent, over time, that the company type adopted is not best suited to purpose. This is particularly an issue for certain charity and property management companies that were established as Limited by Share Capital when a Company Limited by Guarantee would have been far better suited to the operations of the company.
Email us or call us on 053-9100000 to discuss your client's re-registration requirements. We look forward to working with your practice.
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Dec. 10, 2013 / 1:45 PM
Al-Qaida stakes out 'jihadist emirate' in Iraq, Syria
BAGHDAD, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- As al-Qaida in Iraq and Syria gain in strength and firepower, they're shifting from hit-and-run tactics to seizing and holding adjoining territory in western Iraq and northeastern Syria that analysts say could be proclaimed a jihadist emirate, establishing an al-Qaida state in the heart of the Arab world.
The main jihadist force, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, now controls large swathes of Iraq's Sunni-dominated Anbar province, which borders Syria, and much of northeastern Syria.
There it's been escalating its operations to lay claim to as much of the region as it can before the Geneva 2 talks on the Syrian conflict, which could convene early in 2014.
ISIL now has its eyes on the key northern city of Aleppo, once Syria's commercial capital, and the surrounding countryside as it expands to consolidate control over the northeast and the important border with Turkey.
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ISIL's dominance of the Islamic forces fighting Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime grows daily, and its eclipse of the more secular, nationalist rebel forces of the Western-backed Free Syrian Army becomes more complete.
ISIL's campaign got a major boost in July when al-Qaida in Iraq, led by the ambitious and aggressive Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, attacked the notorious Abu Ghraib prison west of Baghdad and freed some 500 inmates, including dozens of senior jihadists.
Indeed, the breakout may have been planned for that purpose.
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These seasoned veterans of al-Qaida's decade-long war in Iraq galvanized the jihadist campaign in Iraq and in neighboring Syria. Since that mass breakout, in which suicide bombers blasted holes in the walls for the prisoners, ISIL has ruled the roost.
In western Iraq, the jihadists, invigorated by their newfound strength in Syria, now have de facto control over whole towns.
The western desert in Anbar, a vast region along the leaky border with Syria, is now known as the "Jazeera Emirate."
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The jihadists call the oil-rich Kirkuk region in northern Iraq the "Daash Emirate" because they have systematically killed or cowed the Baghdad government's forces there, and in neighboring Diyala and Salahuddin provinces, in recent months.
These areas are seen as the embryo of a broad jihadist enclave in a region where civilization began, bordering the oil-rich Persian Gulf, Iran and the Hashemite kingdom of Jordan, highly vulnerable and adjoining the West Bank where the Israelis are alarmed by a growing al-Qaida presence on their doorstep.
"Al-Qaida controls 40 percent of the desert area of Anbar province," says Sabah Karhout, chairman of Anbar's provincial council.
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"It's expected that Anbar will serve as fertile ground for a real war in the next few months," Iraqi commentator Mushreq Abbas warned.
Veteran Middle East analyst Patrick Cockburn said ISIL's gains in Syria were dangerous enough "to frighten the U.S. and its allies into doubt how far they want to see President Bashar Assad replaced by Sunni fanatics."
The FSA leadership has reportedly dropped its demand Assad must step down before any negotiations can occur because it's more worried about the jihadists than it is about accommodating Assad.
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The fear of a jihadist-led regime in Damascus, which under the Assads was secular and nationalist, has dramatically shifted perceptions of the Syrian conflict amid the growing polarization of mainstream Sunnis and breakaway Shiites taking place across the Muslim world.
"Important developments such as the weakening government grip in Anbar, centered on the towns and cities of the Euphrates, have not been properly reported," Cockburn said.
"Al-Qaida's once again making ground attacks on cities like Fallujah, from which it was driven by U.S. Marines in 2004.
"The same is true of the city of Mosul in northern Iraq, where ISIL is reported to levy protection money on everybody from the local greengrocer to satellite phone and construction companies -- bringing in a monthly revenue of $8 million."
This is happening, he explains, "because al-Qaida reinvigorated itself by its gains in Syria, and the Sunni community in Iraq -- heavily defeated after the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 -- could see the regional balance of power changing in their favor."
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari warned last week the "toxic" spread of jihadism in Syria is such that "the day will come, God forbid, when they will have another Islamic emirate."
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È noto principalmente per i videogiochi sviluppati per la console Atari 2600 e per essere uno dei fondatori della società Activision prima e Hi-Toro poi.

Biografia

Origini e formazione
Laureato all'Università della California, Berkeley nel 1974 come informatico trovò lavoro  presso la Control Systems Industries ove per 2 anni dove ha lavorato come programmatore di sistemi di controllo e, successivamente, ha lavorato come programmatore presso Atari, Inc., da cui è stato assunto nel 1976 rispondendo ad un annuncio di ricerca di nuovo personale.

L'interesse per i videogiochi
L'interesse nei confronti dei videogiochi nasce in Kaplan proprio grazie ai primi titoli che la stessa Atari stava iniziando a commercializzare in quel periodo, principalmente Breakout. Presso Atari ha sviluppato giochi sia per la console Atari 2600 che per i computer Atari 400 e 800.

La fondazione di Activision
Nel 1979 lasciò Atari, perché non accettava la politica della società che non permetteva agli sviluppatori di avere qualche tipo di credito nei videogiochi da loro scritti, ed ha fondato con altre 4 persone (tra cui altri ex-colleghi di Atari) la società Activision dedita alla produzione di videogiochi.

In questo periodo Kaplan si dedicò allo sviluppo di videogiochi dedicati all'Atari 2600; tra i quali uno dei più famosi fu Kaboom!.

Il periodo alla Hi-Toro
Nel 1982 ha lasciato Activision per via del fatto che non aveva poteri decisionali nella società ed ha fondato la Hi-Toro con cui, insieme a Jay Miner, inizia la progettazione di un nuovo sistema per videogiochi che, in seguito diverrà, l'Amiga. Alla fine del 1982 Kaplan ha lasciato la Hi-Toro perché viene contattato da Nolan Bushnell per tornare in Atari, da cui è nuovamente uscito l'anno successivo, durante la crisi dei videogiochi del 1983.

I progetti alla Capcom e alla 3DO
Successivamente ha lavorato per Capcom dal 1994 al 1995 e poi per 3DO. Per alcuni mesi del 1996 ha lavorato per la Pacific Data Images allo sviluppo del film d'animazione Z la formica.

Dal 2001 al 2003 è stato impiegato nuovamente presso 3DO.

Note

Voci correlate
 Activision
 Atari
 Hi-Toro
 Jay Miner

Collegamenti esterni
 Elenco dei videogiochi di Larry Kaplan

Fondatori di impresa

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The Hyde Park Historical Society, Friends of the Parks and Jackson Park Advisory Council present a Flashlight Tour of Jackson Park. As part of the Chicago Park District Night Out in the Parks initiative, this program provides a rare opportunity to explore Jackson Park during the nighttime. Expert historians will provide interpretation highlighting the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and the site's importance as a natural haven. This free program is open to all ages.
Date: Saturday, May 18, 2019 Location: Meet at the Statue of the Republic ("Golden Lady"), Hayes and Richards Drives. Time: 8:45-10:30pm Registration is free and will be limited to 150 registrants. Remember to bring your flashlight!


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Meet Pretty Mandy, Paul Rudd's Awful Cousin, on SNL
By Charu Sinha
Saturday Night Live continued in their coverage of awkward video calls in the age of the coronavirus with a sketch featuring guest star Paul Rudd and Heidi Gardner as his horrible cousin, Mandy. The sketch starts off innocuously enough, with Mandy checking in on "little Paulie," but things quickly take a dark turn as it becomes clear Mandy has the coronavirus. When questioned, she gets outwardly hostile: "Man, you're different. You changed, little Paulie." She goes on to ask Rudd why he wasn't in "the movie Wonder Woman did, with all the celebrities," and Rudd finally admits he simply wasn't famous enough. As the call wraps up, Mandy upsettingly reveals that she's still going out to her favorite bar for tic-tac-toe tournaments, albeit in gloves. "Those are fingerless gloves," Rudd counters, but it's clear Mandy has won this interaction.
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Twitter to Only Let Blue Subscribers Vote in Polls About Policy
Twitter users on Monday voted in a public poll to oust Elon Musk as the social media company's CEO.
Following that, Musk said henceforth only paying Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to vote on policy-related matters.
He was responding to a suggestion that only paid members should be allowed to vote in such polls.
Hours after a public poll on Twitter voted to oust Elon Musk as the CEO of the company, he said only paying subscribers — that's Twitter Blue members — will be able to vote on policy-related matters.
The Twitter CEO was responding to a Blue member's suggestion that only paying members should be allowed to vote in policy-related polls because "we actually have skin in the game."
"Twitter will make that change," Musk tweeted on Monday.
—Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 19, 2022
Twitter Blue is a paid subscription service that charges users for a blue checkmark next to their account names and offers early access to certain features. The program costs $8 a month for web users in the US and is one of Musk's strategy to monetize the platform — which he said was losing $4 million a day.
Over 10 million, or 57.5% of 17.5 million Twitter users who participated in the poll voted for Musk to step down as the CEO.
"Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll," Musk had tweeted on Sunday while posting the poll.
Musk's roller-coaster leadership of Twitter
Since acquiring Twitter for $44 billion in late October, Musk has instituted sweeping changes at the company — including mass layoffs and reinstating the account of former President Donald Trump after taking a poll.
The last week has been especially tumultuous for Twitter users after a series of snap changes at the platform.
Last Wednesday, Twitter suspended accounts that tracked private jets — including Musk's own private plane — using publicly available information. Musk cited safety concerns behind the move.
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require ::File.expand_path("../test_helper", __dir__)

module Stripe
  class AccountTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
    should "be listable" do
      accounts = Stripe::Account.list
      assert_requested :get, "#{Stripe.api_base}/v1/accounts"
      assert accounts.data.is_a?(Array)
      assert accounts.data[0].is_a?(Stripe::Account)
    end

    should "be retrievable using singular endpoint" do
      account = Stripe::Account.retrieve
      assert_requested :get, "#{Stripe.api_base}/v1/account"
      assert account.is_a?(Stripe::Account)
    end

    should "be retrievable using plural endpoint" do
      account = Stripe::Account.retrieve("acct_123")
      assert_requested :get, "#{Stripe.api_base}/v1/accounts/acct_123"
      assert account.is_a?(Stripe::Account)
    end

    should "be rejectable" do
      account = Stripe::Account.retrieve("acct_foo")
      account = account.reject(reason: "fraud")
      assert_requested :post, "#{Stripe.api_base}/v1/accounts/#{account.id}/reject"
      assert account.is_a?(Stripe::Account)
    end

    context ".reject" do
      should "reject the account" do
        account = Stripe::Account.reject("acct_foo", reason: "fraud")
        assert_requested :post, "#{Stripe.api_base}/v1/accounts/#{account.id}/reject"
        assert account.is_a?(Stripe::Account)
      end
    end

    should "be creatable" do
      account = Stripe::Account.create(metadata: {}, type: "standard")
      assert_requested :post, "#{Stripe.api_base}/v1/accounts"
      assert account.is_a?(Stripe::Account)
    end

    should "be saveable" do
      account = Stripe::Account.retrieve("acct_123")
      account.metadata["key"] = "value"
      account.save
      assert_requested :post, "#{Stripe.api_base}/v1/accounts/#{account.id}"
    end

    should "be updateable" do
      account = Stripe::Account.update("acct_123", metadata: { foo: "bar" })
      assert_requested :post, "#{Stripe.api_base}/v1/accounts/acct_123"
      assert account.is_a?(Stripe::Account)
    end

    context "#delete" do
      should "be deletable" do
        account = Stripe::Account.retrieve("acct_123")
        account = account.delete
        assert_requested :delete, "#{Stripe.api_base}/v1/accounts/#{account.id}"
        assert account.is_a?(Stripe::Account)
      end
    end

    context ".delete" do
      should "be deletable" do
        account = Stripe::Account.delete("acct_123")
        assert_requested :delete, "#{Stripe.api_base}/v1/accounts/acct_123"
        assert account.is_a?(Stripe::Account)
      end
    end

    should "be able to list Persons" do
      account = Stripe::Account.retrieve("acct_123")
      persons = account.persons
      assert_requested :get, "#{Stripe.api_base}/v1/accounts/acct_123/persons"
      assert persons.data.is_a?(Array)
      assert persons.data[0].is_a?(Stripe::Person)
    end

    context "#deauthorize" do
      should "deauthorize an account" do
        account = Stripe::Account.retrieve("acct_123")

        # Unfortunately, the OpenAPI spec doesn't yet cover anything under the
        # Connect endpoints, so for just stub this out with Webmock.
        stub_request(:post, "#{Stripe.connect_base}/oauth/deauthorize")
          .with(body: { "client_id" => "ca_1234", "stripe_user_id" => account.id })
          .to_return(body: JSON.generate("stripe_user_id" => account.id))
        account.deauthorize("ca_1234", "sk_test_1234")
      end
    end

    context "#legal_entity=" do
      should "disallow direct overrides" do
        account = Stripe::Account.construct_from(
          id: "acct_123",
          legal_entity: {
            first_name: "name",
          }
        )

        assert_raise NoMethodError do
          account.legal_entity = { first_name: "Blah" }
        end

        account.legal_entity.first_name = "Blah"
      end
    end

    context "#serialize_params" do
      should "serialize a new additional_owners" do
        obj = Stripe::Util.convert_to_stripe_object({
          object: "account",
          legal_entity: Stripe::StripeObject.construct_from({
          }),
        }, {})
        obj.legal_entity.additional_owners = [
          { first_name: "Joe" },
          { first_name: "Jane" },
        ]

        expected = {
          legal_entity: {
            additional_owners: {
              "0" => { first_name: "Joe" },
              "1" => { first_name: "Jane" },
            },
          },
        }
        assert_equal(expected, obj.serialize_params)
      end

      should "serialize on an partially changed additional_owners" do
        obj = Stripe::Util.convert_to_stripe_object({
          object: "account",
          legal_entity: {
            additional_owners: [
              Stripe::StripeObject.construct_from(first_name: "Joe"),
              Stripe::StripeObject.construct_from(first_name: "Jane"),
            ],
          },
        }, {})
        obj.legal_entity.additional_owners[1].first_name = "Stripe"

        expected = {
          legal_entity: {
            additional_owners: {
              "1" => { first_name: "Stripe" },
            },
          },
        }
        assert_equal(expected, obj.serialize_params)
      end

      should "serialize on an unchanged additional_owners" do
        obj = Stripe::Util.convert_to_stripe_object({
          object: "account",
          legal_entity: {
            additional_owners: [
              Stripe::StripeObject.construct_from(first_name: "Joe"),
              Stripe::StripeObject.construct_from(first_name: "Jane"),
            ],
          },
        }, {})

        expected = {
          legal_entity: {
            additional_owners: {},
          },
        }
        assert_equal(expected, obj.serialize_params)
      end

      # Note that the empty string that we send for this one has a special
      # meaning for the server, which interprets it as an array unset.
      should "serialize on an unset additional_owners" do
        obj = Stripe::Util.convert_to_stripe_object({
          object: "account",
          legal_entity: {
            additional_owners: [
              Stripe::StripeObject.construct_from(first_name: "Joe"),
              Stripe::StripeObject.construct_from(first_name: "Jane"),
            ],
          },
        }, {})
        obj.legal_entity.additional_owners = nil

        expected = {
          legal_entity: {
            additional_owners: "",
          },
        }
        assert_equal(expected, obj.serialize_params)
      end

      should "serialize on a new individual" do
        obj = Stripe::Util.convert_to_stripe_object({
          object: "account",
        }, {})
        obj.individual = { first_name: "Jane" }

        expected = { individual: { first_name: "Jane" } }
        assert_equal(expected, obj.serialize_params)
      end

      should "serialize on a partially changed individual" do
        obj = Stripe::Util.convert_to_stripe_object({
          object: "account",
          individual: Stripe::Util.convert_to_stripe_object({
            object: "person",
            first_name: "Jenny",
          }, {}),
        }, {})
        obj.individual = { first_name: "Jane" }

        expected = { individual: { first_name: "Jane" } }
        assert_equal(expected, obj.serialize_params)
      end

      should "serialize on an unchanged individual" do
        obj = Stripe::Util.convert_to_stripe_object({
          object: "account",
          individual: Stripe::Util.convert_to_stripe_object({
            object: "person",
            first_name: "Jenny",
          }, {}),
        }, {})

        expected = { individual: {} }
        assert_equal(expected, obj.serialize_params)
      end

      should "serialize on an unset individual" do
        obj = Stripe::Util.convert_to_stripe_object({
          object: "account",
          individual: Stripe::Util.convert_to_stripe_object({
            object: "person",
            first_name: "Jenny",
          }, {}),
        }, {})
        obj.individual = nil

        expected = { individual: "" }
        assert_equal(expected, obj.serialize_params)
      end
    end

    context "#retrieve_capability" do
      should "retrieve a capability" do
        capability = Stripe::Account.retrieve_capability(
          "acct_123",
          "acap_123"
        )
        assert_requested :get, "#{Stripe.api_base}/v1/accounts/acct_123/capabilities/acap_123"
        assert capability.is_a?(Stripe::Capability)
      end
    end

    context "#update_capability" do
      should "update a capability" do
        capability = Stripe::Account.update_capability(
          "acct_123",
          "acap_123",
          requested: true
        )
        assert_requested :post, "#{Stripe.api_base}/v1/accounts/acct_123/capabilities/acap_123"
        assert capability.is_a?(Stripe::Capability)
      end
    end

    context "#list_capabilities" do
      should "list the account's external accounts" do
        capabilities = Stripe::Account.list_capabilities(
          "acct_123"
        )
        assert_requested :get, "#{Stripe.api_base}/v1/accounts/acct_123/capabilities"
        assert capabilities.is_a?(Stripe::ListObject)
        assert capabilities.data.is_a?(Array)
      end
    end

    context "#create_external_account" do
      should "create an external account" do
        external_account = Stripe::Account.create_external_account(
          "acct_123",
          external_account: "btok_123"
        )
        assert_requested :post, "#{Stripe.api_base}/v1/accounts/acct_123/external_accounts"
        assert external_account.is_a?(Stripe::BankAccount)
      end
    end

    context "#retrieve_external_account" do
      should "retrieve an external account" do
        external_account = Stripe::Account.retrieve_external_account(
          "acct_123",
          "ba_123"
        )
        assert_requested :get, "#{Stripe.api_base}/v1/accounts/acct_123/external_accounts/ba_123"
        assert external_account.is_a?(Stripe::BankAccount)
      end
    end

    context "#update_external_account" do
      should "update an external account" do
        external_account = Stripe::Account.update_external_account(
          "acct_123",
          "ba_123",
          metadata: { foo: "bar" }
        )
        assert_requested :post, "#{Stripe.api_base}/v1/accounts/acct_123/external_accounts/ba_123"
        assert external_account.is_a?(Stripe::BankAccount)
      end
    end

    context "#delete_external_account" do
      should "delete an external_account" do
        external_account = Stripe::Account.delete_external_account(
          "acct_123",
          "ba_123"
        )
        assert_requested :delete, "#{Stripe.api_base}/v1/accounts/acct_123/external_accounts/ba_123"
        assert external_account.deleted
        assert_equal "ba_123", external_account.id
      end
    end

    context "#list_external_accounts" do
      should "list the account's external accounts" do
        external_accounts = Stripe::Account.list_external_accounts(
          "acct_123"
        )
        assert_requested :get, "#{Stripe.api_base}/v1/accounts/acct_123/external_accounts"
        assert external_accounts.is_a?(Stripe::ListObject)
        assert external_accounts.data.is_a?(Array)
      end
    end

    context "#create_login_link" do
      should "create a login link" do
        login_link = Stripe::Account.create_login_link(
          "acct_123"
        )
        assert_requested :post, "#{Stripe.api_base}/v1/accounts/acct_123/login_links"
        assert login_link.is_a?(Stripe::LoginLink)
      end
    end

    context "#create_person" do
      should "create a person" do
        person = Stripe::Account.create_person(
          "acct_123",
          first_name: "John",
          last_name: "Doe"
        )
        assert_requested :post, "#{Stripe.api_base}/v1/accounts/acct_123/persons"
        assert person.is_a?(Stripe::Person)
      end
    end

    context "#retrieve_person" do
      should "retrieve a person" do
        person = Stripe::Account.retrieve_person(
          "acct_123",
          "person_123"
        )
        assert_requested :get, "#{Stripe.api_base}/v1/accounts/acct_123/persons/person_123"
        assert person.is_a?(Stripe::Person)
      end
    end

    context "#update_person" do
      should "update a person" do
        person = Stripe::Account.update_person(
          "acct_123",
          "person_123",
          first_name: "John"
        )
        assert_requested :post, "#{Stripe.api_base}/v1/accounts/acct_123/persons/person_123"
        assert person.is_a?(Stripe::Person)
      end
    end

    context "#delete_person" do
      should "delete an person" do
        person = Stripe::Account.delete_person(
          "acct_123",
          "person_123"
        )
        assert_requested :delete, "#{Stripe.api_base}/v1/accounts/acct_123/persons/person_123"
        assert person.deleted
        assert_equal "person_123", person.id
      end
    end

    context "#list_persons" do
      should "list the account's external accounts" do
        persons = Stripe::Account.list_persons(
          "acct_123"
        )
        assert_requested :get, "#{Stripe.api_base}/v1/accounts/acct_123/persons"
        assert persons.is_a?(Stripe::ListObject)
        assert persons.data.is_a?(Array)
      end
    end
  end
end

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