SC nonprofits getting public money need full disclosure without legislative interference
A crucial test of any bill should be “what problem does this bill solve?”
Bill Herbkersman’s bill regarding financial disclosure by tax-financed nonprofits is a solution looking for a problem. In fact, it exacerbates an existing problem, so one must suspect his motivation.
Any organization that receives and spends tax money should be required to make full disclosure of its expenditures. In the case of Hilton Head, we already know that Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce director Bill Miles has been paid an obscene salary for many years. It may be that if we learn more about the chamber’s expenditures, we would want to rein them in.
The only reasons the chamber could have for objecting to disclosure is if they have done something embarrassing or perhaps illegal. At this time, the courts are deciding what the chamber must reveal. That’s as it should be. They don’t need any help from the South Carolina legislature.
Rolland Welch
Hilton Head Island
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This story was originally published January 17, 2018 at 8:24 AM with the headline "SC nonprofits getting public money need full disclosure without legislative interference."