Alan Clemmons 1800 North Oak Street Myrtle Beach, SC 29577 September 15, 2015 Mr. Tony Bartelme The Post and Courier 134 Columbus Street Charleston, SC 29403 re: August 27, 2015, email inquiry Dear Mr. Bartelme: This letter is in response to your above referenced email. First, thank you for understanding my desire to respond to your inquiry in writing as I take any challenge of my ethical propriety, as I view your questions, with regard to any aspect of my life, whether personal, political or professional, with the utmost seriousness. While there has been one instance, that you mention, of such a challenge in the past, by the blog associated with a SC libertarian group, this is the only such inquiry I have ever received from a respected media source. Given the seriousness with which I take such matters, it is kind of you to understand that my responses herein to your questions of August 27, 2015, are in a verifiable written form, as will be any further responses to questions that you may have in this regard. In as much as you expressed in your email that your inquiries are based upon a "thin" understanding of South Carolina ethics law. In your search for the truth, it is imperative that you, and likewise your readers, understand this small body of law before such judgments should be made. To that end, I have linked below two sources:   Chapter 13 of Title 8, South Carolina Code of Laws 1976, as amended (see *); and Published opinions of the South Carolina Ethics Committee of the House of Representatives (see **). Chapter 13 of Title 8 is the controlling campaign ethics law in our state. The Ethics Committee is charged with applying the law in reaching a decision in any challenge presented before the committee. The published opinions linked below reflect such precedent setting decisions. In looking at the law, I direct your attention to the Section 8-13-1348(A) as the underlying premise upon which South Carolina candidate / elected official ethics law is built. Please note that I refer to candidates and elected officeholders together. I do so because both types of finance are covered by this law: campaign spending and spending related to an elective office. Once a candidate is elected, until such time that she is defeated, resigns or retires, the titles of elected Officeholder and Candidate merge, as the Officeholder is also a candidate. I quote the referenced section of the law, having given special emphasis to the first sentence due to the status of that provision as the foundation upon which our South Carolina Ethics statute is built: No candidate, committee, public official, or political party may use campaign funds to defray personal expenses which are unrelated to the campaign or the office if the candidate is an officeholder nor may these funds be converted to personal use. The prohibition of this subsection does not extend to the incidental personal use of campaign materials or equipment nor to an expenditure used to defray any ordinary expenses incurred in connection with an individual’s duties as a holder of elective office. The simple analysis for any such expense, then, becomes: Is this expense a campaign or office related expense? Put another way: but for being a candidate or elected officeholder, would I be incurring this expense? That is the standard that I always apply to any expense that is incurred by my Campaign / Officeholder account and is then subsequently reported as a part of the electronically filed finance report. In response to your request for receipts related to the questions you have raised, I have provided such receipts as they are attached hereto. South Carolina law requires all candidates and elected office holders to maintain four years of receipts (see section 8-13-1302). For all campaign expenses that you have questioned from July 1, 2011, you will find such receipts. As I do not maintain older receipts, except for matters relating to the IRS, you will find none enclosed regarding expenses that were paid prior to that date. While reading through your inquiry, I seemed to detect a preference for spending tax dollars over contributed funds. I don't pretend to know the source of any such angst, but have taken the time to analyze my contributed funds to give you some context as to their composition, and I have determined that, from the first campaign check that I accepted from a contributor some 15 years ago in my first bid for elected service (an unsuccessful State Senate campaign) through today that I have raised a little over $725,000. Of that total, over 87% of the funds were contributed by local individuals and local businesses, and not one was a lobbyist! I'm honored and grateful for that support. I honor that support by using the funds that my constituents and fellow South Carolinians have entrusted to me in ways that support and enhance the legislative priorities that I believe to be important because those are the same legislative priorities that have led folks to support my efforts as generously as they have. ... and when it comes to spending those contributed funds to carry out my duties, or taxpayer funds, I am unashamed to share that my strong preference is to spend my supporter's contributed funds. As to one other matter of housekeeping, I wish to point out that I have not attempted to verify your totals where such are stated. As to specific questions, my responses follow. Campaign Consultant / House District 107 Constituent Services Coordinator You have inquired as to my campaign relationship with Mrs. Heather Ammons Crawford. Prior to her service as a member of the House of Representatives, Mrs. Crawford was an independent contractor, for approximately five years, working exclusively for my campaign and elected office. She consulted and advised with regard to campaign and election matters, she managed my Myrtle Beach campaign / district office, she assisted me in providing constituent services in my district and in reconciling my campaign and House office bank accounts and she handled the filing of my public reports. While she had no involvement or relationship with Clemmons Law Firm, Mrs. Crawford kept regular hours in my district office housed on the premises of Clemmons Law Firm (at no cost to the officeholder account or the taxpayers). I should note here, that while such district offices are rare in South Carolina, I maintain one for the benefit of my constituents. I take constituency service very seriously and Mrs. Crawford was a proficient steward of that office and an effective additional voice of advocacy for my constituents. Mrs. Crawford was well known and respected in Horry County as my surrogate at events when I was in Columbia during session or had other scheduling conflicts. Mrs. Crawford ran for House District 68 in a special election and won the General Election on July 24, 2012. On January 8, 2013, Representative Crawford was seated in the South Carolina House of Representatives. Her services for my office were initially compensated at $2000 per month plus reimbursement for all out of pocket expenses and a portion of her cell phone bill. The monthly compensation was subsequently adjusted to $2500.00. By mutual agreement, we terminated the exclusive contract as of December 31, 2012. From the date of her Special General Election to the date she was seated in the House of Representatives, Rep. Crawford was compensated $15,000 (6 months at $2500 per month) for contract services and was reimbursed $5.30 for postage. Rep. Crawford provided bookkeeping assistance to the campaign / office for each of the four quarterly filing periods following her having been seated in the House. All the aforementioned payments for campaign services are permitted under South Carolina Ethics law. As I never had any question about the appropriateness of the campaign services being rendered by Rep. Crawford, I never sought guidance from the Ethics Committee. Please note that in reviewing my campaign account receipts in preparation for this response, I determined that Palmetto Patriot Leadership Committee owed the campaign a reimbursement of $300.00 for bookkeeping services rendered by Rep. Crawford from July 10, 2013 to April 23, 2014. I have filed quarterly amendments to reflect the reimbursement. Gifts You mistakenly have interpreted the Statement of Economic Interests disclosure as reflecting payments from my campaign / office account in the amount of $1,200 in each of the years from 2011 through 2013, when in actuality the report entries you have identified are gifts from the Chant Athletic Foundation of an annual parking place in the Coastal Carolina University premium teal lot for games during football season. The parking space was used for community tailgating in conjunction with other adjacent campaign volunteers parking spaces. Prior to being seated as a new House Member, my campaign team and I deliberated over a mechanism that we could employ to introduce myself to the other members of the House to help me build an early network of allies so that I could be more effective in obtaining sponsors for my legislative priorities so as to achieve passage of those priorities. We settled on having a 'House tie' for the men and a 'House Scarf' for the ladies custom designed, featuring the seal of the House of Representatives on the front and a tie-keeper on the back bearing the words, "Presented by Representative Alan Clemmons". We also reasoned that everyone showing up the first day with the same tie or scarf should make for favorable press for the institution of the House, which would likely also further the goal of cementing relationships to further legislative priorities. We packaged the ties and scarves with a personal note and mailed them to each member. Our plan worked! 2/3 of the body showed up the first day of my first session wearing my tie or scarf! The resulting press was great. I credit my early legislative success to a combination of those ties and scarves, and my hard work as a new legislator. It was also a talking point in my first reelection campaign, and those since. We have continued the practice each year and, back home, it has become an item of political lore. The tradition of the House tie and House scarf presentation continues, in my view, the gifts have become an effective legislative and campaign tool and has become more than a random gift, but rather, a presentation that is incidental, and certainly unique, to House membership. To highlight the effectiveness of building that early network of allies in the House, one only needs to look as far as one of the first bills that I filed as a freshman legislator, House Bill 3546 (see ***), which created a market-based senior citizen prescription drug discount program. The bill garnered the support of well more than half the membership of the House, passed the Senate and was signed into law a short four months from the date I introduced the bill. Additionally, three other of my bills passed both bodies of the legislature in my freshman term of service. This kind of legislative success is very unusual for any House member, but unheard of for a freshman legislator. While I worked hard to achieve passage of these bills, I worked no harder than many freshmen who I have come to know and respect during my tenure. The significance of the early network I built in the legislature, at least in my opinion, made all the difference then and now as to my effectiveness as an advocate for the legislative priorities of my constituents. After the first couple years of the presentations, I was accumulating far too many excess ties and scarves because the minimum order in increments of 100 (100 scarves and 200 ties) always exceeded the number of members. In seeking a solution to that oversupply my mind turned to my mother's advise from long ago, "never forget those who make you look good", and I began the practice of giving left-over ties to House staff. That, I reasoned, would add to the collegiality between House and staff, also leading to additional favorable press treatment. In similar vane, I've presented 'leftovers' to significant figures, including U.S. Senators, Congressmen, members of the Israeli Knesset and even the Prime Minister of Israel. Because of the 'local political lore' status of the ties and scarves, 'leftovers' were also gratefully received by my fellow delegates from my congressional district to the last GOP Congressional District Convention and by donors to my officeholder account. I desired to have the ties and scarves produced in the US. After an exhaustive search we located one such company in Chicago, where the first year ties and scarves were woven and fabricated. Unfortunately, that manufacturer closed and we were unsuccessful the following year in locating any other American manufacturer, so I turned to Taiwan, with whom South Carolina enjoys a warm business relationship. Former Representative Liston Barfield, who was close to the Taiwanese Consul General in Atlanta, arranged for the initial introduction to the eventual producer of the ties. This manufacturer has been producing our House Ties and Scarves ever since. This is an expense incurred for the benefit of the campaign / office pursuant to Section8-13-1348. It is also an authorized advertising / gift expense under the rationales of Published Ethics Opinions 93-6, 99-1 and 97-4. Taxes Generally, campaign and officeholder receipts are not taxable. I never questioned that issue until August of 2010, when I approached my CPA about interest income on the interest bearing account that had been opened by the campaign in 2007. My inquiry led to the determination that, where income is realized on contributions, an IRS annual return must be filed and taxes paid on such income in excess of $100 per year. I brought this to the attention of the IRS, along with the filing of the appropriate returns and payment of the amounts calculated due. Taxes for the period in question, 2007 through 2013, were paid to the IRS on behalf of Committee to Reelect Alan Clemmons, as follows:      Tax years 2007, 2008, and 2009 (initial payment) paid August 5, 2010: Tax years 2007, 2008 and 2009 (supplemental payment) paid October 15, 2010: Tax year 2010 paid March 15, 2011; Tax year 2011 paid March 12, 2012: Tax year 2012 paid March 13, 2013: $7,082.00 $2,015.64 $2,465.00 $ 911.00 $ 488.00 The IRS refunded a portion of the 2007, 2008 and 2009 taxes after an agency recalculation and abatement of penalties in the amount of $4,039.82 as reported under contributions on June 1, 2012. Legislative Travel Travel for legislative purposes, that is to say, related to my duties as a state legislator is a permitted expense. In addition to code sections 8-13-1348, 8-13-715 and 8-13-1120(9), you may wish to review Ethics Opinions 92-40, 2002-01, 95-1, 93-25, 29-21 and 92-29 for confirmation. June 5, 2014 reimbursement to me for travel in the total amount of $1,753.70. While most of this reimbursement is for New Mexico travel to personally meet with Congressman Steven Pearce regarding various legislative matters, most notably state management of public lands, upon close examination of the receipts I've determined that the US Airways charge for $642.00 was for travel to Washington DC to work on legislative matters including state issues involving Israel. The portion of the expense reimbursement for the New Mexico travel included, Advantage car rental 853.58 (note $200.00 credit to total cost representing fractional personal use of the vehicle), US Airways $60.00, Los Lunas travel (rental car gas) $42.01, Motel 6 $43.57, Pilot (rental car gas) $30.18, Allsup (rental car gas) $55.18 and Alon (rental car gas) $27.18. Additionally, the initial US Airways travel to meet with Congressman Pearce was in the amount $562.50 and was paid March 31, 2014. Subsequently, I changed the travel to add two days to my New Mexico travel which are reflected in the additional US Airways payments on April 21, 2014 of $271.00 and $200.00. in reflecting now on that change, I have reimbursed my officeholder account the three US Airways charges of 271.00, $200.00 and $60.00, and the Motel 6 charge as those changes were to accommodate an opportunity to travel through, hike and camp on New Mexico public lands. While such lands were the subject-in-chief of my subsequent discussions with Congressman Pearce, I believe that my additional time in New Mexico resulted in significant personal benefit and are, therefore, more appropriately a personal expense. Additionally, In light of Ethics Opinion 2014-1, which I have reviewed in preparation for my within response, I have reimbursed the four gasoline purchases related to the June 5, 2014, payment in the amount of $154.55. Total reimbursement of this expense is $729.12. October 25, 2012 reimbursement to me for mileage traveled to attend House GOP Caucus meetings in Charleston and Columbia and to participate in the Republican National Committee Convention in Tampa, FL. Our South Carolina Delegation to the RNC were assigned lodging at the Innisbrook Resort, where I incurred a total bill for 12 nights in the amount of $2,553.60, which was paid August 31, 2012, with the first 7 nights attributed to my duties as Credentials Committeeman and my work with the Platform Committee. The final five days were attributed to the general convention. At the beginning of my stay in Florida, on August 19, 2012, my officeholder account paid $37.44 for a wireless router to enable my ability to handle constituent matters via email during my absence from South Carolina. From August 19-23, 2012, there were 4 payments of $13.00 each to the RNC Committee Meeting hotel, the Tampa Marriott Waterside, for parking. During my period of service at the Republican National Convention, I was called to be a state's witness in the defense of South Carolina's Voter ID law. In that regard, my officeholder account properly paid a total of $1,051.86 in expenses for US Airways ($375.60, $25.00 and $150.00) , Capital Grille ($71.60), Taxi travel ($17.75 and $13.00), Renaissance Hotel ($194.43 and $177.48) and Ampco airport parking ($27.00). These sums were later reimbursed to me personally (instead of my officeholder account). On December 28, 2014, after realizing that the reimbursed funds had been deposited in my personal account rather than my officeholder account, I reimbursed the officeholder account from personal funds. November 9, 2012 reimbursement to me for mileage to drive my personal vehicle to Tampa, FL, to participate in Election Day Lawyer Command Center activities and to observe Florida state election law success and failures to compare to South Carolina election laws. This reimbursement also included mileage to attend a Columbia House GOP Caucus meeting. June 28, 2011 reimbursement to me for dinner in Columbia to discuss legislative strategy with citizens from Myrtle Beach and Florence who accepted my invitation to participate in a crucial Senate hearing regarding Congressional redistricting. I was chairing the redistricting effort in the House at that time. Local participation in this hearing was pivotal in locating the 7th Congressional district in Pee Dee and Grand Strand counties. April 11, 2012 reimbursement to me in the amount of $249.06 for travel expenses incurred in Israel the previous December. These expenses were for a legislative dinner (where discussions included state-level initiatives to support Israel and to enhance economic development opportunities between Israel and South Carolina, these being two recurrent themes of this and subsequent visits to Israel) for $174.95 and a hotel expense of $74.11. At this point, it may be insightful for you to understand better how closely Israel related matters are to me as a member of the House. While I have always been a supporter of Israel, my legislative involvement commenced in 2011 after leading a successful House effort to push back on Presidential pressure on Israel to divide Jerusalem. I authored a resolution that passed without objection. The South Carolina Stands With Israel Resolution became a significant news story in Israel. As a result, I was invited by Knesset members and other local leaders to visit Israel. While there, South Carolina was honored, through me, for her strong support of the Israeli state. Knesset Member, now Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, invited me to be a keynote speaker at the founding meeting of the Israeli Knesset Caucus Against Anti-Semitism. As a result of this 2011 visit, I came away with tremendous relationships in, not only Israel's national government, but also in the private sector and in local government. Since that time, I have authored, and our legislature has passed significant legislation, cementing an enduring bond between South Carolina and Israel. I was honored to lead the Palmetto State to pass such measures as the Iran Divestiture Act, the symbolic South Carolina Stands With Israel License Tag Act (my partner in that effort was Charleston's own, Rabbi Yosi Refson, of Chabad) and, this year, the nation's first Sovereign non-discrimination Act, which prohibits those who participate in national origin discrimination against a major US trading partner (as in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions anti-Semitic effort against Israel) from contracting to do business with the state of South Carolina or her local subdivisions. While I'm not at liberty to disclose the identity of the business, I'm working with one of my Israeli business friends to locate the US headquarters of his manufacturing concern in the Charleston area. While it is not a huge business or a 'done deal', it has tremendous potential and will be an exciting addition to the lineup of Israeli owned businesses operating today in South Carolina. I hope this brief introduction gives you insight as to your 'legislative purpose' questions as they relate to the visits I have made to Israel. ...and, no, there is no commerce budget - tax dollars allocated to Legislator initiated commerce development. My constituents, however, who are the principal funders of my officeholder funds, are well aware of my economic development efforts, whether it's gun manufacturers from Connecticut or Israeli businesses. They know that those businesses mean South Carolina jobs. More than jobs, though, when it comes to my legislative efforts to strengthen our state relationship with Israel, I am only reflecting my constituent's sentiments in support for the Jewish Nation which can be summed up by sharing that the city of Myrtle Beach will soon be celebrating a citizen-driven effort to establish South Carolina's first sister-city relationship with an Israeli counterpart, the ancient tourist city on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, Tiberias. From December 7 -17, 2014, I led a delegation of South Carolina Legislators to Israel at the invitation of national and local government and business leaders. This was legislative travel that relates to my elected office in the same ways as the travel to Israel noted above. As the leader and planner of this legislative trip, I collected all payments from trip participants including myself and paid for the components of the travel. Since the funds were not mine or my campaign's I deposited and disbursed all such funds into / from my law firm trust account. The $3,250.00 all inclusive (excluding air travel, only) payment to my law firm trust account was dated November 7, 2014. You should also note the January 28, 2015 payment from my law firm trust account to the officeholder account in the amount of $378.04. This is a refund of my portion of unused trust account funds, after paying all expenses of the travel for a net cost for my participation of $2,871.96. While I do not have an itinerary to share with you, the trip was a mix of: government visits, ranging from Israeli government minister / Knesset Members to town mayors; travel throughout Israel, Judea and Samaria to understand the geographic security issues and cultural / religious facets that are unique to Israel; visits with CEOs of industry including the Israel headquartered A.L. Solutions, Inc., with manufacturing operations in South Carolina; participation in a unique economic development / capital investment conference, OurCrowd's Global Investors Summit. May 19, 2014 payment to US Airways for $960.50, for travel from Charlotte to Washington DC on May 29, 2014, and return to Charlotte the following day, to meet with members of the South Carolina Congressional Delegation regarding transportation issues and to meet with Israel's Ambassador to the US, Ron Dermer, and a delegation of visiting members of the Israeli Knesset. You've inquired as to the "class" of travel. I always fly coach unless upgraded without cost. the May 30, 2014 payment for $428.24 to Hyatt was for my overnight accommodations in Washington at this time. May 20, 2014 payment to US Airways for $543.00, for travel June 29, 2014 from Myrtle Beach to New Orleans, LA with return on July 1, 2014, to visit the off-shore drilling platform supply port of Port Fourchon and to meet with business leaders of the area to better understand the impact of such a port on the local economy, in preparation for legislative matters surrounding exploration for natural gas off the South Carolina coast in my support for replicating the Port Fourchon success story at the Port of Georgetown. May 23, 2014 purchase of aviation fuel from Eagle Aviation In Columbia for $129.82 for the purpose of being flown from Columbia to Myrtle Beach and back, at no additional cost, so as to address a civic group, as I recall, in Myrtle Beach without missing a day of that week's legislative session. May 29, 2014 payment to US Airways for $565.00, for travel July 29, 2014 from Myrtle Beach to Dallas, with return on August 3, 2014, to attend the American Legislative Exchange Council's (www.alec.org) annual conference. It was at this meeting that I was elected Chair of State Chairs. It was also for my participation in this legislative conference that $207.47 was paid as a deposit on my conference hotel room on May 29 (or 30), 2014. One may appropriately opt for reimbursement of officeholder account funds paid to attend American Legislative Exchange Council Conferences from locally raised Scholarship funds maintained institutionally by the American Legislative Exchange Council. Until this year I had chosen not to deplete scholarship funds for my participation. This year, as State Chair and having been responsible for raising the scholarship funds, I knew that there were sufficient funds available to cover reimbursement to all participants and, therefore, secured reimbursement. April 17, 2014, payment to Streamsong Resort to meet in person with Florida Congressman Dennis Ross on state legislative matters including state management of public lands. Legislative Event $11,500.00 payment on October 24, 2012 to Carolina Film Group: On August 24, 2011, I was invited, due to my status as the State Representative who had authored the South Carolina Stands With Israel Resolution, discussed above, to participate in Glenn Beck's Restoring Courage Rally. In conjunction with the rally being broadcast via satellite from Israel to the viewing world, I hosted a South Carolina Stands With Israel Rally on the steps of the South Carolina Statehouse to which my constituents and citizens across the state were invited and attended. Satellite uplink time was purchased for my remarks and those of other rally participants, as well as downlink time for live broadcast at the statehouse. The satellite links, audio and broadcasting equipment, "jumbotron" television, personnel and engineering were all provided by Carolina Film Group for the package price of $11,500, which I paid for personally with the intention of being reimbursed by the officeholder account. This sum was reimbursed on the date noted above. I link below one of the several newspaper articles that appeared as a result of the event (see ****). Campaign Photography Equipment On March 13, 2014, I purchased studio quality video and voice recording equipment through my law firm with the intent that it be reimbursed by the officeholder account. On April 18, 2014, the reimbursement occurred in the full amount of the purchase, $6,538.60. Additional photography equipment was purchased on April 16, 2014, at Best Buy for $1,144.40 and battery backups at Bass Pro Shop for $107.98. Please note that this equipment was purchased, and has been exclusively used, for campaign purposes. Also note that the description of the battery backup purchased at Bass Pro Shop was embarrassingly mistakenly described in the resulting quarterly report as "Campaign Camping Equipment". Of course, the correct description is "Campaign Equipment". Clemmons Law Firm Reimbursements It appears that you assume that Clemmons Law Firm has charged for legal work performed for my campaign or my elected office. It has not, nor will it ever. There are times that it is more convenient to make use of existing office supplies, postage or accounts maintained in my law office, which shares space with my district office. There are other times, such as in the purchase of the videography equipment discussed above, when it is more convenient to use the law firm credit card to make a purchase than it is to write and mail an officeholder account check. As mentioned above, my in-district office is maintained at Clemmons Law Firm at no cost to the officeholder account. Relying upon the supplies and accounts of the law firm is simply a matter of convenience. Upon reviewing receipts over the last four years, other than the aforementioned videography equipment, a flag pole purchased for the district office, and charging pizza dinner for the members of the Judicial Merit Selection Commission (which I chair) who were holding hearings through the dinner hour, the descriptions of the handful of Clemmons Law Firm reimbursements from the officeholder account are: office supplies, business cards, Federal Express expense, data file storage, and telephone. Now that the officeholder account has a debit card associated with it, the use of Clemmons Law Firm reimbursements are fewer than in the past. Account Used in Error The ease of accessibility of the officeholder account debit card, while simplifying the payment for campaign and office related expenses, also has its' drawback in that it is too easy to use the wrong card, resulting in a quarterly report entry of a personal expense recorded as an officeholder account expense. Such was the case of my May 19, 2014 on-line purchase for $268.00 of an out of state hunting license / deer tag from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources' on line payment facilitator, Utah Big Game. Upon its discovery, the mistaken charge was reimbursed from personal funds on June 9, 2014. Capitol Commission While I am familiar with Capitol Commission I do not recall, nor have a record of, ever issuing them a check, but certainly not within the last four years. It is a wonderful organization that provides Christian ministerial services to state legislatures. You can read more of what the organization does at www.capitolcom.org. I believe that your information on this inquiry to be in error, however, if you have specific dates, I will search further. Palmetto Patriot Leadership Committee Palmetto Patriot Leadership Committee is a South Carolina Leadership Political Action Committee. As with any other such Political Action Committee, there are two accounts maintained. One, a campaign account, publicly reports activity every three months. The other account is the operating account. While it is not subject to FOIA, I am pleased to share that, until payment of the bookkeeping expense discussed above, the operating account had been inactive for no less than the last two years and, during that period of dormancy, had maintained a constant balance of $645.28. Other than the expense also relative to quarterly filings mentioned above there has also been no recent activity in the campaign account of the Palmetto Patriot Leadership Committee, as may be seen in the filings relative thereto. Sincerely, Alan Clemmons * http://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t08c013.php ** http://www.scstatehouse.gov/committeeinfo/HouseEthicsCommittee/AdvisoryOpinions/19922015%20House%20Ethics%20Committee%20Advisory%20Opinions.pdf *** http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess115_2003-2004/bills/3586.htm **** http://www.dailygamecock.com/article/2011/08/crowd-gathers-at-statehouse-to-watch-glenn-becks-pro-israel-rally