Effective Action - Be Aware and Be Heard
4/10 Added a method for finding
contact information on any member of the SC Legislature in blue text
under incumbent information below for each of the two houses.
Ways to Influence
Change
The way to influence change is to get the attention and convince the
incumbents, named in the "2003 Incumbent Contact Information" section below,
of the desirability of your change. The better your understanding of the
issues involved, the greater the likelihood that your views will be
seriously considered.
Knowledge is power. The separately titled information sections below
provide potentially useful information. Your or your organization's
representative's attendance (or television viewing of Horry County council
meetings) at the times and places shown below provides timely information.
Remember that developers work with Planning continually. They have
presented their case over a period of time. Therefore, if you are concerned
with rezoning issues, it is to your advantage to understand what they plan
as far before the final planning commission public input and voting as
possible. If you see a sign that a property is up for rezoning that may
concern you, it is to your advantage to call Planning at 915-5340 for
information, and if possible, attend or have a representative of your
community association attend whatever preliminary meetings possible.
Remember that the vote from every member of a body counts equally. You
want to get the attention and influence the vote of the member, if there is
one, that represents you and you should be sure that you have communicated
with him or her. But communicating with them all is even more effective and
reasonable at the county council and planning commission level. Speaking or
having someone else present your views whenever public input is allowed has
the advantage that the entire body at least hears your views. That can be a
little late in the process, so earlier direct telephone conversations may be
more helpful while assuring you have the other person's ear. Doing things
in parallel is wise. Taking the time to write well reasoned letters can
only help. Emails, if they are carefully read, are most efficient for your
time and that of your representative.
There is power in numbers. Encouraging others to
also communicate personally with decision makers helps. Meetings within
your community, perhaps with an involved developer, can be very helpful in
making those concerned aware of the details of an issue and the need for
action -- and may influence a developer to alter plans to a community's
benefit. Petitions help. Mass attendance at planning commission and county
council meetings when critical issues arise tends to be very persuasive,
especially if one of those who speaks to the body calls for all who agree
with the speaker to stand. Informative signs posted in a community a few
days before such a meeting have proven quite effective in getting mass
turnouts.
Again, when elections or primaries come around, remember that the vote
from every member of a body counts equally . The most effective thing to do
in the long run is to vote for and otherwise promote representatives (in all
Horry County districts) whose perspectives are such that they are likely to
vote in accordance with your perspective. In the case of incumbents, you
have their previous voting record to rely on. Take note if the heavy
contributors to anyone's campaign are from those with perspectives other
than yours. A candidate's line of work or former line of work may also give
an indication of his perspective and, if currently employed in it, where
there might be conflicts of interest. You can of course also talk with them
individually to try to find out "where they are coming from."
You may also attend candidate forums and try to ferret out what is said
and promised to get votes from a reflection of their true perspectives.
This GIAC site provides some top-level information on individual candidates
during campaigns, publishes your comments posted on the "You Talk" page,
and often provides an editorial assessment of candidates from the point of
view of their perceived perspective with respect to the GIAC perspective.
When elections or primaries are imminent, it is important to use your
influence through your email lists, telephone or otherwise to encourage
others to vote, and then, or always, if you agree with the views on this
site or feel the information presented here is worthwhile, to suggest they
visit.
Click here to return to the top of this
page.
General
Information Sources and Public Meeting Schedules
Twice monthly Horry County Council Meetings are regularly held the
first and third Tuesday of each month in the council chambers of the
Administration Building of the Horry County Government and Justice Center at
1301 Second Avenue on the second floor -- directly behind the old
courthouse. All the county ordinances, rezonings, and resolutions are
heard and voted on at these meetings. They start with an allowed thirty
minute general public input section at 6:30. You have to call at least a
day or so before the meeting to get on the agenda for this general public
input; call Horry County Council administration at 315-5120 to do this and
for other particulars .
Public input for specific items are called for throughout a meeting on
second readings (usually) of an ordinance when the items first come up.
County Council meetings are televised and shown live on Time Warner Cable --
Channel 47 and Horry Telephone -- Channel 14.
Monthly public participation Horry County Planning Commission Meetings
are regularly held the first Thursday of the month in multipurpose room B on
the second floor of the same building in which Horry County Council Meetings
are held, starting with an allowed general public input period at 5:30 p.m.
Public input for specific items is allowed throughout the meeting when the
items first come up.
Horry County Planning Commission Zoning Committee Meetings are
currently scheduled for 4:00 p.m. on the same day and in the same room that
planning commission meetings (above) are held.
The exact time depends on when the Technical Review committee meeting
-- that starts at 3:00 p.m. -- adjourns. This is a preliminary meeting at
which an overview of each rezoning is given by Planning Department staff so
that the PC members can better understand each case before actually voting
on it at the PC meeting. Before going, it is not a bad idea to double-check
that the time of a meeting has not been rescheduled by calling Planning at
915-5340.
Planning Staff briefs the Commission during the zoning committee meetings
on those items that are on the regular planning commission agenda. In
general, public input is only allowed at the discretion of the chairman.
The Board of Zoning Appeals regularly scheduled meetings are held
at 5:30 on the first Monday of every month in conference room B on the
second floor of the Administration Building of the Horry County Government
and Justice Center at 1301 Second Avenue -- directly behind the old
courthouse.
Click
WWW Links to obtain
agendas for the county council and planning commission meetings. This
GIAC page provides other links that you can use to find a considerable
amount of information on Horry County, Horry County and South Carolina
government, South Carolina newspapers, and related web sites.
For information on impact fees and caps on individual annual
property tax increases, click
here.
To view the submitted "You Talk" comments, click
here.
Click here to return to the top of this
page.
Incumbent Contact Information
If you don't know, you can find who represents you
at the county and state legislature level by calling Voter Registration
(from Myrtle Beach, 626-1382) or click
www.horrycounty.org/gateway and on
the screen that appears, click the underlined text "My Neighborhood."
Detailed directions follow.
On the "Welcome to My Neighborhood" screen that
appears, select "Street Address" (it should already be selected) and click
"Submit. In the next screen that appears, type in your street address, pull
down the zip code menu and select your zip code and click submit. Then (and
this is not so obvious) on the next screen that appears, I had to scroll
down to see my street address underlined and spelled out as I had submitted
it, click on that. On the next screen that appears, select "Elected
Officials." Then, on the next screen that appears (again not obvious), if
you scroll down you will see mailing address information on your
representatives.
To see the more
detailed contact information on the representatives shown on this page,
click the appropriate selection in the table below.
Horry County Council
Liz Gilland |
Harold Worley |
Mark Lazarus |
Marion Foxworth |
Council Chairman |
District 1 |
District 2 |
District 3 |
843-248-0628 |
843-249-1436 |
843-238-3787 (D) |
843-448-0930 |
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843-449-9706 (N) |
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1511 Elm Street |
2859 Hwy 111 |
9308 Cove Drive |
P.O. Box 1642 |
Conway |
Little River |
Myrtle Beach |
Myrtle Beach |
29526 |
29566 |
29572 |
29578 |
lizgill316@aol.com |
hworley@odresort.com |
mlazarus@wildwater.com
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lowcountryasso@netscape.net |
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Michael L. Ryan |
Howard Barnard |
Gene R. Smith, Jr. |
James R. Frazier |
District 4 |
District 5 |
District 6 |
District 7 |
843-215-1672 |
448-4496 |
843-236-0561 |
843-397-5423
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1404 Bolton Lane |
P.O. Box 15703 |
3998 Tiger Paw Lane |
725 Bucksport Road |
Surfside Beach |
Surfside Beach |
Myrtle Beach |
Conway |
29575 |
29587 |
29588 |
29527 |
mlryan2000@aol.com |
HBarnard@mbfpc.com |
gmandsmith@aol.com |
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Carl Schwartzkopf |
W. Paul Prince |
Kevin J. Hardee |
John Boyd |
District 8 |
District 9 |
District 10 |
District 11 |
347-9591 |
756-8916 |
843-756-8100 |
843-477-2057 (D) |
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843-358-0359 (N) |
105 University Drive |
1046-E Highway 9
Business East |
2088 Cane Branch
Road |
1445 Butler Road |
Conway |
Loris |
Loris |
Gallivants Ferry |
29526 |
29569 |
29569 |
29544 |
captcarl@sccoast.net |
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johnb1165@aol.com |
If you wish to verify that the above information is up-to-date, you can
click Horry County Web site from
which it was derived. Once there, to verify the County Council membership:
click "County Council" in the menu on the left side of the opening screen;
on the top of the new screen, click Member List as indicated.
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simply clicking the "x" in the upper right hand corner of the page has
removed the ad so you can see the site itself.. Angelfire provides free web
hosting on the condition that their ads are allowed on the site, but I will
complain about this.
Click here to
return to the contact information menu, or click
here to return to the top of this page.
Horry County
Planning Commission
Horry
County Planning Commission |
110 Pebble Drive
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
adamparness@aol.com
Phone: 293-9300 (w)
236-0068 (h)
293-9301 (fax)
Appt'd: 07-01-2000
Exp: 06-30-2004
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Tony K. Cox |
Vice Chairman |
P.O. Box 3523
N. Myrtle Beach, SC 29582
tony.cox@burroughs-chapin.com
Phone: 918-7863 (w)
249-5596 (h)
913-5920 (fax)
Appt'd: 07-01-1998
Reappt #1: 07-10-2001
Exp: 06-30-2005
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321 Highway 701 N.
Loris, SC 29569
lorealty@sccoast.net
Phone: 756-2980 (w)
756-0342 (h)
756-2984 (fax)
Appt'd: 07-10-2001
Reappt #1: 09-03-2002
Exp: 06-30-2006
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5900 Reba Drive
Conway, SC 29527
hucks@sccoast.net
Phone: 248-5721 (w)
397-5497 (h)
248-5721 (fax)
Appt'd: 07-01-2001
Exp: 06-30-2005
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P.O. Box 30351
Myrtle Beach, SC 29588
listonwells@aol.com
Phone: 650-5540 (w)
650-6681 (h)
650-5540 (fax)
Appt'd: 07-01-2000
Exp: 06-30-2004
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541 Atlantic Avenue
Garden City, SC 29576
mitchellf@commerciallandtec.com
Phone: 357-2555 (w)
293-5675 (h)
357-6040 (fax)
Appt'd: 07-01-2001
Exp: 06-30-2005
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PO Box 1749
Murrells Inlet, SC 29576
jward@sccoast.net
Phone: 237-9824 (w)
651-8511 (h)
237-1096 (fax)
Appt'd: 09-03-2002
Exp: 06-30-2006
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2118 Graham Lake Road
Aynor, SC 29511
waldenpg@sccoast.net
Phone: 358-3381 (h)
358-6355 (fax)
Appt'd: 09-03-2002
Exp: 06-30-2006
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501 Bear Grass Ridge
Conway, SC 29526
Phone: 365-3842 (h)
Appt'd: 09-03-2002
Exp: 06-30-2006
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1298 Professional Drive
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
Phone: 692-3200 (w)
Phone: 692-0577 (h)
bjs@landartcompany.com
bjs@ddcinc.com
Appt'd: 07-22-2003
Exp: 06-30-2007
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1107 Rainbow Drive
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
Phone: 626-4812 (h)
hriley@sc.rr.com
Appt'd: 11-04-2003
Exp: 06-30-2007
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9002 Kings Road
Myrtle Beach, SC 29572
Phone: 449-0589
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PO Box 366
Aynor, SC 29511
Phone: 248-4214
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704 - 46th Avenue South
North Myrtle Beach, SC 29582
Phone: 272-6768
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If you wish to verify that the above information is
up-to-date, click the
Horry County Web site
from which it was derived. Once there, to verify the Planning Commission
membership: click Departments & Services in the menu on the left, then under
"Infrastructure & Regulations," click Planning, then scroll down to
"Frequently Asked Questions" and beside "Who's on the Planning Commission,"
click see list.
Note: There have been instances in which an
angelfire (our Web host) ad has totally covered off-site links such as this;
simply clicking the "x" in the upper right hand corner of the page has
removed the ad so you can see the site itself.. Angelfire provides free web
hosting on the condition that their ads are allowed on the site, but I will
complain about this.
Click here to
return to the contact information menu, or click
here to return to the top of this page.
South Carolina House of
Representatives
(Horry County)
(To find contact information on any House member,
regardless of county, click WWW Links in the menu on the upper left, then on
that page's Quick Reference Menu, click South Carolina State Legislature
Information, then on the world wide web: under House, click bios, then click
the name of the member.)
District 55 |
District 58 |
District 68 |
District 104 |
Jackie E. Hayes |
Liston D. Barfield |
Thad Viers |
Tracy R. Edge |
843-841-3679 |
843-365-2049 |
843-903-2982 |
843-997-5789 |
2342 Spring St. |
P.O. Box 1754 |
P.O. Box 31231 |
1423 Edge Drive |
Hamer |
Conway |
Myrtle Beach |
North Myrtle Beach |
29547 |
29528 |
29528 |
29582 |
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tviers@yahoo.com |
TE@statehouse.net |
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District 105 |
District 106 |
District 107 |
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William D. Witherspoon |
Thomas G. Keegan |
Allan Clemmons |
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843-365-3965 |
843-650-3331 |
843-448-8405 |
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111 Sherwood Dr. |
209 Prestwick Rd. |
610 18th. Ave. N. |
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Conway |
Surfside Beach |
Myrtle Beach |
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29526 |
29588 |
29577 |
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reptk@aol.com |
clemmons1@aol.com |
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If you wish to verify that the above information is up-to-date, click the
South Carolina
State Legislative Information. from which it was derived. Once
there, click "House of Representatives," then click "Alphabetically," and
finally find and click the name of the representative for whom information
is desired. Note: There have been instances in
which an angelfire (our Web host) ad has totally covered off-site links such
as this; simply clicking the "x" in the upper right hand corner of the page
has removed the ad so you can see the site itself.. Angelfire provides free
web hosting on the condition that their ads are allowed on the site, but I
will complain about this.
Click here to
return to the contact information menu, or click
here to return to the top of this page.
South Carolina Senate (Horry
County)
(To find contact information on any
member of the SC Senate, regardless of county, click WWW Links in the menu
on the upper left, then on that page's Quick Reference Menu, click South
Carolina State Legislature Information, then on the world wide web: under
Senate, click bios, then click the name of the member.)
Dick Elliott (D) |
J. Yancey McGill (D) |
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Real Estate Developer |
Real Estate Broker, Residential Home Building |
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District 28 |
District 32 |
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401 Sea Mountain Highway |
601 Langstreet Street |
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North Myrtle Beach, SC 29582 |
Kingstree SC, 29556 |
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P.O. Box 3200 |
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(B) (843) 249-1406 |
(B) (843) 355-7217 |
(H) (843) 249-1520 |
(H) (843) 355-9157 |
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Luke Rankin (D) |
Arthur Ravenel, Jr. (R) |
Attorney |
Private Investigator |
District 33 |
District 34 |
201 Beaty Street |
109 Center Street |
Conway, SC 29526 |
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 |
(B) (843) 248-2405 |
(B) (843) 722-0174 |
(H) (843) 626-6269 |
(H) (843) 884-0291 |
If you wish to verify that the above information is up-to-date, click the
South Carolina
State Legislative Information. from which it was derived. Once
there, click "Senate," then click "Alphabetically," and finally find and
click the name of the senator for whom information is desired.
Note: There have been instances in which an
angelfire (our Web host) ad has totally covered off-site links such as this;
simply clicking the "x" in the upper right hand corner of the page has
removed the ad so you can see the site itself.. Angelfire provides free web
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complain about this.
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