Update from Representative Jackie Terribile

๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†โ€”t๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€.

Last year, my predecessor, Representative O’Neal, requested funding for a fire ladder for the Tega Cay Fire Department. The population of this district has exploded, and we have many tall buildings now that weren’t here before. It’s a pretty simple public safety request.

IT WAS DENIED. Instead, the budget funded:

– $9.4M for the Arts Commissionโ€”gummy bear statues, homoerotic art, and non-core government functions

– $900K for an SC Hall of Fame podcast

– $9M+ for ETV

– $400K for a DEI institute at Furman

– $100M for a USC building they donโ€™t need

House leadership set a record for the largest budget in state history last yearโ€”and they plan to break it again. But this year, we have a different plan: cut spending, significantly reduce taxes, and ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฝ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜.

Iโ€™m requesting that fire ladder again. Itโ€™s time to fund the needs of South Caroliniansโ€”not the pet projects of politicians.

Please stay engaged with me this week on FACEBOOK & X. I may be reaching out for your help with this fight to protect our community and your tax dollars!

Yours in liberty,

Jackie

Representative District 66

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