Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
From Sunshine Review
Myrtle Beach is one of the 22 cities in the state of South Carolina. It is located in Horry County and as of 2006 its metro area had an estimated population of nearly 300,000.
[edit] Transparency Efforts
On Oct. 1, 2009, South Carolina Policy Council President Ashley Landess held a press conference in Myrtle Beach with S.C. Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom, Myrtle Beach Mayor John Rhodes and Surfside Beach Mayor Alan Deaton to commend both the city of Myrtle Beach[1] and the town of Surfside Beach[2] on their transparency efforts.[3]
Landess said the cities all over the state that are putting spending online are proof that transparency “is not only possible but not so hard.”
Eckstrom said that government transparency is an opportunity to address citizens' lack of trust in the government. He also pointed out the ease of putting local government spending online, mentioning that the excuses that officials used in the past for not going online with spending are no longer valid.
[edit] External links
- City of Myrtle Beach Local Government Page
- Town of Surfside Beach Webpage
- South Carolina Policy Council, Transparency Press Conference Held in Myrtle Beach, Oct. 1, 2009
- South Carolina Policy Council Web site
