July 26, 2024

The Nerve Archive

Where Government Gets Exposed

Councilman King on Irmo and Transparency

Irmo Town Councilman Hardy King tells a Midlands-area high school class about his initial reaction to the idea of the city of Irmo putting its check register online.

“It was one of those things that a lot of people were like we’re going to get thousands of calls from people calling up about their cookies … but I said ‘I don’t think so.'”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmLBvwdAgRI

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