The Plantation Mentality Slide 2 The Lord Proprietors Slide 3 8
Lord Proprietors Slide 4 The Seeds of South Carolina Slide 5 The
Plantation Roots Slide 6 Plantations Are Granted Slide 7 Plantation
Life Slide 8 Autocratic Control Slide 9 From Plantations to
Parishes Slide 10 From Parishes to Counties Slide 11 1966 -1967
Proportional Representation Political districts must have equal
populations One powerful senator per county is ended Multi-county
multi-senate districts created Beginning of single members district
All powerful senator replaced by delegations Counties still
controlled by legislature during local legislation days Slide 12
Senate Single Member Districts 1966 27 districts with 50 members
1967 20 districts with 46 members 1972 16 districts with 46 members
1984 46 single member districts Slide 13 1974 Home Rule Passes
County Delegations cede power to County Councils and lose local
control County supply bills end County Councils begin to
appropriate funds and budget and manage counties The real fight was
among utilities over franchise areas Slide 14 Urban vs. Rural
Population 1920 - 17% urban vs. 83% rural 1970 - 48% urban vs. 52%
rural 2012 - 60% urban vs. 40% rural Future - Will continue to
trend urban Slide 15 Trends Drive Senate Changes NumbersDems.Reps.
1972433 1980395 19883511 19962521 20002224 20042026 20081927 2012??
Slide 16 Trends Drive House Changes NumbersDems.Reps. 197210717
198011014 19889430 19947252 19965470 20045074 20114876 2012?? Slide
17 Congressional Trends NumbersDems.Reps. 197253 199244 200426
201118 2012?? Slide 18 Senate Dynamics are Evolving 6 senators to
retire 4 key leaders Dick Elliott Greg Ryberg John Land Phil
Leventis Three power bases within Senate Mainstream Republicans
Libertarian leaning Republicans Democrats Key Senators under attack
Setzler, Martin, Hayes and Knotts Slide 19 House Dynamics are
Evolving 15 house members retire Boyd Brown Jim Battle Judiciary
Chairman Jim Harrison House Republican caucus in charge Mainstream
Republicans and Libertarian leaning Democrats have been relegated
to observers Slide 20 What Implications Does This Have on the
Forestry Industry Slide 21 Two Parallel Case Studies SC Mining
Industry Early 1980s Mines being zoned out of business Focused
message on cheap cost of building roads due to abundance of
building materials Message focused on relevance of value SC
Agri-business Mid 2000s Regulations tighten right to farm Passage
of Right to Farm Based on rural economic impact and availability of
fresh healthy food in urban areas Slide 22 Possible Outcomes
Greater regulatory relief Passage of positive legislation Economic
development incentives Additional funding for forestry marketing
Slide 23 Potential Messaging Strategies Make forestry industry more
relevant to urban consumers/urban legislators Focus on products
that are used everyday as a value added product of the forestry
industry Building products Paper products Green and sustainable
products Focus on the alternative and its cost Focus on rural
economic impact Natural Resources Value-added processors Expand
your coalition of influencers Slide 24 Messaging Examples
