Hopefully, we can all just agree in this thread that it needs to happen...

Legislators in both the SC House and Congress got veto override votes (the decision to veto or override the CHE's denial) put in the agendas. It had already passed the House. Today the State Senate vetoed it as well.

There are others who can speak to it better, but thought y'all would like to know we are one step closer. It doesn't mean we are home free... But we got past the political agendas of the CHE and their making Guinea Pigs out of our case. Now we can move on to finance committees, which we should be able to convince based on our track record.

Not to dredge up the previous argument... But for those of you legitimately questioning the finance piece... You're right, the state should be wary and asking those questions. The problem is that's never been the CHE's duty before. There are committees we now face for that, and they will very likely side with us. I think what got lost in the previous thread was that the CHE has been a rubber stamp info collection agency that suddenly wants a bigger budget, and has members whose interest preclude approving the project for Coastal. It was all political. If there are legit finance questions to ask, and some of you pointed out legit ones, the next step will ask those, and we have answers they should like.

It's a good day.