ABOUT THE
BOARD
• Gov. Mark Sanford has nominated
12 people to fill posts on Santee Cooper’s 11-member board since he
was elected in 2002.
• Nine of those people have served
on the board, including four who have been the subject of criticism
by a state Senate subcommittee — Guerry E. Green, Keith D. Munson,
Richard H. Coen and G. Dial DuBose.
• Munson has resigned, and Green
has left his position as interim chairman. However, Sanford has
renominated Green for a lesser position on the board.
• The subcommittee has called for
Coen’s resignation or removal but has said DuBose’s nomination to
another term is still under consideration.
• The three Sanford nominees who
have not sat on Santee Cooper’s board before are John T. Molnar, who
was endorsed today by the Senate subcommittee; Oscar L. Thompson
III, whose screening hearing is unscheduled; and Hugh Martin, who
withdrew his name from consideration early this year.
SOURCES: Santee Cooper and Senate Judiciary subcommittee |