INFORMAL POLL: SHOULD HUNLEY BE AUDITED?

Gov. Mark Sanford said last week he would support a Legislative Audit Council audit of spending on the Hunley.

The State asked members of the General Assembly what they thought, since it takes five members to initiate such an audit.

In an informal poll late last week, The State interviewed 74 of the 170 members of the General Assembly.

Thirty-four said they would support such an audit.

But, as of late Friday, no members officially had requested an audit.

Here’s how they responded:

The House

Yes, I would support an audit: George Bailey, R-Dorchester; Lester Branham, D-Florence; Joe Brown, D-Richland; Robert Brown, D-Charleston; Joan Brady, R-Richland; Converse Chellis, R-Dorchester; Ken Clark, R-Lexington; Dan Cooper, R-Anderson; Gilda Cobb-Hunter, D-Orangeburg; Jerry Govan, D-Orangeburg; Shirley Hinson, R-Berkeley; Davey Hiott, R-Pickens; Chip Huggins, R-Lexington; Herb Kirsh, D-York; Kenneth Kennedy, D-Williamsburg; Robert Leach, R-Greenville; Joe Mahaffey, R-Spartanburg; Becky Martin, R-Anderson; Bessie Moody-Lawrence, D-York; Joe Neal, D-Richland; Skipper Perry, R-Aiken; Thomas Rhoad, D-Orangeburg; Rex Rice, R-Pickens; Rubin Rivers, D-Jasper; Todd Rutherford, D-Richland; John Scott, D-Richland; B.R. Skelton, R-Pickens; Garry R. Smith, R-Greenville; Mac Toole, R-Lexington; Ted Vick, D-Lancaster; David Weeks, D-Sumter

No, I would not support an audit: Jimmy Bales, D-Richland; Tracy Edge, R-Horry; Bobby Harrell, R-Charleston; Gloria Haskins, R-Greenville; Robert Leach, R-Greenville; Jay Lucas, R-Darlington; Jim McGee, R-Florence; Gary Simrill, R-York

I choose not to weigh in: Liston Barfield, R-Horry

Undecided: Carl Anderson, D-Georgetown; William Bowers, D-Hampton; Floyd Breeland, D-Charleston; Henry Cato, R-Greenville; Alan Clemmons, R-Horry; Creighton Coleman, D-Fairfield; Kenneth Hodges, D-Colleton; Doug Jennings, D-Marlboro; Denny Neilson, D-Darlington; Adam Taylor, R-Laurens; Brian White, R-Anderson; C. David Umphlett, R-Berkeley

No comment: Marty Coates, R-Florence; Ben Hagood, R-Charleston; Lonnie Hosey, D-Barnwell; Bill Sandifer, R-Oconee; Dan Tripp, R-Greenville

The Senate

Yes, I would support an audit: John Courson, R-Richland; Yancey McGill, D-Williamsburg; Tommy Moore, D-Aiken

No, I would not support an audit: Thomas Alexander, D-Oconee; Robert Ford, D-Charleston; Larry Martin, R-Pickens; Glenn McConnell, R-Charleston; Harvey Peeler, R-Cherokee

I choose not to weigh in: Michael Fair, R-Greenville; Darrell Jackson, D-Richland; Jake Knotts, R-Lexington; John Land, D-Clarendon; William O’Dell, R-Abbeville; David Thomas, R-Greenville

No comment: Luke Rankin, R-Horry; Nikki Setzler, D-Lexington