Platt Elected Vice-Chairman of James Island Public Service District Commission

Eugene Platt was elected Vice-Chairman at the Monday, June 22, 2009 meeting of the James Island Public Service District Commission. Mr. Platt has served on the Commission since 1993 and won reelection to another four year term in November 2008. The vice-chairmanship and commissioner positions are nonpartisan.

South Carolina Public Service Commissions act under state law to "provide services for fire protection, wastewater collection services, solid waste collection services, street signs and lighting "in the most cost effective manner." The James Island Commission serves 22,000 residents in the enviromentally sensitive coastal region, just outside Charleston, SC.

Mr. Platt joined the South Carolina Green Party in the Spring of 2008 and in June of 2009 became a member of the party's statewide Steering Committee.

• "Eugene Platt, Bowed But Unbroken". By Will Moredock. Charleston City Paper. March 31, 2009.
• The James Island Public Service District Commission website
  

South Carolina Green Party elects new Steering Committee Members

A quorum of the South Carolina Green Party Steering Committee met in Columbia on Sunday, June 21, 2009 and elected Eugene Platt of James Island and Scott West of Inman to the Committee. Present and voting were Gregg Jocoy of Greenville, Namu Mohamed of Columbia, and Dr. Robert Whiteman, also of Columbia. Mr. Platt and West fill two vacancies on the Committee. Both nominees spoke briefly before unanimous vote.
Eugene Platt is an elected member of the James Island Public Service District Commission. He has served on the commission for number of years before joining the Green Party. He was reelected for a four-year term in November 2008. In 2006, Mr. Platt came within 40 votes of defeating the the incumbent to SC House District 115. In 2008, he sought both the Democratic and Green nominations for the same seat, but was prevented from running as a Green by the SC Electoral Commission.
Scott West is a newspaper production worker in Spartanburg. A native of Spartanburg, past resident of Clinton and a College of Charleston graduate, Mr. West has a longstanding interest in independent politics and the history of South Carolina.
Other items on the agenda included a change in candidate nomination proceedure, a Columbia community meeting space, and the Statewide Membership Meeting. It was agreed to move forward with a proposal by Mr. Platt to alter the nomination of candidates from language of consensus to allow for a 50%+1 nomination endorsement if consensus should fail.
Mr. Mohamed spoke concerning the Columbia community activists working against gentrification in the downtown 1000 Acre Development plan. Community members collaborating on a storefront space to facilitate organizing and build community spirit.
The Statewide Membership Meeting was scheduled for August 8. The location was to be either a meeting room in the Richland County Library, or the community space, pending its completion.

More:

• James Island Public Service District Commission
• Campaign website of Eugene Platt