We live in the 21st century and yet our state government still operates under a 19th century structure and mentality. It’s a problem that infects our state at so many different levels, whether it be the fact that we have multiple agencies and programs doing the same thing and wasting tax dollars or that our state is so legislatively dominated that we don’t have a single person to hold accountable for the problems we’re facing. When we restructure our state government and make it accountable to the people, two things will happen: no longer will decisions be made in back rooms by a select few, and the finger pointing and evasion of political responsibility will have to stop. South Carolina simply cannot compete in today’s ever-changing world under this backwards system, and I am more determined than ever before to usher in the changes the people of this state both need and deserve.