Lawmaker drew national attention in March.
Eric Bikas, who represents District 26 in the South Carolina House, which covers parts of Greenville and Pickens Counties, claims he was not paid for legislative sessions he did not attend. The Nerve reported on Thursday that Bikas was paid more than $12,500 in salary and expenses, even though he missed the bulk of the legislative term. Patch reported in March that Bikas had not reported to work in Columbia for more than two months. At the time, Bikas attributed his absences to a variety of factors, from a rift with House Speaker Bobby Harrell, to the inability to run the restaurant he owns and to the fact his district had been drawn out of existence. The story made national news. When contacted by Patch about whether he had been paid this…
State Rep. Eric J. Bikas said he was asked by the sergeant-at-arms to leave the Statehouse chamber at the Speaker Bobby Harrell's request in January
Republican State Representative Eric J. Bikas said that he hasn't been to Columbia in two months, after he was asked to leave in January. Bikas, 25, who represents District 26 area of Greenville and Pickens County, said in January the sergeant-at-arms asked him to leave the Statehouse chamber at the request of House Speaker Bobby Harrell. "In January I was asked to leave because when the redistricting occurred, I ended up without a district," Bikas said. Bikas said that it was his understanding that the redistricting would not take place until November and said the move came as a surprise to him, when he was told he didn't have a district anymore. "Whenever the Speaker said that, I thought it was kind of weird, but he's the speaker," Bikas…
Carolyn Hunt
5:42 pm on Friday, July 27, 2012
Mr Brown, Yes so true and the rest of us who did NOT are paying for that mistake. more ›