South Carolina S 554: Candice Herlong Pou retirement

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2025-2026 Bill 554 Text of Previous Version (May. 28, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 554

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As Adopted By The Senate

April 15, 2025

S. 554

Introduced 
by Senator Massey 

S. Printed 4/15/25--S. [SEC 
5/28/2025 12:07 PM]

Read the first time April 15, 2025

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A senate RESOLUTION

TO CONGRATULATE CANDICE HERLONG POU OF THE SOUTH 
CAROLINA legislative AUDIT COUNCIL UPON THE OCCASION OF HER RETIREMENT, TO 
COMMEND HER FOR FORTY-FOUR YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE, AND TO WISH HER MUCH CONTINUED 
SUCCESS AND FULFILLMENT IN THE YEARS TO COME.

Whereas, Candice 
("Candy") Herlong Pou has served the South Carolina Legislative Audit Council 
with dedication and distinction for forty-four years, her contributions having 
significantly enhanced the work of the agency; and

Whereas, born the 
daughter of Joe Patrick Herlong and Elizabeth Ann Hatchett, Candy is a native 
of Saluda County; and

Whereas, in 1981, Candy 
began her state government career when she took up her duties with the South Carolina 
Legislative Audit Council; and

Whereas, over the 
course of her career at Legislative Audit Council, Candy has worked under the 
leadership of all four of the agency's directors: the late George L. Schroeder; 
the late Thomas J. Bardin Jr.; Perry Simpson; and K. Earle Powell, the agency's 
current director; and

Whereas, Candy's work 
with information technology systems at the South Carolina Legislative Audit 
Council has been invaluable, spanning, as it does, a time preceding the advent 
of the World Wide Web in 1989 and running through the current age of artificial 
intelligence; and

Whereas, Candy has been 
instrumental in the design, processing, and publication of more than two 
hundred sixty audit reports and has been integral to the agency's network 
management and maintenance; and

Whereas, to perform her 
daily duties for the agency over the past forty-four years, Candy has traveled 
more than 1,062,000 miles between Saluda County and Columbia; and

Whereas, the South 
Carolina Senate, grateful for the legacy of consistent commitment and 
excellence Candy Pou has bestowed on the people of this great State, takes 
great pleasure in wishing her well as she enters retirement and trusts she will 
find much enjoyment in the more leisurely pace of the days ahead. Now, 
therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate:

That the members of the South Carolina Senate, by this resolution, congratulate 
Candice Herlong Pou of the South Carolina Legislative Audit Council upon the 
occasion of her retirement, commend her for forty-four years of dedicated 
service, and wish her much continued success and fulfillment in the years to 
come.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this 
resolution be presented to Candice Herlong Pou.

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