Comments on: FITSNews Exclusive: Competitive Grants Scandal Brewing at S.C. State House

By: Dreams Of Gas Tax Increase Blocking S.C. DOT Reform « FITSNews For Now

Dreams Of Gas Tax Increase Blocking S.C. DOT Reform « FITSNews For Now — Wed, 23 May 2007 07:00:42 +0000

[...] his recent history of shady deals, this kind of stunt should hardly come as a surprise from Leatherman – who lost his position as [...]

By: Score One For The Blogs (& The Taxpayers) « FITSNews For Now

Score One For The Blogs (& The Taxpayers) « FITSNews For Now — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 05:46:58 +0000

[...] pork fest masquerading as a “competitive grants” program. FITSNews broke the whole competitive grants scandal six weeks ago, and today the committee that “administers” these multiple boondoggles [...]

By: State NAACP Director Blasts State Senator Over Grants Scandal « FITSNews For Now

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:26:43 +0000

[...] James made the comment this morning in response to questioning from FITSNews regarding the ongoing competitive grants scandal, a process by which millions of taxpayer dollars have been doled out by Leatherman and House Ways [...]

By: Egg-Tooth Funds Egg-Tooth Festival In Anderson « FITSNews For Now

Egg-Tooth Funds Egg-Tooth Festival In Anderson « FITSNews For Now — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:12:06 +0000

[...] Government in South Carolina is not terribly complicated. Basically, our leaders get re-elected by secretively funding a bunch of boat ramps and cheezy ass local festivals in their districts. Then they convince a [...]

By: Those Crazy Coopers « FITSNews For Now

Those Crazy Coopers « FITSNews For Now — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:30:16 +0000

[...] we seen a bunch of Coopers acting so crazy. Seriously. Just when we thought our coverage of the brewing competitive grants scandal at the State House was going to be confined to the Senate side of the building, it turns out those [...]

By: Little Man Going Down? « FITSNews For Now

Little Man Going Down? « FITSNews For Now — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:07:17 +0000

[...] – March 21, 2007 – When we first exposed the brewing competitive grants scandal on our website last week, our assumption was that “Little Big Man” Sen. Hugh Leatherman [...]

By: The FITS Girls Are Pissed « FITSNews For Now

The FITS Girls Are Pissed « FITSNews For Now — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:55:05 +0000

[...] – March 15, 2007 – We don’t mind breaking one off on the peddlers of pork and the backers of bloated government here at FITSNews, but frankly we are sick and tired of Sic [...]

By: G.L.

G.L. — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:47:44 +0000

Just messing with you, but I’d bet the farm I know who you talked to because he showed his ass last week to Leatherman. Anyway, more importantly, do you have evidence that Cooper has been involved in this or has your source just mentioned Leatherman.

By: fitsnews

fitsnews — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 05:23:20 +0000

Sure, G.L., because this is fifth grade and we want to send somebody a “Will You Go With Me – Yes/ No/ Maybe?” note.

Wow. If you guess the Senator will we rat her/him out?

Uh … it’s a source, dude. A source who talked to us on the condition of anonymity. And by anonymity we obviously meant until G.L. the anonymous master logician fooled us into spilling the beans with this clever mental voodoo.

Stop it you synaptic sorcerer, you.

By: G.L.

G.L. — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 05:13:32 +0000

If I guess the Senator who told you all this will you confirm I’m right???