By FITSNews || Make no mistake, we were very pleased to see Curtis Loftis defeat incumbent RINO Converse Chellis in the race for S.C. State Treasurer two weeks ago. We never had any respect for Chellis – who was never anything more than a legislative sock puppet - but he angered us greatly when he needlessly bashed our friend Thomas Ravenel in one of his first television ads.
That was a dick move, people.
Anyway, with no Democratic opposition, Loftis will be South Carolina’s next State Treasurer – and we are optimistic that he will be what every fiscal conservative in the Palmetto state is hoping that he will be, a solid vote for less government on the S.C. Budget and Control Board.
Before that, though, Loftis has some bills to pay back – a process we hope doesn’t cause him to backtrack on any of his campaign commitments.
According to the S.C. State Ethics Commission, Loftis took out five loans totaling $447,000 over the course of five weeks in April and May of this year. Those loans accounted for the vast majority of the $500,000 he raised for the race – and that $447,000 total represents precisely the amount of money he spent on the contest.
We hope Loftis is able to pay those loans back using grassroots means – i.e. tea party “moneybombs” and the like – rather than big special interest checks that always come with strings attached.
By Alex June 24, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Lets get him one started then Will! The only thing is, its hard when a candidate doesn’t have opposition to get folks to repay his loans, when they could be donating to Nikki, Ken, Alan, Mick et. al who still have opposition.
And even if he does take some, Curtis is a stand up guy, and won’t let it change his conservatism IMHO.
By Confederati June 24, 2010 at 2:11 pm
Loftis is a Quinn client…therefore his vote on the B&CB is unreliable.
By Toyota Kawaski June 24, 2010 at 2:21 pm
special intrest checks! Ya fits knows all about those for sure.
By Toyota Kawaski June 24, 2010 at 2:22 pm
sorry that would be interest
By Cato June 24, 2010 at 5:11 pm
I’m under the impression that Curtis is personally wealthy enough to pay all that back. I hope we are not worrying about this unnecessarily. Lord, it took THAT much money for his campaign? What would the Founding Fathers say about this? The good news is that Curtis has promised not to stay in office more than two terms. That’s a big reason I voted for him.
By Larry June 25, 2010 at 7:46 am
Those are not “real” loans. Campaign laws require self-financing candidates to borrow money from a bank in order to pay themselves back (more than $25,000).
So the guys that self-finance borrow against their own cash and then raise money to pay it back. Which is what Curtis is doing now.
By Huhhh??? June 25, 2010 at 12:12 pm
You oppose someone because they dis your covicted coke dealer friend Thomas Ravenel?
That confirms my suspicion that Reggie Lloyd got his job at SLED for letting Thomas’ Italian co-conspirator flee the country when he was US Attorney. With no one left to turn, Thomas could get away with NOT naming names of his coke party buddies, which no doubt included you, Sanford and most of the trendy branch of the SC Republican Party – probably most of your heroes named in your “RINO Removal” post.