A Midlands-area hospital isn’t happy about an ongoing inquiry into the controversial tenure of then-S.C. Rep. Nikki Haley … but its attorneys did recently release one additional piece of information pursuant to that inquiry which further implicates its most infamous former employee.
Lexington Medical Center’s latest disclosure – along with the cat-and-mouse game that Haley appears to be playing with local reporters – could wind up provoking a climactic battle in what has become the Palmetto state’s most notorious “unsolved” political mystery.
In a tersely-worded Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) response sent last month to former Board of Economic Advisors Chairman John Rainey – who has been investigating Haley’s stormy 21 month tenure at the hospital – a lawyer representing Lexington Medical Center issued a blanket rejection of Rainey’s latest round of inquiries.
Well, with the exception of one inquiry …
The FOIA response did provide some new information related to the timing of a controversial job application that Haley (or a mysterious “phantom”) filled out in August of 2008.
On that application, Haley allegedly listed her 2007 income at Exotica International (the clothing store run by her parents) at $125,000 – and requested that she be paid this same amount by the hospital. The only problem with Haley’s alleged income declaration? According to federal tax returns – which the Republican candidate belatedly released during the 2010 gubernatorial race – she only made $22,000 from Exotica in 2007.
Hmmm …
Haley has admitted filling out a two page application with the hospital (one that contains her signature) but she has repeatedly denied filling out the longer-form five page application.
“It was a piece of paper that I didn’t fill out, that I didn’t sign, that had no information from me on it at all,” Haley told a friendly reporter at the Charleston Post and Courier shortly after the story broke.
Haley’s denials strain credulity, however … particularly when you consider the vast amount of personal information that anyone attempting to fraudulently fill out the application would have had to possess. Specifically, they would have had to know Haley’s social security number, address, job history, past supervisors, job duties, education, as well as a security question (and answer) and the user name and password that she created for the application process.
In fact, Haley was caught in a bit of an “insta-contradiction” regarding the password question recently.
Now, according to the hospital’s latest FOIA response, we find out that the two-page section of the application (which Haley admits filling out and signing) and the five-page section (which she denies filling out) were actually part of the same online application.
“Based upon a review of LMC’s information systems, it appears that the application was completed electronically on August 5, 2008 beginning at 5:39 p.m.,” hospital attorney David B. Summer wrote to Rainey. “The ’2-page section’ and ’5-page section’ to which you refer are both part of a single electronic application.”
Wow.
According to the hospital, Haley personally signed the two page section at a later date – and that this signature covered the entire seven pages of information that she submitted.
Obviously that conflicts with what Haley has said publicly. In fact, in off the record conversations with at least two friendly reporters, we’re told that Haley has directly accused the hospital of filling out the application for her.
So … why won’t she make that allegation publicly?
“My guess is she knows it isn’t true,” said one reporter who spoke with FITS on condition of anonymity.
Jennifer Wilson, a spokeswoman for Lexington Medical Center, reiterated the hospital’s previous denials when we questioned her about Haley’s off-the-record accusations.
“No one at the hospital filled out the application for her,” Wilson said. “I don’t know why she would say something like that.”
Haley’s office refused to comment for this story.
Up to this point, literally everything Haley has said publicly about her tenure at Lexington Medical Center has turned out to be demonstrably false.
For example, after she was hired in August of 2008 at a vastly-inflated salary Haley said that she competed “fair and square” for the position. However, emails published by The (Columbia, S.C.) State newspaper last September revealed that Lexington Medical Center created the $110,000 a year job specifically for Haley at the direct request of the hospital’s CEO, Mike Biedinger. Also, prior to receiving the job Haley had helped the hospital win approval to a new open heart surgery center.
In April 2010, Haley stepped down from the post – with her campaign manager Tim Pearson telling FITS that she wanted to devote all of her time and energy to her upcoming gubernatorial campaign. In fact, Pearson specifically denied rumors that Haley had been forced from her job – and praised her work at the hospital.
However, according to emails published last October by the Associated Press, Haley’s departure from her $110,000 a year job with Lexington Medical Foundation was far from amicable – and nothing like Haley described it in the press. In fact, it was downright hostile – with Haley bringing in an attorney to negotiate a settlement after she was on the verge of being put on leave for failing to show up for work.
In spite of this record of deceit, Haley still wishes to be taken at her word regarding the Lexington Medical Center fiasco. Not only that, in off-the-record whispers she’s apparently calling her former employers a bunch of liars.
How convenient.
Once again Haley needs to step up … one way or the other. Either she should admit what everybody already knows (that she filled out the damn application) or directly accuse the hospital of doing it for her.
Until she does one of those two things, this scandal isn’t going to die …
RAINEY FOIA RESPONSE PAGE ONE
RAINEY FOIA RESPONSE PAGE TWO
RAINEY FOIA RESPONSE PAGE THREE
By stimulus May 6, 2011 at 1:44 pm
she is a stupid ugly bitch!
By Muskrat70 May 6, 2011 at 1:52 pm
Impeach her!!
By Mohanna May 6, 2011 at 2:01 pm
Liar, Liar, Pants oh Fire.
By Rapture May 6, 2011 at 2:10 pm
I’ve been watching a war movie called Off Limits. There is a lot of talk about “drippy dicks” referring to GI problems and Korean gals. This is merely one constant drip, among many, that will never stop until it is fixed.
By Maxwell May 6, 2011 at 2:13 pm
Chief Tim is the enabler of all these lies. Nikki has to get rid of him, and then “fess-up.”
By are you shittin' me May 6, 2011 at 2:42 pm
I think that says it all.
By Andy May 6, 2011 at 2:44 pm
Transparency. HAH!
By Frank "The Weasel" Vallero May 6, 2011 at 2:47 pm
My sourses tell me that Mr. Rainey is going for little Timmy’s nuts after Timmy made some less than appropriate comments about Mr. Rainey. A rich man with time on his hands is a dangerous enemy to have.Oh, when will Nikki have a town meeting in Camden?
By jimlewisowb May 6, 2011 at 2:50 pm
News Bulletin!
South Carolina Governor Gypsy Queen Dooh Nibor has been admitted to the Lexington County Hospital Emergency Room. Fortunately she and her entourage of 6 Black Suburbans, 4 Hand Maidens, 12 Glock toting Waiters, a Duck, a Parrot, an overweight eunuch named timmy and 2 snails, were stopped at the traffic light right at the entrance to the Emergency Room.
According to one of the Glock Waiters the Governor was on her cell phone talking to someone named willie, when she began yelling into the cell phone, you are the liar: liar, liar pants on fire!
At that point smoke began boiling out from underneath her favorite baby blue look at my butt skirt. The Queen was immediately taken to the Emergency Room.
Initial unconfirmed reports are that her cooter is fried beyond recognition, but other than that she will be OK!
My regrets to all who were offended by my misspelling of “Ole Roy” in an earlier post.
By Old Bike Dude May 6, 2011 at 3:04 pm
Typical Methodist white woman.
By sick of your sikh denial May 6, 2011 at 3:13 pm
The gypsies will do and say anything that benefits them. Never, ever trust a gypsy. Okay, gypsy walks into the human resources office at LMC and says, “I want a job”. Human Res. officer says, “Okay, you will make $110K a year, get full benefits, and only have to work 20 hours a week”. The gypsy says, “:You’re lying”. Human Resouce officer say, ” Well you started it. You said you wanted a job”.
By Mrs.Dash May 6, 2011 at 3:15 pm
Jimbo — all of her skirts are look at my butt skirts. I can’t for the life of me figure out how they get those darts in them to where you can’t see them.
I’m thinking she goes to the Chinese lady at Jackie’s Tailoring in Lexington. That one’s quite talented with a sewing machine.
By Mumbaigirl May 6, 2011 at 3:30 pm
Nikki’s the perfect role model for many of our young people. The ones who are dealing drugs right now need to learn fall-back skills like cheating on job applications.
By Mrs.Dash May 6, 2011 at 4:06 pm
Mumbaigirl — I strongly believe in telling the whole truth and nothing but the truth on a job application. Even if you have to use additional pages with diagrams. Let them know what they are getting into from the get-go. It may whittle down your array of employment possibilities, but it will be a better-suited relationship for both parties this way.
Don’t you agree?
By Charlie May 6, 2011 at 4:28 pm
Wait….Little Timmy the Chief can talk???? And he tried a verbal body slam with Mr. Rainey??? And Mr. Rainey got pissed??? And Little Timmy is still in town??? You know…..Little Timmy has always looked and acted like a smuck. He’s responsible for half of Haley’s fuckups.
By Rapture May 6, 2011 at 4:34 pm
OBD – Nookie Nikki hasn’t been in a methodist church in years, and she is too loose to be Sikh…..who knows what she is.
By Brakeman May 6, 2011 at 5:52 pm
It seems that Cam Newton and Nikki Haley have something in common.
By Rijiv May 6, 2011 at 5:55 pm
Delights of wisdom……OWB, now wat exactly is a cooter???
By dwb619 May 6, 2011 at 6:42 pm
TEA Party!
Family values party!
You Betcha’!
By Shlomo May 6, 2011 at 7:03 pm
I fucked Nikki Haley after filing a Freedom of Fornication Act request.
By BIN News Editorial Staff May 6, 2011 at 7:57 pm
Here are some simple facts:
(1) For sic(k) willie’s loyal readers:
2+2=4 and “Pie” “R” “round”
(2) For Earl Capps’ readers:
E=MC2
(3) For sic(k) willie’s readers:
Cornbread “R” square.
(4) For Earl Capps’ readers:
They know what Pi “r.”
Pie “r” round.
(5) For sic(k) willie’s readers:
Define Gravity:
“Gravity sucks”
(6) For Earl Capps’ readers:
Define Gravity:
“The natural force of attraction exerted by a celestial body, such as Earth, upon objects at or near its’ surface, tending to draw them toward the center of the body. The natural force of attraction between any two massive bodies, which is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.”
(7) For Everyone:
Anyone who hires, supports or interviews with sic(k) willie can’t be trusted to flush a toilet. Examples include Markie Sanfraud, Trikki Nikki, Howie the Voucher Clown. The list goes on and on and on.
(8) Vouchers are dead in S.C.
BIN News Editorial Staff
By eggaday May 6, 2011 at 8:01 pm
Nikki, shame shame shame…. those lies are catchin up with you. Didn’t markie mark teach you more tricks?
By RegisteredGayVoter May 6, 2011 at 8:03 pm
The Governor has lied and she should admit to this. Continued denial does nothing to improve her future in politics, “bookkeeping”, or “retail clothing enterprises”.
By Huhhh??? May 6, 2011 at 8:58 pm
why, why, why has no one asked Tommy Cofield if he’s the lawyer who got Trikki that LMC severence?
why, why, why has no one asked Trikki? Is she too busy running from the camera?
By Neil May 6, 2011 at 10:36 pm
Any good news about our gov ?
By Williams May 6, 2011 at 11:39 pm
She found out that swallowing is good for her hair and skin. Too bad she didn’t learn that sooner, eh Sic?
By snodgrass May 7, 2011 at 8:49 am
“It’s my party and I’ll lie if I want to, lie if I want to…”
(insert music)
By sick of your sikh denial May 7, 2011 at 9:20 am
Rainey wants her replaced. John always gets what he wants. He is wise to the way of the gypsies.
By MsLady2U May 7, 2011 at 9:41 am
Does it occur to anyone that Gov. Nikki actuallly DID receive $125,000 from her parents’ business, but she only REPORTED earning $22,000. What parents aren’t going to take care of their baby. They probably “cooked the books” to hide where the money actually went.
By Williams May 7, 2011 at 10:58 am
Considering the big house, SUV, lifestyle………yup. She falsified the tax return. This is a sitting GOVERNOR folks. Get on the media bandwagon for credits before the bigs dig in.
By marcus wilby May 7, 2011 at 11:35 am
I.R.S.
By Lord V May 7, 2011 at 11:45 am
You know, since she was keeper of the books, all kinds of money could have been laundered through that “store front.” The place never looked legit. She could have pocketed $500,000, told LMC $125,000 to make it look reasonable for the bucks she wanted, and $22,000 to make it look reasonable for that type of store. Complete fraud. She doesn’t know better.
By Jeffy01 May 7, 2011 at 2:18 pm
Beasley part Duex
By Ralph Hightower May 7, 2011 at 2:39 pm
Taking a page from Richard Nixon: “I did not lie”
By fitsnews May 7, 2011 at 4:15 pm
Williams,
Nah, she had that down.
-W
By Mrs.Dash May 7, 2011 at 4:26 pm
EDIT @ Mrs.Dash May 6, 2011 at 4:06 pm
additional pages with diagrams *and seating charts*
:)
By Prince Poppycock May 7, 2011 at 4:52 pm
Dang, another tidbit from Sic. According to Sic, Nookie Nikki has a bald bugger AND she swallows. Wow.
By Ralph Hightower May 7, 2011 at 5:02 pm
I wish that we could recall our Governots.
Our only hope is for the General Assembly to impeach Queen Nikki. Queen Nikki is caught upon lies upon lies. She lies more than Republian President, Richard Milhouse “Tricky Dick” Nixon!
Help us Obi Wan!
By Shlomo May 7, 2011 at 9:17 pm
This bitch will lie at the drop of some pants.
By no name May 7, 2011 at 9:37 pm
This type of thing in our government, state and country, are why the big issues remain status quo.
There is a war on terror and a war on drugs, how about a war on poverty, a war on child abuse, a war on corrupt government?
I’m not stating that things should be addressed in gestapo fashion but if as much time was put into the big issues as there is put into government coverups we’d all be the better for it.
By Wacko May 7, 2011 at 9:52 pm
Hey Sic…….Does Nikki scream, moan, pant or what?????
By Layla May 8, 2011 at 2:00 pm
Why did Nixon watch DEEP THROAT three times?
To get it down Pat.
By Wicko May 8, 2011 at 5:05 pm
So Sic……..was it DEEP THROAT, so just sorta tonguing the knob???
By cash May 8, 2011 at 6:59 pm
A friend worked for Bamberg Cty for years. She passed the original location of Exotica every day 2-3 times per day. She said she never saw customers, never. The owners car was there, but no others. Bamberg Cty employees had speculated illicit activity for years. When Exotica moved to Lexington, the same pattern continued. Also, don’t forget, the Sikh temple wants to know what the family has done with their missing funds. Everything comes out in the wash.
By Real Housewife of Irmo May 8, 2011 at 11:54 pm
Makes me wonder about her husband and what he knows.
By Wicko May 9, 2011 at 6:09 am
The First Dude knows all……….even the sleazy nookie stuff.
By Ratfishtim May 15, 2011 at 4:48 pm
“Nikki” Haley and Sarah Palin must have been separated at birth. Neither can tell the truth even when the lie has been exposed.
Maybe the sequel to “The Lies of Sarah Palin” by Geoffrey Dunn will be “The Lies of Nikki Haley.”