… WHERE DID THEY ALL GO?
Last month this website exclusively reported on a legislative effort (and a sneaky one at that) engineered by S.C. Speaker of the House Bobby Harrell to help him evade accountability on public corruption charges.
This story – which soon went national – detailed how Harrell intended to strip S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson of the vast majority of his statutory authority, including his ability to pursue public corruption cases against most elected officials. Wilson, of course, is the official currently probing Harrell’s multitudinous public corruption issues (and taking a good bit of heat from the powerful lawmaker for doing so).
Once we exposed these bills for what they were – i.e. Nixonian attempts on the part of Harrell to save his own skin – lawmakers began to flee them. In fact within twenty-four hours of the bills being filed (and surreptitiously placed on the House calendar by Harrell himself), more than two dozen lawmakers had removed their names as sponsors.
Originally, each bill had eighty-five sponsors (out of 124 members of the S.C. House of Representatives).
“More (removal requests) are coming,” one lawmaker familiar with the exodus told FITS at the time. “People are pissed. They were lied to.”
Our source was absolutely correct …
At last count, Harrell’s bills have only thirty-three sponsors – meaning a whopping 52 lawmakers have defected from the Speaker’s side.
Translation? Harrell’s effort to gut Wilson has failed. In fact the bills are now less about the Attorney General (and his grand jury probe) and more of a demonstration of the Speaker’s waning influence over his own chamber.
In fact one state lawmaker told FITS the bills were now being viewed as an “acid test” of loyalty to Harrell.
“Everyone knows the bills are going nowhere,” the lawmaker told us. “The only purpose they serve is a means for legislators to declare their fealty to Bobby.”
If that’s true, Bobby Harrell is in serious trouble no matter what comes of Wilson’s ongoing criminal investigation …
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Boomerang 101………….known action before a “bill” is …….
It’s “fecalty”, not fealty.
Where you be, Kirkman? I know Billy Folks loves to sniff your welfare queen crop supports (Bobby’s) butt(boy)
So who are the 33 declaring their fealty? Give us the names of those who are giving the finger to their constituents from the House chamber.
You can look up the sponsors of any bill at http://www.scstatehouse.gov.
He FITS: I don’t really care about this until it’s adjudicated. Only those who have personal gain (like you) from government really care at this point…
This Harrell Bull$#!t is just really LAZY journalism (if you can call it that)..at it’s best..and political payola at it’s worst.
Get your Head out your #$$…
Interesting: Democrat Donor, and racist, Donald Sterling ‘Didn’t Want To Pay (JJ Redick) Because Ridick is White’
That should make your politically correct Racist @$$, $#!* all over yourself…LMAO…
Donald Sterling, REGISTERED REPUGNANT Suck on that one, teapot
Every Republican (save maybe Loftis) is a corupt scumbag.
*Sorry, corrupt.
Yeah: and Obama is a trustworthy, successful public servant, working only for the good of the people…right???…LMAO…
People: “Cool Kids” is your average F*#king left-winger…
PS: How’s that Obamacare working out for you???…Hahaha…
Lol! That sure was easy. Doesn’t take much to get you out from under your rock to type something stupid…
Sorry, asshat, you need to up your meds. Obamacare is a success and is here to stay. And with the Repugs about to screw the pooch on immigration, brown people will be ruling your sorry arse for decades to come. La Raza!!!!
Have you looked at your lord gods poll numbers?….LMAO..
You will get bent over and reamed in Nov. Then we can begin to heal…
I’m having trouble finding President Romney’s approval ratings. Every site I visit is saying Obama’s still President. This can’t be, you told us Romney was gonna win! And you’re ALWAYS right!
You’re talking bout the past Dumb@$$ (can’t blame you)…But remember Obamcare has been implemented, at least some of it…and the people are Revolting in droves.
Your lord god LIED (“you can keep your coverage”)…LMAO…and many of the people that he duped are turning on him…You will be like Hitler when Germany fell.. Get your cyanide pills out…people hate you for what you did to us…your carcass will be food for vultures…
You are anti-American, lying S#!*…you and Obama are despised for the disaster you made of our country…
Hitler, Germany? Sounds like you’re the one talking about the past…
No I’m referring to Obama, the current president, who is much like Hitler…You Brainless Dumb@$$….
GrandTango, Your posts are so inane that neither I nor anyone I know reads them. They’re like rubbish thrown out along the highway. Please stop. How about … go walk your dog, wash your car, work on your stamp collection?
I personally enjoy his posts.
Thanks Nolff. Just like I LOVE reading all of yalls.
I’m for MORE communication. That’s how I define people. By what they say, and do…
Don’t you support Obamacare….????
LMAO…Next…
I do and it’s here to stay, teapot.
You’re projecting your latent homosexuality; and showing your insecurity over your little bitty teapot peepee. You can’t respond substantively so I’ll repeat myself: Obamacare is here to stay and is a success. And BTW, teapot, learn to habla. You’ll earn your passivo nombre quickly enough.
You are one deranged sick soul. Piss on you. And piss on Obama.
Hasta pronto, pinche
Pissing in the wind, are ya?
How’s that Obamacare working out for you???
Great so far! Thanks for asking! :)
We are in an economic recovery too..right?…LMAO….
90,000 Nevada Residents Could Lose Health Insurance Due To Obamacare…
DUMB@$$!!!!!!!!!
Yep, millions don’t have any, point ?
You OWS commies are just mad that today SCOTUS ruled that prayer is legal in a public forum.
Pisses you,Smirks,ewe doodoo and Deo Dummy off, don’t it?
I see my milkshake is bringing all the dogs to my yard.
If prayer is removed, I have no problem.
If prayer is open for all faiths, I have no problem.
The point of keeping things secular is that it is neutral and fair, not necessarily that it bans all forms of religion everywhere. “Fair” can be either “anyone can open with a prayer or whatever” or “no prayers or whatever at all.”
If preference is given to a particular faith, there is quite obviously a problem. Of course, the “I want my religion everywhere” types never get this until it isn’t -their- religion that is the preferred one, but, well, that isn’t surprising. If you really wish to have a government that openly plays favoritism with one specific religion, or subset of that religion, then good for you. I find that sad. I also find that such a thing is why a lot of people came to America in the first place, to get away from shit like that.
Just like when the Ten Commandments are put in a public building, and a bunch of Satanists win the right to put their own statue in there as well, and Christians flip shit and there’s a huge deal about it. At least it is fair, so I don’t have a major issue with it. However, I can’t deny that I’d rather not have -either- display in a public place, partly because it isn’t necessary, and partly because it remains fair -and- avoids a bunch of pissed off people bickering with each other.
To this day, I cannot understand why this is such a difficult concept to grasp.
However, I’ll probably enjoy whatever town’s ability to have a ceremonial prayer a helluva lot more than you’ll enjoy a statue of Baphomet sitting in a public building in Oklahoma. :)
http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/550991/20140505/satanic-statue-baphomet-oklahoma-capitol-monument.htm#.U2fX36Ka_18
“In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court said the Greece, N.Y., council was using prayer for “permissible ceremonial purposes,” not as an “unconstitutional establishment of religion.”
So, yeah, nothing to get us Liberals upset about. If it were “for Christians only” that would piss me and the ACLU off.
Let’s all secretly pray for secret prayer.
let’s do that max, thank you !
Today’s SCOTUS decision is victory for tolerence. A couple of intolerant malcontents can no longer oppress the legitimate rights of the majority or other minorities. Secularists can be just as intolerant as anyone.
All praise to the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
DERP DERP DERP
Most politicians in general are corrupt scumbags. SC’s problem is that most seats are safe seats thanks to party-line voters making sure the same shitty incumbents stay career politicians. That’s a good deal worse than the typical Republican and Democrat scumbags.
Loftis is no exception. That settlement with the Bank of New York let his personal friend and attorney walk off with $2 million of retirement fund money. They are all ethically challenged.
What makes you declare Loftis is not a scumbag? He is an over the top, self important POS.
Don’t forget the importance of booty in the joint Bobby:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y9uo1ed-Lk
Close to 1,000 ounces of gold, worth about $1.3 million dollars, has been recovered from an 1857 shipwreck off the coast of South Carolina.
Hilarious: I started a conversation about Obama’s failed ladrship. FITS is avoiding Obama, since Obama has been nose-diving. But even FITS’ D*@k-Suckers are eschewing his boring Bobby Harrell Bull-S#!t…
How bout that…I can run FITS’ website better than that leftwing Dumb@$$…
I love the fact teapot will be living under Obamacare the rest of his miserable life….
There are already ways to get around it….Dumb@$$…
But not around the Bush war, LOL.
Your spawn will speak Spanish with their spouse, live with and be thankful for Obamacare, and will remember Hillary as a two-term President….and all teapot can do is rage as only an angry cracker can
So here are the sponsors: Crawford, Southard, Anderson, Finlay, Brannon, Bannister, Erickson, Burns, Williams, Hosey, Sandifer, Bales, barfield, Clemmons, Crosby, Daning, Goldfinch, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hayes, Henderson, Loftis, Lowe, V.S. Moss, Nanny, Pitts, Ryhal, G.R. Smith, Sottile, Stringer, Thayer, Wells, White, and Whitmire.
I am surprised by Finlay being on there since he was pushing big reform around Ethics. Oh Well.
All I really care for is Larry Grooms bill that Repeals Common Core…it passed 42-0 in the Senate…even the democrats are scared to vote against it…
Lord, I hope Grooms runs against Sanford…one day soon…
More wonderful republicans in store for the people.
Grooms is possibly the DUMBEST member of the Senate(and thats saying something!).
Thoroughly predictable that the likes of you would admire him.
LMAO…Grooms F*#k#d you stupid liberals on Common Core. He’ll be able to take an statewide office he wants, now……I’m SO GLAD you’re P!$$#d…That is MUSIC….
Obama thought he had education…just like he thought he’d get healthcare…
Not so fast, Dumb@$$…Hahahahaha…Both will be taken from you…
Except it wasn’t Sen. Grooms’ bill, GrandTango. It was H 3893, a bill with Rep. Bedingfield as lead sponsor, used as a strike-and-insert vehicle for S 1145, a bill with Sen. Hayes as lead sponsor. Sen. Grooms’ bill, S 300, is dead.
Quote from Sen. Grooms: “I want to throw out Common Core immediately”… That’s what I like. Regardless of the details…
Hayes has been a BIG supporter of Charter Schools, and anti-CC, too…So kudos to him…along w/ Sen. Mike Fair, a hero to South Carolinians…
It’s Republicans getting the job done. That’s why WE elect them…Thank you guys…We you work for us, we can spit in the democrats’ face and say “screw you.”
Details like what bill passed and who sponsored it. What a fucking moron.
You seem to have a comprehension problem. The content is very important, which I acknowledge. Who gets credit is THE PROBLEM for idiots like you…
I spread the credit, because the ones mentioned all are doing the right thing.
It’s Dumb@$$#$ like you who try to cover up who, and what you are. Or you are lauding credit on liars, who contribute nothing, but pat themselves on the back….
Though, of course, it was you who started this thread by giving Grooms credit when it wasn’t deserved. You got schooled here, GT, called out by people who actually know what’s going on at the State House. Move on …
Grooms is 100 Percent against Common Core, I give him, and he deserves all the credit in the world for that…So STFU you miserable liberal Dumb@$$…
If you people spent as much time educating your Stupid @$$#$, as you do praying to your lord god Obama, to catch me in some snafu, you would not be such total F*#king Failures….
Kirkman is a welfare queen. As long as he gets his federal money, he LOVES Obama.
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
1. Share nothing.
2. Play unfairly.
3. Do hit people.
4. Do not put things back where you found them.
5. DO NOT CLEAN UP YOUR OWN MESS.
6. Do take things that aren’t yours.
7. Don’t say you’re SORRY when you HURT somebody.
8. Don’t wash your hands before you eat.
9. Don’t flush.
10. Warm cookies and cold milk are not good for you.
11.
Don’t live a balanced life – don’t learn some and drink some and draw some and
paint some and sing and dance and play and work everyday some.
12. Don’t take a nap every afternoon.
13. When you go out into the world, don’t watch out for traffic, hold hands, or stick together.
14. Ignore wonder. Ignore the little seed in the Stryrofoam cup:
The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or
why, but nobody is like that.
15. Goldfish, hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup – they all die. But I won’t.
16. And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned – the biggest word of all – “CROOK.”
http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/2399046-all-i-really-need-to-know-i-learned-in-kindergarten
Headline: “High court ruling favors prayer at council meeting”….
Hey FITS. Christians have free speech too….Looks like you got slapped upside the head so hard, your teeth are cracked…Hahahahaha…Deal w/ it, sucker…
Fat little Dumpty, onto even fatter soft pillows, he did fall.. rolled past Wilson, to land in cotton tall.. and so it is in South Carolina where the Cypress grow, and all the politicians know… the greenery is free; the people too stupid to see.
I say, strip Alan of his job, let the crooks continue, the Feds with set everything right. Hopefully even get the queen in the process. A big change is comming, I feel it. The corrupt circle should be in for it. It’s not a party item either.
The feds ARE watching every single members of the house – and Manning – and Toal – and Harrell’s swollen big heads greedy lawyers. Stay tuned. All of them are going to make national headlines as raids take place of their offices and homes.
Bullshit
Wishful thinking Fantasyland Scooter, in other words, BULLSHIT!
Everyone is going to throw the Bullshit flag on you Scooter.
So you have a feeling, do ya? You have a feeling? ….uh uh uh ….i have a feeling? …i have a feeling? …uh uh uh …. i can feel it … uh uh uh …. …. i can feel it …
Track the Spring migration
H 5073 Joint Resolution
http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5073&session=120&summary=B
H 5072 General Bill
http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5072&session=120&summary=B
Here’s a good one:
04/09/14 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Tallon
04/10/14 House Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: ……, Tallon, …
Piss on Bobby Harrell and his crony supporters and corrupt criminal friends in land development. The people are going to have all of their heads soon enough. Nothing is going to stop that nor prevent it either. Manning is toast already. Warrants are ready for Manning’s arrest if he orders that the criminal matters shall be remanded to Harrell’s ethic bitch boys.
You’re still a moron. Ain’t nobody arresting Judge Manning.
Sometimes those who are responsible for sending people to jail get jailed themselves ———- Mingo County Circuit Judge Michael Thornsbury was arrested Thursday after federal authorities allege ……. A Salt Lake City Justice Court Judge has been arrested …….A Broward County judge has been released from jail after authorities arrested ……. judge already suspended and awaiting trial on criminal charges was arrested Wednesday for contempt of court ……
You’re still a MORON, You MORON.
DUMB CROOK NEWS ALERT! ALERT! ALERT!
Talking about shady development deals, what about Wilson’s cronies on the USC Board of Trustees?
“TRUSTEES ACCUSED OF IMPROPER INVOLVEMENT IN CONTRACTS” by FITSNEWS
Three University of South Carolina trustees, Thad Westbrook, William Hubbard, and John von Lehe, Jr. , have been accused by fellow board members – and state lawmakers – of improperly steering tens of millions of dollars in business to a developer who has done business with their law firm.
One of the trustees – William Hubbard – is a former chairman of the USC board. Another – John von Lehe, Jr.– is the board’s current vice chairman. The third trustee is Thad Westbrook, is a political appointee who was embroiled in a major controversy last year when he failed to report $134,000 in campaign contributions sent to S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson.
All three men are partners at the powerful Nelson Mullins law firm – which represents Holder Properties, Inc., the Atlanta-based company which received the contracts.
Naturally all three of these men were smart enough to avoid personally voting on these contracts, right? Right?
Um, no.
In fact two of them – Hubbard and von Lehe – currently serve on the University’s executive committee, which unilaterally approves small dollar contracts (and recommends the approval of larger dollar projects to the full board).
One of these projects? A $94.5 million student apartment complex approved for Holder Properties by the full USC board on January 16 of this year. Not only did all three Nelson Mullins trustees vote in favor of the deal, Thad Westbrook, William Hubbard, and John von Lehe, Jr., Hubbard and von Lehe’s committee actually presented the recommendation to the board asking that it be approved. Hell, von Lehe is listed in the minutes of the USC board meeting as calling for a second to approve the committee’s motion.
In other words, not only did they fail to recuse themselves from voting on the deal – Thad Westbrook, William Hubbard, and John von Lehe, Jr., actively shepherded it through the approval process.
That’s shameless, people …
Neither the student apartment contract – nor a separate $25 million office building deal that also went to Holder Properties – were bid competitively. And our legislative sources tell us this is “just the beginning” of self-serving behavior demonstrated by these three trustees.
Holder told us that his company used Nelson Mullins in 2012 on a development project in Columbia.
Holder’s company also developed the Meridian building in downtown Columbia, S.C., where Nelson Mullins offices are located.
Sure looks like Hubbard, von Lehe and Thad Westbrook just put on one heck of an audition to get additional business from Holder …
Shady behavior is nothing new for Hubbard, von Lehe and Thad Westbrook. Three years ago lawmakers were forced to file legislation in response to his unethical self-serving actions as a member of the board.
Amazingly, Hubbard held onto his job …
Hubbard, von Lehe and Thad Westbrook did not return calls seeking comment on this story. Neither did University of South Carolina spokesman, Wes Hickman.”
Please print the names of the sponsors “Slick”!
Hold the phone, I’m getting ready to fly in and let you know !
In case you didn’t know, pilots like to fly, that’s what they do. MORON.
HOW TO HIRE THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE TO REPRESENT YOUR INTEREST – HOW TO TAP MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF THE PEOPLE’S TAX DOLLARS —- donate to Bobby Harrell’s campaign fund ………………….. “Harrell Reimbursed Himself $70,000 for Unidentified Staff Expenses” (which means, Harrell pocketed the payoff money from his campaign fund – his records will hit a dead end that show nothing was spent on what he says it was. Hence, he pocketed the money. The NEW KICKBACK AND VOTE BUY SCHEME. ……. http://thenerve.org/news/2014/05/05/Harrell-ethics/
“State Law … “All expenditures are supposed to be paid from the campaign account” …. An analysis by The Nerve of the Charleston Republican’s campaign-expenditure forms filed with the State Ethics Commission covering 2008 through March of this year found that in 2012, Harrell reimbursed himself a total of $70,283 for what appears to be wages paid to an unidentified administrative assistant and other unknown staff for unspecified services.”
“Harrell, the House speaker since 2005, made eight payments for that purpose to himself, mostly in monthly amounts of $3,976. His single-largest reimbursement was $36,733 on Feb. 10, 2012, for “administrative & clerical staff,” followed by another individual reimbursement of $11,930 on April 20, 2012, for an “admin assistant,” records show.”
“Given the listed amounts of the reimbursements, the payments to Harrell likely were for staff wages or salaries, though no specifics are listed on his campaign expenditure forms. Those forms list the names and addresses of other vendors paid with campaign funds.”
“The Nerve’s review of Harrell’s reported campaign expenses for the period also found that he reimbursed himself another collective $26,273 mainly for unspecified phone and other “communications” expenses, as well as for other expenditures, including, for example, $1,775 for what was described only a “staff Christmas.”
Source >>> http://thenerve.org/news/2014/05/05/Harrell-ethics/
Harrell’s scheme on how to get paid by big money. The Speaker of the House does not represent anyone, except those wanting a slice of billions in SC tax dollars. Hence, this is how Harrell gets paid for his influence in the House of Representatives. He does not want anyone to have access to his records inasmuch the has no true and legit records. Subpoenas and a Grand Jury investigation would uncover that his reimbursements to himself are BOGUS expenses. He sucks from his campaign account – that’s how he gets his kickbacks. That’s how he gets paid for his influence. Not only will members of the house of representative be exposed in all of this under a Grand Jury investigation, but even those who pay Harrell off through his campaign account will be exposed too. This is white collar criminal crime. It is how the mafia works. Harrell is engaged within criminal conduct and activities with big business. And there is lots of State Money to be had …. BILLIONS of it.
Where did all of SC AG Alan Wilson’s campaign funds go? …take all the time you need. How many was it? ….32 over the limit contributions and 105 contributions not reported…. Humm, I’d say Wilson’s credibility is in the toilet. On top of that, Wilson is getting really bad legal advice calling for a Grand Jury investigation knowing that a legal precedent has already been set, what a waste of taxpayers $$$dollars. BTW, how much money has been paid to outside counsel for legal fees and services for the frivolous prosecution? Some law firm is getting rich on the taxpayers’ dime, it’s time for an FOIA request.
I love it, this “well, it may be pretty clear Harrell broke the law, BUT WAIT look Wilson might have done something wrong so cant we just call it a day?” hilarious, thanks!
Wrong, it’s not pretty clear Harrell broke the law. Hey, I have an idea, why don’t you just make something up….oh wait…..
BTW, you didn’t respond to the question …How much money of taxpayers$$$ dollars has been paid to outside counsel for legal fees and services for the frivolous prosecution? Some law firm is getting rich on the taxpayers’ dime, it’s time for an FOIA request.
Where did all of Wilson’s campaign funds go? ….uh uh uh? …he’s ONLY amended his campaign finance reports every quarter for the last four years, …uh uh uh …I think I got right this time ….uh uh uh … no wait! ……now I got right ….uh uh uh …. no wait, it’s right this this time, really, it is …it;s right, I swear it is ….uh uh uh …really it is, I swear….. I know it is, I change it three times myself, I know it’s right …uh uh uh ….
Who cares? You are, and always will be, a piece of shit. HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!
Didn’t respond to the question, as usual Scooter. As I said earlier Scooter, your attention span is that of a gnat. Let’s try again, Where did all of Wilson’s campaign funds go? Take all the time you need.
The picture of Harell w/ the bumps on his lips scares me. At least there isn’t a picture of Curtis w/ his bumps…. Pecker bumps are more easily hidden.
Not old enough to shave, are ya? Anyone old enough to shave knows what razor burn looks like, retard, BTW, you have the attention span of a freakin’ gnat.
Pseudo folliculitus.
Whatever.
Coach Hayes, get your name off of that list. You are better than that.
How ’bout publishing the names of the co-sponsors of Big Bad Bobby’s Bill?
Most everyone employed at Boeing North Charleston agrees — that Harrell should be prosecuted in the Court of General Sessions and the United States District Court – and have the book thrown at him. Boeing employees are all talking about the low life scum — they are telling their families, their relatives, their churches, their friends …. you name it. Harrell is going to be destroyed.
Scooter? Scooter, are you there? Listen Scooter, you don’t know jack about what the Boeing employees are talking about, hey, I have an idea, why don’t you just make something up, oh wait….