We’re all for solar panels – and all “alternative” forms of energy production. We don’t necessarily buy into the whole global warming theory, but we do think humans have an obligation to be good stewards of the planet they’ve inherited.
Solar power and other clean energy sources provide us with ways to be good stewards … [...]
A “Panel” Discussion
Party Time (On The Taxpayer Dime)
REPUBLICAN, DEMOCRATIC LEADERS ENJOY PRICEY ACCOMMODATIONS
S.C. House Speaker Bobby Harrell, powerful budget chairman Brian White and “Republican” Majority Leader Kenny Bingham were among a dozen South Carolina lawmakers to bill the taxpayers for pricey hotel rooms at a recent political conference in Charleston, S.C.
The twelve lawmakers sent taxpayers a bill of more than $10,000 associated [...]
Haley Compliments Lawmakers
ARE THEY SMARTER THAN EIGHTH-GRADERS?
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley gave “Republicans” in the S.C. House of Representatives an inadvertent compliment recently when she asked her $1-a-year (now $122,000-a-year) deputy chief of staff Christian Soura to explain the particulars of her budget proposals to them.
“Put it in eighth-grade terms so they can understand,” Haley told Soura.
Ouch!
Several GOP [...]
Haley Takes (Errant) Aim At Unions
GOVERNOR SIGNS ORDER FOR LAW THAT ALREADY EXISTS
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley signed an executive order on Tuesday that she says will prevent striking workers in South Carolina from receiving unemployment benefits.
The only problem? State law in South Carolina already forbids striking workers from receiving unemployment benefits.
In fact, all Haley’s executive order actually does is require [...]
A Bright Idea After All?
The “Dim Bulb Act of 2011″ – legislation sponsored by S.C. Rep. Bill Sandifer (RINO-Oconee) – received some national love on Monday from the scholars at the Heritage Foundation.
In a blog post on The Foundry, Heritage energy policy analyst Nicolas Loris said that Sandifer’s legislation demonstrated “the will to remove the federal government’s ability to [...]
Bridget Keeney, Back Again
“Bridget Keeney” is back, people …
Former S.C. Board of Education Chairwoman Kristin Maguire – who resigned her post in 2009 after our website busted her writing incest-themed internet porn under the pen name “Bridget Keeney” – made a memorable appearance at the Pickens County GOP convention on Monday night.
Was she there to read excerpts from [...]
SC Lawmaker’s Son Lobbying … Again
The son of a powerful South Carolina lawmaker is reportedly lobbying members of the S.C. General Assembly – asking them to kill a pro-business bill that’s likely to come before his father’s committee.
Several S.C. lawmakers and lobbyists are confirming to FITS that Wes Sandifer – son of liberal Republican Bill Sandifer (RINO-Oconee) – is lobbying [...]
A Not-So-Bright Idea
Forget passing a tax cut, giving parents real choices or restructuring our state’s splintered and dysfunctional system of government … lawmakers in South Carolina have other “bright ideas” about how to spend the 2011 session.
According to the Associated Press, S.C. Rep. Bill Sandifer (RINO-Oconee) and 27 of his fellow House members are pushing a law [...]
Robert Ford: “Brothas” Don’t Work
Remember that racist flier that was found on the desk of a white South Carolina lawmaker a few years ago? The one that claimed black people were lazy and didn’t want to work?
Apparently, S.C. Rep. Bill Sandifer (RINO-Oconee) isn’t alone in his critique of the African-American work ethic …
On Tuesday, S.C. Sen. Robert Ford (D-Charleston) [...]
