Friends, There is good news and bad news. The good news is that on Tuesday the Senate, in a historic vote, finally eliminated the archaic Budget and Control Board. In its place they voted to implement a sensible structure similar to the one used by the forty-nine other states. Senators Davis
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SC’s Sagging Income Levels
While S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley and the "Republican-controlled" General Assembly in South Carolina continue to grow government at recklessly exorbitant levels, the ability of Palmetto State taxpayers to pick up this soaring tab continues to shrink. According to data published by the U.S. Census, South
Read story »Greenville Tea Party Scorecard Rips Upstate Republicans
The Greenville, S.C. Tea Party has released a legislative scorecard for Upstate members of the S.C. General Assembly ... and it ain't pretty. Four State Senators - Mike Fair (RINO-Greenville), Billy O'Dell (RINO- Anderson), Thomas Alexander (RINO-Oconee) and Larry Martin (RINO-Pickens) - received
Read story »Tea Party Scorecard Rips SCGOP Senators
A legislative scorecard released by one of South Carolina's most credible Tea Party organizations offers fresh proof that the Palmetto State's "Republican-controlled" Senate is really in the hands of free-spending Democrats. You know ... as if the passage of the two largest budgets in state history (here
Read story »A Surplus? Not For SC Taxpayers
South Carolina lawmakers spent a record $20.8 billion during the fiscal year that ended on June 30, 2011. Actually, they spent more than that - including a pair of $100 million bailouts for S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley's Medicaid agency. But when it was all said and done ... was there any money left over? "The
Read story »Luke Rankin Switching Parties (Again)?
S.C. Sen. Luke Rankin - who switched parties in 2004 - could be on the verge of switching again. The Democrat-turned-Republican is contemplating becoming a Republican-turned-Democrat. Why? According to our sources, so he could mount a bid for the as-yet-undrawn Seventh Congressional District. Rankin
Read story »Six SC Senators On “Hit List”
Several "Republican" State Senators are on a new "hit list" being circulated by Tea Party leaders - and GOP activists - a sure sign that the 2012 legislative primaries in South Carolina are going to be contested and competitive. One Tea Party missive identified six "Republican in Name Only" State
Read story »Leatherman Sounds Tax Hike Trumpet
S.C. Senate Finance Chairman Hugh Leatherman - the Palmetto state's "Godfather of Pork" - sounded the tax hike trumpet during a publicly-funded trip to Arizona this week. While attending the National Conference of State Legislatures fall forum in Phoenix (on your dime), Leatherman declared that disproportionately
Read story »Sheheen’s Education Funding Problem
S.C. Senator Vincent Sheheen voted against legislation that would have required a higher percentage of education funding to go toward classroom expenses - a pro-bureaucracy position that's distinctly at odds with the Democratic gubernatorial nominee's recently unveiled "education plan." Sheheen, a
Read story »Republican Activists Push Voter ID Bill
By FITSNews || With S.C. lawmakers returning to the state capitol one last time on Tuesday to take up gubernatorial vetoes, GOP activists are pushing hard for the passage of a voter ID bill that has been blocked by Democrats Senators - four of whom happen to be wearing Republican labels. In fact,
Read story »RINO Removal: The “Why” Matters
By FITSNews || There's a movement afoot to boot S.C. Senator Jakie Knotts from the Republican Party - a movement we enthusiastically support, by the way. But why? Is it because Knotts called GOP gubernatorial nominee Nikki Haley a "raghead" on a local internet talk show earlier this month? No,
Read story »SCGOP Voter Bill: Epic Fail
By FITSNews || A voter identification bill aggressively backed by the S.C. Republican Party was killed by the "GOP-controlled" State Senate on Thursday, the latest example of how Democrats are really in control of state government. The "voter ID" bill would have required citizens to bring a form of
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