The Charleston Place Hotel - one of historic Charleston, South Carolina's premier downtown destinations - is suing Palmetto political consultant Robert Cahaly and the Southern Republican Leadership Conference (SRLC) for nearly a quarter of a million dollars. The lawsuit was filed earlier this week
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Multiple sources tell FITS that attorneys for S.C. Lt. Gov. Ken Ard (RINO-Pamplico) have privately confirmed the scandal-scarred elected official's involvement in a "cash for contributions" scam - although they reportedly told investigators that they believe the shady arrangement to be "100 percent legal." First
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There are two ways to run a port. The first way is for government to own and manage the infrastructure - which is the "way it's always been done" here in South Carolina. The second way is for the state to retain ownership of the port infrastructure, but permit private companies to invest in and
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We know this will come as a shock to our readers, but the people who pull the strings in and around South Carolina's bloated and unaccountable state government are exceedingly corrupt. Seriously ... it's like a criminal enterprise, except you're picking up the tab for it. Case in point? The shadiness
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A South Carolina consultant who allegedly masterminded a cash-for-contributions scheme on behalf of S.C. Lt. Gov. Ken Ard is working on behalf of the group that's putting on Thursday night's big Republican presidential debate. Robert Cahaly - who is also an advisor to S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley - is affiliated
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Because legislative leaders in the "Republican-controlled" S.C. General Assembly never offer anything resembling a meaningful reform agenda, they are invariably forced to resort to gimmicks and misleading narratives during election years. For example, S.C. Speaker of the House Bobby Harrell has been
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S.C. Rep. Bakari Sellers (D-Bamberg) is proposing a ten percent reduction in South Carolina's gasoline tax ... and unlike "Republican" lawmakers who insist on raising taxes to cover the cost of their tax relief, this third-term Democrat isn't offsetting his proposed cut with any "revenue enhancement." Sellers'
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To hear the mainstream media tell it, South Carolina's budget for the current fiscal year is roughly $5.5 billion. The only problem? The scribes in the legacy press don't count the $8.5 billion in federal money appropriated to our various state agencies - or the $8.1 billion in "other funds" that's
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We've made it clear on this website that South Carolina's latest so-called "immigration reform" legislation is a joke ... just like the legislation our "Republican-controlled" General Assembly passed in 2008. While the latest bill creates a new government bureaucracy tasked with collecting immigration
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For years, this website has railed on the spectacular failure of the "Innovista" boondoggle - which has squandered tens of millions of tax dollars on an ill-conceived speculative economic development deal in the heart of South Carolina's capital city. The brainchild of S.C. House Speaker Bobby Harrell
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More than any other Palmetto State politician, S.C. House Speaker Bobby Harrell is directly responsible for accelerating our state's failed "government-first" approach to job creation. He's a principal author of the "Pillars and Pyramids" blueprint for a government-run economy - as well as one of
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It goes without saying that it's easier to sell infrastructure enhancements as a core function of government than a lot of other things... but have politicians abused this perception in order to advance unnecessary spending and non-priority projects? Duh ... yes. That's clearly what U.S. President
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