Only in a state as corrupt as “Republican-controlled” South Carolina could an “ethics reform” movement – one born of endless scandals – devolve into a major scandal itself.
That’s exactly what’s happening, though, as the Palmetto State’s crooked-as-hell GOP leadership has been caught red-handed trying to secretly decriminalize an entire section of state law dealing with [...]
Only In South Carolina …
John Courson’s “Snooze” Pic Sparks Controversy
ALLEGATIONS OF IMPROPER CAMPAIGN COORDINATION FLY IN THE WAKE OF PHOTO’S RELEASE
A picture of S.C. Senate President John Courson (RINO-Richland) taking a nap in a cloakroom at the S.C. State House has prompted a testy exchange between SCGOP leaders and supporters of Robert Rikard – the Democrat who is challenging Courson for his downtown Columbia, [...]
House Democrats Respond To Haley Ethics Reform Plan
Governor Haley on Ethics: “Do as I say, not as I do”
Columbia, SC – After being the subject of the first House Ethics investigation into a sitting Governor in South Carolina’s history, Governor Haley has finally joined the deafening calls for ethics reform. While these are largely Democratic ideas, it is worth noting that Governor [...]
SC “Restructuring” Goes Down In Flames
NIKKI HALEY’S “REFORM IN NAME ONLY” FAILS
For the second year in a row, S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley tried to make a deal with the devil on government restructuring – and for the second year in a row, the devil played her like a fiddle. Haley – who championed aggressive government restructuring legislation while campaigning for office [...]
Boyd Brown Joins Stanford Campaigns
AUSTIN- Today, Stanford Campaigns, a national opposition research firm based out of Austin, TX, announced that “retiring” South Carolina Representative Boyd Brown was joining the Stanford team as Vice President for Business Development.
“I’m leaving the legislature, but I’m staying in politics,” said Brown. “Cutting my political teeth in South Carolina, I have a clear understanding [...]
Boyd Brown: “Talkin Bout My Generation”
DEPARTING LAWMAKER SENDS MESSAGE FROM “MILLENIALS”
As we reported exclusively several months ago, S.C. Rep. Boyd Brown (D-Winnsboro) is stepping down from the South Carolina House of Representatives this year after just two terms. The 25-year-old Democrat – a vocal critic of S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley – has earned a distinctly positive reputation over that brief [...]
Lawmaker Urged To Recuse Himself In Nikki Haley Case
PHILLIP LOWE’S CONFLICT OF INTEREST CITED
The author of sweeping ethics reform proposals is calling on a member of the House Ethics Committee to recuse himself from further participation in an ongoing investigation of S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley.
S.C. Rep. Boyd Brown (D-Fairfield) – whose proposed ethics reforms have been blocked this year by “Republican” leaders – [...]
Boyd Brown Calls On Phillip Lowe To Recuse Himself From Nikki Haley Case
Columbia, SC – State Representative Boyd Brown of Winnsboro called on Ethics Committee member Rep. Phillip Lowe to immediately recuse himself from all proceedings involving the ethics probe into Governor Nikki Haley on Thursday after documents were made public revealing that Representative Lowe and his business partner, Mr. Rocklin Todd Hoover, have a pending matter [...]
Rep. Boyd Brown: End Observance Of Confederate Memorial Day
Winnsboro, S.C. – State Representative Boyd Brown called on his colleagues in the General Assembly today to end the observance of Confederate Memorial Day in South Carolina. Brown, a descendant of Confederate veterans, concluded it was time to publicly call on South Carolina state government to end its observance of this holiday after important measures [...]
Letter To SC House On ALEC
April 23, 2012
Dear Colleague:
At a time when confidence in Congress and state legislatures is at a record low, members of the South Carolina General Assembly should not be members of a special interest-run group such as the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
As we are all aware, money continues to be the cancer on the body [...]
Dems Assail Nikki Haley On Travel, Security Costs
… BUT THEY BLAST THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, TOO
S.C. House Minority Leader Harry Ott has an idea that will save taxpayers a few nickels … well, assuming South Carolina had a mechanism in place to save nickels, anyway (which it doesn’t).
Ott’s idea? To pass legislation prohibitingall appointed and elected state officials in South Carolina from using [...]
SC Democrats Unveil Ethics Reform Package
Columbia, SC – In response to the Center for Public Integrity’s scathing assessment of South Carolina’s potential to corruption, several House Democrats held a press conference on Tuesday to unveil historic ethics reforms.
Representatives Boyd Brown, James Smith, and Leon Stavrinakis proposed several crucial and unprecedented steps to resolve the corruption problem in South Carolina state [...]
