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The notoriously corrupt S.C. House Ethics Committee – which as we’ve pointed out on numerous occasions ought to be abolished – is holding a meeting this week.
What’s on its agenda? Glad you asked …
Yeah … how’s that for transparency in government?
This is sad but not surprising. Remember, this is the committee which gained infamy last [...]
CORRUPT COVER-UP COMMITTEES MUST BE ABOLISHED
We read recently in The (Columbia, S.C.) State newspaper that members of the S.C. House of Representatives are actively campaigning for several available seats on their chamber’s so-called “Ethics” committee. This is the panel which will hear a complaint early next year into the campaign finance scandal surrounding S.C. Speaker [...]
STATE HOUSE CANDIDATE ROLLS OUT REFORM PACKAGE
The good news? There’s been a flood of sensible ethics reform legislation introduced in infinitely corrupt South Carolina over the last year or so by members of both parties.
The bad news? None of it has been passed into law.
Last November, outgoing S.C. Rep. Kevin Ryan (R-Pawleys Island) rolled out [...]
POWERFUL SPEAKER ALLEGEDLY USING INFLUENCE TO SILENCE CRITICISM OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE SCANDAL
One of the most frustrating things about politics in South Carolina is the refusal of the state’s political establishment to hold elected officials accountable when they frequently and flagrantly abuse the public trust.
A prime example? This year’s “show trial” of S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley, [...]
ADMISSION OF GUILT?
Although it’s given scant treatment in a lengthy Associated Press “love tap” on S.C. House Speaker Bobby Harrell’s big campaign finance scandal … there’s a recent revelation that could create real problems for the powerful “Republican in Name Only.”
According to AP reporter Seanna Adcox – who bent over backward to give the corrupt [...]
CAN WE GET IT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER?
A month ago, S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson announced plans to create a “public integrity unit” in South Carolina – a “partnership” of existing law enforcement and prosecutorial assets aimed at combating public corruption in the Palmetto State.
Needless to say, there’s quite a market for that here …
In fact, [...]
IS SOUTH CAROLINA’S SPEAKER PADDING HIS PERSONAL INCOME WITH CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS?
S.C. Speaker of the House Bobby Harrell (RINO-Charleston) – who in addition to his love of big government is also known for his loose ethics and lavish lifestyle – has paid himself $325,000 over the last four years out of his campaign account. These so-called [...]
HOUSE SPEAKER RECOILS FROM “OBAMACARE” ALLEGATION
S.C. House Speaker Bobby Harrell (RINO-Charleston) is absolutely, positively, under no circumstances supporting the expansion of South Carolina’s Medicaid program to accomodate Obamacare …
… or so say a host of insiders who contacted us in response to this story, which alleged that Harrell and S.C. House Ways and Means chairman Brian [...]
HOUSE SPEAKER STRATEGIZING WITH OTHER “GOP” LEADERS TO ACCEPT NEW FEDERAL MANDATES
Three years ago “Republicans” in the S.C. General Assembly (including then-S.C. Rep. Nikki Haley) railed against the passage of U.S. President Barack Obama’s “stimulus.” However they eagerly lapped up these bureaucratic bailout funds the second they became available – and successfully fought S.C. Gov. Mark [...]
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 [...]
