S.C. Lt. Gov. Ken Ard has settled with the South Carolina State Ethics Commission after the agency accused him of committing more than 100 campaign finance violations. Ard's punishment? Like other "Republicans in Name Only" before him (and no doubt other RINOs to come), Ard got a slap on the wrist.
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In a reprise of the slap on the wrist given to S.C. Sen. Jakie Knotts (RINO-Lexington) last September - and a preview of the slap on the wrist that's likely coming to S.C. Rep. Brian White (RINO-Anderson) - S.C. Lt. Gov. Ken Ard (RINO-Florence) settled his case with the S.C. Ethics Commission on Friday. After
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S.C. Lieutenant Governor Ken Ard is close to cutting a deal with the State Ethics Commission regarding more than 100 ethics charges that have been filed against him, according to a report in The Spartanburg Herald-Journal. The ethics charges stem from Ard's extensive, habitual use of campaign funds
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As was reported first on FITS several months ago, outgoing S.C. Ways and Means Chairman Danny Cooper will step down from his post this summer - presumably to take a position as a lobbyist at the S.C. State House. While Cooper technically has to wait a year to begin lobbying, this rule is frequently
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One day after he was elected chairman of the powerful S.C. House Ways and Means committee, S.C. Rep. Brian White (RINO-Anderson) became the latest high-profile Republican to be ensnared by a campaign finance scandal. White - who beat out S.C. Majority Leader Kenny Bingham (RINO-Lexington) for the
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S.C. Rep. Brian White (RINO-Anderson) was elected chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means committee on Tuesday, a controversial vote that could give Palmetto state "Republicans" major headaches moving forward - and not just from irate Tea Party members. While a RINO replacing another RINO at
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For years, South Carolina's big-spending public school bureaucrats (a.k.a. "educrats") were on the offensive in their battle to preserve our state's failed monopolistic status quo. The funding and academic numbers weren't on their side (far from it, in fact), but these well-heeled purveyors of failure
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Like most decisions in Columbia, when it came time for state lawmakers to select a new chairman of the powerful S.C. House Ways and Means committee - taxpayers never had a chance. The announced candidates - Brian White (RINO-Anderson) and Kenny Bingham (RINO-Lexington) - are both fiscal liberals, which
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Democrats in the S.C. House of Representatives are celebrating their role in the election of S.C. Rep. Brian White (RINO-Anderson) as chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means committee. White defeated fellow RINO Kenny Bingham of Lexington, S.C. on Wednesday in a private poll of "GOP" members
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State Rep. Brian White (RINO-Anderson) has won the race to become chairman of the powerful S.C. House Ways and Means committee - a victory that will also earn him a seat on the influential S.C. Budget and Control Board. At the urging of House Speaker Bobby Harrell (RINO-Charleston), a secret vote
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"Run away! Run away!" No, this isn't a scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, it's the scene that's unfolding at the S.C. State House after several "Republican" lawmakers got their hands caught in Barack Obama's cookie jar. Several SCGOP lawmakers are now fleeing a bill they previously sponsored
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S.C. Ways and Means Chairman Danny Cooper (RINO-Anderson) is stepping down from his post at the end of the current legislative session - but the early horse-trading at the S.C. State House has yet to produce a consensus as to who his replacement will be. In fact the battle between S.C. Majority Leader
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