Columbia, S.C. - a.k.a. the "Face of the Recession" - is so broke that it has run out of "keys to the city," you know, those big ceremonial keys that get handed out to bureaucrats and other politically-connected types as a way of honoring their years of boondoggling. "We are currently out of keys
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Ron Paul Coming To South Carolina
Former GOP presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) will deliver an address at the University of South Carolina next month on the "future of individual liberty and the importance of the U.S. Constitution." And yes, every "Republican" politician in South Carolina should be there with a pen and
Read story »WIS: Bloggers Rule
The long awaited WIS TV 10 (Columbia, S.C.) report on blogging in the Palmetto State is finally up, and not surprisingly it was dominated by our own Sic Willie. We shared a lot of our founding editor's less couth observations in our own report last week, but you can click on the story from WIS TV's
Read story »Columbia, S.C. Is Directionally-Challenged
We already knew the boneheads who run South Carolina's capital city couldn't count for sh*t (that's why they're paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to an accountant to figure out just how big the city deficit is), but we had no idea they were also into giving people bad directions. No really. How
Read story »Columbia’s Bailout Boondoggling
In an example of the bailout math that's taking place in city governments all across the country, Columbia S.C. has made a list and checked it twice. According to city leaders, they've got about $250 million worth of projects that they would use federal bailout money on, creating 2,700 predominately
Read story »SC Capital Becomes Face Of Recession
Greenville, S.C. has its bustling new city center and Charleston its historic charm, but Columbia's Main Street has become the sad face of the American recession, at least according to a piece that ran in Sunday's edition of The New York Times. It used to be that Columbia was - in the words of one
Read story »Columbia’s Identity Crisis
SLUM SEEKS NEW SLOGAN ... AGAIN By Mande Wilkes FITSNews - May 25, 2008 - Not unlike that goofy, uncoordinated kid trying to make the last spot on the JV basketball team, Columbia, S.C. is itching to be wanted. Specifically, the city is hoping to become a go-to destination for professional
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