FITS’ PROPOSAL TO PRIVATIZE HIGHER EDUCATION IN SOUTH CAROLINA DRAWS JEERS
Last week this website reiterated its belief that the Palmetto State’s costly, duplicative system of higher education should be privatized.
“It’s past time that all of our government-funded institutions of higher learning pursue their destinies as private institutions,” we wrote.
This strikes us as an eminently sensible reform, unless [...]
Sic Willie: “Extremist”
Sic Willie Is (Not) Powerful
NUMBER 31?
According to The (Columbia, S.C.) Free Times, the founding editor of this website is ranked No. 31 on its inaugural “Columbia Power List,” an assemblage of fifty individuals that the alternative weekly claims is “getting things done in the Capital City.”
“That’s what power is: the ability to get things done, and/or the ability to [...]
Another SC Agency Bans FITS
Another day, another South Carolina state agency banning its employees from reading FITS …
According to our sources, the S.C. Department of Insurance (SCDOI) – part of Gov. Nikki Haley’s cabinet – is the latest state agency to prohibit its employees from accessing this website. Other taxpayer-funded entities that ban FITS? The S.C. Budget and Control [...]
The Wire
Our little idea to more directly (and instantaneously) engage reader tips, questions and comments with a (pseudo) daily “wire” post is paying some dividends.
In fact the idea is so popular that we really need to come up with a name for this new feature. We were originally going to call it the “tip line,” but [...]
Site News
Posting will be light here on FITS over the next few days as our founding editor heads to sunny Florida for the 2012 Great Santini Fantasy Baseball League draft.
That’s right … Will Folks (a.k.a. Sic Willie) devotes an entire weekend each year to assembling his world famous fantasy baseball team, the FITS Lollygaggers (who haven’t [...]
Will Folks: Homo Lightyear
Earlier this week, our founding editor Will Folks (a.k.a. Sic Willie) was the recipient of several late night Twitter messages from SC Hotline editor Jeffrey Sewell. These messages – sent by the Ascot-wearing politico using his trademark “lol” staccato – not-so-subtly called into question Folks’ sexual orientation.
“U r gay!” one of them proclaimed.
Now, in a [...]
Give FITS Five
Has FITS become one of your daily destinations for political news and commentary?
We hope so … and judging by the steady increases in traffic we’ve seen over the last few years, it has.
What started five years ago as an insider political blog has morphed into a unique new media hybrid – one that drives the [...]
Better To Be Feared
Is it better to be feared or loved?
That depends … what kind of “love” are we talking about (kidding, kidding)?
While we prefer to be feared AND loved, we’re happy with New York Magazine‘s designation of our founding editor as South Carolina’s “blogger to fear.” This pronouncement appears in the advance copy for the April 11 [...]
“L’Etat, C’est Sic”
L’etat, C’est Sic Willie …
That’s evidently the viewpoint of prominent South Carolina RINO political consultant Wesley Donehue, who delivered an unusually complimentary rebuke of our founding editor Wednesday on his website Process Story.
Donehue was criticizing FITS for (allegedly) misreporting a minor component of a forgettable S.C. State House story, but in the process wound up [...]
Will Folks: The Banned WLTX Commentary
Last week our founding editor Will Folks was invited to film a ninety-second segment feature commentary at WLTX TV 19 (CBS – Columbia, S.C.). The commentary would have been part of the station’s “I’m Just Sayin’” series, which features local politicians and news makers offering their opinions on recent events.
Ordinarily, “Sic Willie” is inclined to [...]
SC Budget Board Bans “Political Sites”
The S.C. Budget and Control Board (B&CB) has reportedly banned its employees from reading political web sites – particularly FITSNews.
Those who defy the ban could lose their jobs.
News of the policy – reportedly ordered by Gov. Nikki Haley and B&CB director Eleanor Kitzman – began breaking Friday afternoon on social networking sites like Facebook and [...]
