South Carolina doesn’t have “educrat unions …” or at least that’s what our state’s educrat unions would have you believe.
The truth is there is a massive government-subsidized industry which serves as a de facto union for the Palmetto State’s worst-in-the-nation government school system – an “evil empire” of status quo associations which collect dues from [...]
Take A Bite Out Of Educrat Unions
The Bobby Buzz
Sources at the S.C. State House tell FITS a furious campaign is underway for the most powerful position in state government – Speaker of the S.C. House of Representatives.
Wait a minute … isn’t that office presently occupied?
Indeed it is .. so why are several lawmakers openly campaigning for the seat? According to our sources, it’s because [...]
SC Judiciary Chairman Won’t Run In 2012
Jim Harrison – chairman of the S.C. House Judiciary committee – will not run for reelection in 2012, news which broke on our founding editor’s always entertaining and informative Twitter page.
A 23-year veteran of the S.C. House of Representatives, Harrison’s voting record on fiscal issues has been a mixed bag – although that’s not really [...]
There’s No Crying In Baseball (Or Impeachment)!
S.C. Rep. Jenny Horne (RINO – Dorchester) delivered a bizarre and tearful monologue during the final meeting of a House impeachment subcommittee on Wednesday, ultimately deciding to join all but one of her colleagues in voting against a resolution that would have impeached S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford for misconduct in office.
Unknown at this point is [...]
Panel Ditches Majority Of Charges Against Sanford
All but nine of the thirty-seven ethics violations against S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford have been dismissed by a legislative panel investigating whether or not the second-term Republican governor broke the law relating to travel expenses and campaign reimbursements.
It was a victory for the disgraced chief executive, but he’s not completely out of the woods just [...]
Take Us Out To The Impeachment Game
The Importantville Impeachers and Buenos Aires Narcissists battled to a 6-6 tie in Game Whatever of the seemingly interminable 2009 Impeachment Series – an ongoing battle necessitated by S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford’s repeated refusal to resign from his largely ceremonial office.
Sanford was caught earlier this year violating an MLB (Major League Blowhard) prohibition against performance-enhancing [...]
SC House Panel Opens Impeachment Process
The S.C. House of Representatives formally opened hearings Tuesday into whether or not disgraced S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford should be impeached.
A House Judiciary subcommittee met for almost an hour on the subject, a mostly perfunctory hearing during which lawmakers sparred over whether Sanford’s five-day absence from the state in June – and subsequent misleading of [...]
Sanford’s “Friendly” Fire
Disgraced S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford is aggressively recruiting candidates to run in Republican primaries against the GOP sponsors of an impeachment resolution against him, sources tell FITS. In targeting these lawmakers – including one who has supported his policies in the past – the governor is said to be “sending a message” to other Republicans [...]
Sanford Confidential: Coming Soon
The S.C. Supreme Court is likely to rule this week on whether a preliminary report by the State Ethics Commission into the administration of embattled Gov. Mark Sanford will become available to the public – and more importantly to the lawmakers who could act as his prosecutors and judges in impeachment proceedings.
The Commission says that [...]
Harrell Rules Sanford Impeachment “Out Of Order”
A resolution to impeach S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford was ruled out of order by House Speaker Bobby Harrell (RINO-Charleston) during a special legislative session Tuesday, effectively shutting down any impeachment drama until lawmakers reconvene again for a full session in January of next year.
The impeachment resolution, prepared by S.C. Rep. Greg Delleney, accuses Sanford of [...]
SC Lawmakers Scramble To Script Special Session
South Carolina lawmakers are working feverishly behind the scenes to script the upcoming “special” session of the General Assembly, starting with the document that will govern what lawmakers can (and cannot) take up during their “perfunctory” return to the state capital this week.
At the end of each legislative session, lawmakers must pass a resolution outlining [...]
