By FITSNews || In case you haven't noticed, we bash the "Republican" leadership in both chambers of the S.C. General Assembly on a daily basis around here ... and deservedly so. They've run the Palmetto state into the ground ever since taking over (or switching parties, as is often the case), and
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SC Lawmakers, Agencies Eye Massive Tax And Fee Increases
South Carolina's legislative leaders are considering hundreds of millions of dollars in tax and fee increases as part of their efforts to preserve an unusually large, inefficient and dysfunctional state government through 2010 and beyond. At a whopping 41 percent of gross state product, South Carolina
Read story »Senator Mike Rose Wants YOU To Drive
There are so many things wrong with South Carolina that it's really hard to know where to start fixing it ... Seriously, people ... our state is poor, dumb, fat, sick, unemployed, overtaxed, antiquated, corrupt and (not surprisingly) violent. Oh, and heavily-medicated. And all that was before
Read story »Did Horne “Hissy Fit” Prompt Harrell Comments?
S.C. Republicans are still pointing fingers at each other in the wake of a contentious Republican "whip" meeting that took place shortly after last month's SCGOP convention. Sources are now telling FITS that controversial comments attributed to House Speaker Bobby Harrell were made in response to
Read story »A. Citizen: Replace Leatherman, Cooper
The silence is deafening. S.C. House Ways and Means Chairman Dan Cooper and Senate Finance Chairman Hugh Leatherman - the men who fancy themselves as the most powerful leaders in state government - are absolutely silent on their masterful management of our state’s finances. But while this stands
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