Once again, the state of South Carolina’s largest newspaper is in the hot seat after it showed favorable treatment to an influential hometown politician. This time, The Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier removed a story from the internet which portrayed powerful S.C. Speaker of the House Bobby Harrell in a negative light.
Free press? Not in [...]
Charleston Paper Kills Another Bobby Harrell Scandal Story
Real SC Transportation Reform?
OR ARE LAWMAKERS PLAYING MUSICAL CHAIRS?
For the second time in six years, South Carolina lawmakers are offering up proposals to reform the way highway projects are funded. These efforts weren’t successful last time … and we have no expectation they will be successful this time.
Why not? Because this state is hopelessly corrupt, people – and [...]
The Wire: 12/17/2012
TIPS, COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FROM FITS READERS
Welcome to the wire!
America is now just four days away from the Mayan Apocalypse, eight days from Christmas and fourteen days away from the “fiscal cliff.”
Of course we’re only a few hours away from S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley’s announcement of an interim replacement for the U.S. Senate seat being [...]
Harvey Peeler: Victory For The Taxpayers
Friend,
Last week I wrote to you about the horrible system of highway funding in this state, and how our state continues to funnel funding away from the areas that actually need it.
The prime example of that was what recently went on down in Charleston with the I-526 extension – where the State Infrastructure Bank promised [...]
SCDOT Said No To A Boondoggle?
BUT WILL ONE ALPHABET SOUP REJECTION STOP INTERSTATE 526?
Breaking with tradition, the governing commission of the S.C. Department of Transportation (SCDOT) voted unanimously this week against sponsoring a hugely controversial extension of Interstate 526 in Charleston County, S.C.
The eight-mile, $558 million project – which has negligible public benefit and dubious local support – was unanimously rebuked [...]
Harvey Peeler: SC Transportation Department Is “Broken”
“CHARLESTON BOONDOGGLE” LATEST EXAMPLE OF CORRUPT, UNACCOUNTABLE HIGHWAY SYSTEM
By Harvey Peeler || When a conservative think tank and the environmentalists team up to criticize the same state agency, they’re probably on to something.
Our system of funding roads is just about as broken as it gets, with a recent decision by the State Transportation Infrastructure Bank [...]
“Nix 526″ Group Plans Protest
ANOTHER HIGHWAY BOONDOGGLE DRAWS IRE OF COMMUNITIES, TAXPAYERS
It turns out Interstate 73 isn’t the only costly, unnecessary transportation project that’s getting the green light from state government – and grief from taxpayers.
The last chuck of funding for a planned $556 million expansion of Interstate 526 in Charleston, S.C. was approved last week by the state’s [...]
