Dear Will, The South Carolina Senate is playing politics with the future of thousands of South Carolina students. The House passed historic school choice bill H.4894 last month, but the Senate is holding the bill hostage, with some members trying to delay a vote until the end of the session in June. The
Read story »Jakie Knotts
Sunshine Shealy?
On the same day that S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley attempted (unsuccessfully, we might add) to put a major open records scandal behind her, one of her political allies attempted to make transparency an issue in their campaign. Katrina Shealy - a former Lexington County GOP official who is running for the
Read story »Greg Ryberg Won’t Run Again
Greg Ryberg - a curmudgeony, confrontational presence in the S.C. State Senate for the last two decades - will not seek reelection in 2012, according to The Aiken Standard. "It has been a reward to have 20 years of service. The next 20 I'm going to spend with my wife and family," the irascible lawmaker
Read story »Jakie At Play
We'll probably wind up at the bottom of a ditch in Red Bank, S.C. for doing this, but such is fleeting nature of life ... we just hope that our website has provided people with a few smiles over the years. Anyway, in an apparent effort to preempt the "smoking gun" that S.C. Sen. Jake Knotts (RINO-Lexington)
Read story »Sources: Knotts Has “Smoking Gun” On Shealy
We promise not to spend the entire week focused on the S.C. District 23 Senate race, but at the moment it's the gift that keeps on giving ... Two weeks ago, we reported on some saucy allegations made against S.C. Sen. Jake Knotts by supporters of Katrina Shealy, the Lexington County GOP official (and
Read story »Kara Gormley To Run For State Senate
Former local television anchor Kara Gormley (Meador) has decided to run for the South Carolina State Senate seat currently held by Jakie Knotts (RINO-Lexington). "Yes, I am going to jump into the fray," Gormley told FITS this week. "People say that folks like me - people with no money - can't win,"
Read story »Rag Heads Beware!
A year-and-a-half after calling then-S.C. Rep. Nikki Haley a "rag head," controversial State Senator Jakie Knotts (RINO-Lexington) is returning to the "scene of the crime." Knotts - a.k.a. "Ol' Knocky" - will appear on this week's edition of Pub Politics, a popular internet radio program which he's
Read story »Pub Politics Episode 89
During Prohibition, temperance activists hired a scholar to rewrite the Bible by removing all references to alcoholic beverages. A former guest is reappearing this week so we can rewrite some history as well. Jake Knotts isn’t the only character returning, so is Wes. And we’re back to our usual
Read story »Shealy Supporters: Knotts “Roughed Up” Prostitute
MUD FLIES EARLY IN CONTESTED S.C. SENATE RACE Supporters of S.C. Senate candidate Katrina Shealy - who fancies herself as something of a 21st Century Jesus - are accusing incumbent State Sen. Jakie Knotts (RINO-Lexington) of roughing up a prostitute during a 2000 incident in a motor home at the old
Read story »Jakie Knotts Proposed What?
S.C. Sen. Jakie Knotts (RINO-Lexington) is one of the most fiscally liberal politicians in the Palmetto State - which is why he needed extensive Democratic crossover support to win reelection to the S.C. Senate back in 2008. Having said that, Knotts' lone announced opponent for the 2012 GOP primary
Read story »Nikki Haley Was (Is) “Bullied”
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley told a Lowcountry, S.C. middle school that she was bullied as a child - and that she's still battling "big bullies' in the S.C. Senate. "I was bullied, and I was bullied because no one knew whether I was black or white," Haley told seventh-graders at Daniel Island School on Monday,
Read story »Ronnie Cromer Draws A Challenger
Lexington County (S.C.) Republican Party Chairman Rich Bolen will challenge incumbent State Senator Ronnie Cromer (RINO-Prosperity, S.C.) for S.C. Senate District No. 18, which covers parts of Lexington, Newberry and Saluda counties. In fact, according to The (Columbia, S.C.) Free Times, Bolen announced
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