Jay Lucas


SCDOT “Reform” Must Actually Reform SCDOT

scdot board

For the second time in five years, South Carolina's "Republican-controlled" state government is proposing to "reform" the S.C. Department of Transportation (SCDOT). But is that really what's going to happen? Not if things stay as they are ... While we credit GOP lawmakers - and S.C. Gov. Nikki

Read story »

SCGOP Flees “Exchange” Bill

run away sc gop obamacare exchanges

"Run away! Run away!" No, this isn't a scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, it's the scene that's unfolding at the S.C. State House after several "Republican" lawmakers got their hands caught in Barack Obama's cookie jar. Several SCGOP lawmakers are now fleeing a bill they previously sponsored

Read story »

The Pointless Pledge

taxpayer protection pledge

What's the point of having a "taxpayer protection pledge" if it's rarely followed and never enforced? That's the question our founding editor asked Grover Norquist, whose Washington D.C.-based Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) organization administers the nation's most widely-regarded taxpayer protection

Read story »

Sheheen Rolls Out Reforms

sheheen endorsement

S.C. Senator Vincent Sheheen may have lost the Palmetto state's governor's race last month - but he's still pushing ideas that he believes will make South Carolina's state government more efficient and accountable to the taxpayers it's supposed to serve. Some of them actually will ... On Thursday,

Read story »

Bingham Withdraws From SC Pro Tempore Race

By FITSNews || S.C. House Majority Leader Kenny Bingham (RINO - Lexington) has withdrawn from the race to replace ousted S.C. Speaker Pro Tempore Harry Cato - a move that signals the increasing vulnerability of House Speaker Bobby Harrell. Bingham - whose candidacy Harrell was supporting - withdrew

Read story »

Effort To Ban Taxpayer-Funded Educrat Lobbying Fails

By FITSNews || So much for South Carolina lawmakers working to "put more money into the classroom ..." Last Thursday - by a one-vote margin - the "GOP-controlled" S.C. House of Representatives rejected a proposal that would have prohibited school districts from routing taxpayer money to fund bureaucratic

Read story »