The Georgia-Georgia Tech rivalry is dubbed "Clean, Old Fashioned Hate," but here in the Palmetto state the coach of the three-time reigning rivalry champs doesn't want his fans hating on anybody. "I hope our fans have come to the conclusion that to beat your rival, hating them is not the answer,"
Read story »By FITSNews || Despite widespread voter dissatisfaction with South Carolina's chronic lack of leadership, nearly half of all S.C. House members are facing no opposition from a major party candidate in 2010 - noteworthy for an election year that was supposed to be brutal for incumbents at all levels of
Read story »By FITSNews || For all of S.C. Speaker Bobby Harrell's talk of transparency in government, his S.C. House of Representatives voted to raise the cigarette tax anonymously this week. That's right ... there was no recorded vote by lawmakers on the section of the state budget that included a 30-cent-per-pack
Read story »By FITSNews || Led by Speaker Bobby Harrell (RINO-Charleston), the "Republican" controlled South Carolina House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to raise the state's cigarette tax by 30 cents - with no corresponding decrease. Lawmakers estimate that this tax hike will put an estimated $88 million
Read story »Stop the presses ... South Carolina's "Republican-controlled" General Assembly includes only a handful of lawmakers who actually vote in keeping with the GOP's fiscally-conservative rhetoric - one reason state government has grown by leaps and bounds over the last decade while the Palmetto State's
Read story »By John Steinberger | Is anyone pleased that South Carolina has a 12.1% unemployment rate? Can anyone point to economic measures in place which will lead to robust job creation? To the contrary, there are federal measures which will likely increase the ranks of the unemployed. If the federal health
Read story »S.C. Rep. Lanny Littlejohn (RINO - Spartanburg) - a reliable supporter of the big government machinations of S.C. House Speaker Bobby Harrell (RINO - Charleston) - will not seek reelection in 2010. Littlejohn,67, made the announcement Monday night following a meeting of the Spartanburg County legislative
Read story »The S.C. Supreme Court has ruled that local legislative delegations must use a simple majority vote count - not a weighted vote count - when electing their chairpersons, a ruling that formally elevates Rep. Lanny Littlejohn (RINO - Spartanburg) to the head of the powerful Spartanburg County delegation. Ho-hum,
Read story »Hide your daughters and bury the silverware, Columbia, S.C. residents ... the "Banana Republicans" are back in town. The S.C. General Assembly - a.k.a. the "Tyranny of the Legislature," a.k.a. the "Bubba Branch" of S.C. government - makes its anti-climactic return to the Capital City today to override
Read story »South Carolina is still years away from its once-a-decade fight over legislative redistricting, but sources tell FITS that S.C. Senate President Glenn McConnell and House Speaker Bobby Harrell are already scheming as to how they can use the redrawing of the state's political borders to their advantage. And
Read story »Twenty years in jail is not enough time for parents who kill their children by abuse or neglect, one South Carolina lawmaker says. State Rep. Joey Millwood (R-Spartanburg) and over 40 legislative co-sponsors will file a bill tomorrow giving judges two options in sentencing parents found guilty of
Read story »The Speaker of the S.C. House of Representatives and Majority Leader of the State Senate have joined fiscal conservative reformers in supporting a key transparency initiative - the creation of an online checkbook that would track all taxpayer expenditures over $100. House Speaker Bobby Harrell and
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