In the most egregious example of taxpayer waste and bureaucratic tone-deafness we've seen in some time, Spartanburg, S.C. School District 7 has formally authorized spending $200,000 on a new putting green at a private Country Club. And get this ... the Country Club's membership roll includes the district
Read story »Joey Millwood
Spartanburg Flap: Not Everybody Loves A Parade
It goes without saying that Spartanburg County, S.C. is home to the most divided, dysfunctional, ideologically-dyslexic group of Republicans in the entire country. Things got a little bit better after several fiscally conservative reformers won posts in the recent GOP primary elections, but all that
Read story »SC Legislative Endorsements
Just as Tuesday will be a momentous day on the national political scene, there are a number of key races here in South Carolina that will also have a profound impact in dictating the direction of our state. The outcome of these races will determine whether South Carolina continues sinking - or starts
Read story »Bob Walker’s Strange Bedfellows
Some stories are so layered with irony it's tough to figure out where to start ... Take the sour grapes effort that soon-to-be former S.C. Rep. Bob Walker is currently mounting in Spartanburg County in a desperate attempt to hang onto his House seat - which he lost to Republican Joey Millwood in this
Read story »Teachers For Talleywhacker?
In case you forgot, South Carolina's top two educrats went out of their way to elect Rep. Scott Talley to the State Senate earlier this year. Both current State Superintendent Jim Rex and his predecessor Inez Tenenbaum got personally involved in the race, with Tenenbaum's group even sending out ads
Read story »Meet Nicole
Whenever we approach women in politics about being featured on our website, there's always either an uneasy silence on the other end of the line or borderline hyperventilation about whether or not we're going to say anything inappropriate about them. Which in a lot of ways reminds us of high school. Anyway,
Read story »The Spartanburg Ostrich-Journal
For all his brilliance on fiscal matters, Spartanburg (S.C.) Herald-Journal editorial page editor Mike Smith has always had his head in the sand when it comes to the issue of parental choice. It's puzzling, and profoundly disappointing given just how clearly he sees almost every other issue facing
Read story »Lots Going On
SC POLITICOS BUSY AS BEAVERS DURING SIC WILLIE'S ABSENCE FITSNews - July 20, 2008 - While our founding editor was sunning his delectable buns and capturing yet another Atlantic Ocean Bodysurfing Championship last week, things were humming right along in the S.C. political blogosphere. In fact,
Read story »Let The Spin Begin
CHANGE VERSUS THE STATUS QUO - WINNERS AND LOSERS FITSNews - June 11, 2008 - We've already written on the landmark victory of Tim Scott and the shocking stomp-down that Tom Davis put on incumbent State Senator Catherine Ceips last night, but what of the rest of the Palmetto State's political landscape? As
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