Nine “Republican in Name Only” members of the South Carolina Senate were slammed by one of the Palmetto State’s leading limited government groups this week after voting to reject proven free market academic reforms in favor of U.S. President Barack Obama’s signature education initiative. Meanwhile a national group also took them to task for their [...]
SC Club For Growth: Nine “Republican” Senators Vote Against Choice
Friends,
There is good news, bad news and worse news.
The good news is last night the Senate, in a historic vote, finally took up school choice. Although the amendment was defeated we finally know who supports the failed status quo system, and who wants to move South Carolina forward.
Senator Larry Grooms, who authored this amendment, explained how [...]
SC Senate Screws Kids … Again
Nine “Republicans” – including four “former” Democrats and the self-proclaimed “conservative” leader of the GOP-controlled South Carolina Senate – voted against a scaled down parental choice measure this week. The vote to reject the measure – which was sponsored by longtime school choice champion Larry Grooms – comes as many of these lawmakers are opting to join [...]
Richland County Robbery: A Smoking Gun
Two weeks after the S.C. Supreme Court upheld (without comment) the results of a rigged election in Richland County, S.C., evidence has emerged which directly links the county’s former elections director to an illegal shortage of voting machines.
Former county election director Lillian McBride – a bureaucrat with close ties to the pro-tax movement who was hand-picked [...]
Beth Bernstein’s First Test
Newly elected S.C. Rep. Beth Bernstein (D-Columbia) won her legislative race last year on the strength of an aggressive anti-corruption push – oh, and the fact her “Republican” opponent was actually further to the left on fiscal issues than she was (which happens a lot in “Republican-controlled” South Carolina).
All of which is why we endorsed [...]
Robbery … Completed
It’s official … a corrupt group of “Republican” and Democratic political leaders in Richland County, S.C. stole $1.2 billion from local taxpayers.
That’s right, stole … all to subsidized a bunch of non-core expenses.
Despite clear and compelling evidence of election fraud, the S.C. Supreme Court has denied a petition to throw out the results of the [...]
Props To 2012 SC Senate Taxpayer Heroes
TOO BAD THERE ARE ONLY THREE OF THEM …
This website is quick to anger, slow to praise – a reputation we relish. Seriously … why should we bend over backward thanking politicians for doing things they ought to be doing?
Protecting freedom, free markets and future prosperity is something we view as a sacred obligation. Not something you [...]
NAACP To Nikki Haley: Don’t Pick Henry McMaster
FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL’S “WHITES ONLY” PROBLEM ONCE AGAIN REARS ITS UGLY HEAD
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley has been warned by the NAACP not to pick former S.C. Attorney General Henry McMaster as an interim replacement for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Jim DeMint.
Why not? Because of McMaster’s membership in a “whites only” country club.
In [...]
Move Along, Nothing To See Here
“RICHLAND COUNTY ROBBERS” COVER THEIR TRACKS
In an effort to silence allegations of voter suppression, perpetrators of the “Richland County Robbery” have trotted out a University professor who claims that there was “no bias” in the voting machine shortages that helped ensure passage of a $1.2 billion tax hike last month.
The “Robbery” passed by a 52-48 [...]
“Richland County Robbery” Keeps Rolling
AND THE POLITICIANS STILL DON’T GET IT …
Another week, another round of excuses from the bureaucrats and elected officials who brought us the “Richland County Robbery” – a shameless and flagrant example of election fraud geared around the passage of a $1.2 billion sales tax hike.
Here’s a quick boilerplate summation for those of you unfamiliar [...]
Group To Challenge “Richland County Robbery”
CONTROVERSIAL SALES TAX HIKE COULD BE HEADED TO COURT
A new citizens group is raising money in an effort to challenge the results of this month’s rigged elections in Richland County, S.C. Not only that, the group is demanding that the county hold a new election in accordance with state law.
Squarely in the group’s crosshairs (and [...]
SC Democratic Committee Censures Senators, Sheriff
JACKSON, LOTT AND LOURIE REBUKED BY STATE PARTY COMMITTEE FOR “GOP” ENDORSEMENT
The executive committee of the S.C. Democratic Party voted unanimously this week to censure a pair of its own State Senators and a popular local Sheriff.
Why? The trio endorsed a “Republican” in a hotly contested State Senate race.
Over sixty committee members voted without dissent [...]
