S.C. Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom was officially taken to the cleaners by his soon-to-be former wife per the terms of a temporary order issued last week in Lexington County.
The order - a copy of which was obtained by FITS – basically awards Peggy Eckstrom everything her attorneys asked for. She gets $3,000 a month, the [...]
Richard Eckstrom Got Pwned
Eckstrom Hearing Set
S.C. Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom and his estranged wife, Peggy, will appear before a Lexington County, S.C. family court judge on Thursday morning for a hearing related to their pending divorce.
Both Eckstroms will appear before judge Kellum W. Allen, according to a public docket posted on the Lexington County web site.
Eckstrom has been separated from [...]
Wedding Bells?
S.C. Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom and former GOP Superintendent of Education candidate Kelly Payne have had “serious conversations” about getting married, sources tell FITS – the latest installment of an ongoing soap opera that Palmetto political insiders can’t seem to stop following.
The star-crossed (and occasionally combative) lovers will have to wait until Eckstrom’s divorce from [...]
Hutto Visits “It” Kids
Ideologically, we have very little in common with former S.C. Rep. Anne Peterson Hutto – the Charleston Democrat who lost her State House seat last fall by a mere 456 votes.
She has her view of government and we have ours …
Yet unlike Republican lawmakers who consistently support record spending and higher taxes (only to turn [...]
Here We Go Again …
Somebody once told us that “restraining orders are just another way of saying ‘I love you …’”
Or maybe we saw it on a T-shirt.
Either way, the term clearly applies to S.C. Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom and former State Superintendent candidate Kelly Payne – whose on-again/ off-again relationship is apparently “on again.”
FITS first broke the news [...]
Report Filed Against Eckstrom
A police report has been filed by former S.C. Superintendent of Education candidate Kelly Payne against Republican Richard Eckstrom – who is likely to win a third term Tuesday as South Carolina’s Comptroller General.
In the report, obtained exclusively by FITS, Payne accuses Eckstrom of stalking her and says that she is “afraid he may kill [...]
Eckstrom For Comptroller
S.C. Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom is a creepy old man who in all likelihood got excessively riled up earlier this year and chucked a garage door opener at his star-crossed soul mate, former Republican Superintendent of Education candidate Kelly Payne.
He’s got some “issues,” in other words … which is pretty obvious from reading his emails [...]
“Days Of Our Comptroller”
The sad soap opera of S.C. Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom continued over the weekend as the incumbent sought to fight back against a threatening to derail his bid for a third term as the state’s accountant.
Eckstrom’s Democratic opponent – Robert Barber – began running a television ad last week attacking the 62-year-old incumbent over a [...]
Payne Works To Help Teachers
By FITSNews || Kelly Payne didn’t win the race to become the next S.C. Superintendent of Education (sadly), but that’s not stopping this award-winning high school teacher from continuing her efforts to get education dollars where they’re needed most – the classroom. In fact, this weekend Payne is joining forces with a group of local [...]
