Lexington County


SC Educrats Blowing Your Money To Fight Choice

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As record amounts of tax dollars are being blown on South Carolina's worst-in-the nation public school system, the educrats who are making bank off of this anti-competitive abomination are using your money to help preserve their stranglehold and keep the gravy train flowing. According to our friends

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Problems With Amazon Deal?

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A much-hyped deal to bring internet retailer Amazon.com to South Carolina has hit a snag, sources tell FITS. That's because state lawmakers have yet to sponsor the "safe harbor" tax exemption legislation the company was reportedly promised when it agreed to locate a $100 million "fulfillment center"

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Video Poker Back Already?

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There's a not-so-secret effort underway in the Palmetto state to bring back video poker. In fact, it's part of a broader debate on gambling that commenced this week when the S.C. Senate took up legislation that would legalize church raffles. We've written extensively about the various camps involved

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Lexington Republicans Rise Up Against Knotts

By FITSNews || Lexington County (S.C.) Republicans voted overwhelmingly on Thursday in favor of a resolution condemning and censuring S.C. Sen. Jakie Knotts for calling State Rep. Nikki Haley a "raghead" on an internet talk show last week.  The resolution also called on Knotts to "resign his office

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Graham Censured By SC Republicans … Again

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (RINO - SC) was formally censured by another local Republican Party on Monday for supporting positions that have "debased the long-standing Republican belief in economic competition and a free market." Specifically, the Lexington County (S.C.) Republican Party voted to

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Exclusive – Jakie Targets The Pork

PRO-TAXPAYER GROUP FINED FOR ELECTION DAY PIG FITSNews - July 25, 2008 - The executive director of a pro-taxpayer group has been forced to pay a fine for towing a massive pig into Lexington County during a heated State Senate race last month. Matt Moore, executive director of the S.C. Club for

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