Welcome to the wire! Our pseudo-regular effort to engage the barrage of tips, comments, questions and snippets we receive on a daily basis here at FITS …
Today’s big story? The ongoing debate over “The Sequester,” a modest $85 billion reduction in federal spending that has everybody’s panties in a wad. For some needed perspective on [...]
The Wire: 2/25/2013
Haley Spokesman Pours Cold Water On Indictment Rumors
If S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley is being indicted next week, it’s news to her office …
Haley spokesman Rob Godfrey told The (Charleston, S.C.) Post and Courier that she has received neither a target letter nor a subject letter from the U.S. Department of Justice or the Internal Revenue Service.
That bit of information was tweeted by [...]
Nikki Haley’s Budget Director Departing
JAMIE SHUSTER TO TAKE JOB AT S.C. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley’s budget director will leave her $65,000-a-year post in the governor’s office to fill a newly-created position at the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC).
Jamie Shuster’s new job will pay her $90,000 a year – not counting taxpayer-funded [...]
Nikki Haley’s Fundraisers: More Lies, Less Transparency
We have absolutely no problem with S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley traveling out of state to raise money for her 2014 reelection campaign. That’s entirely her prerogative. Besides, with the exception of a bunch of government-funded insiders her base of support in South Carolina is dwindling rapidly.
Where else is she going to raise money?
Our only problem [...]
Amazing … Nikki Haley Paid Her Taxes On Time
Give S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley a gold star … or something.
The “accountant” who “knows the value of a dollar” managed to pay her taxes on time this year … for a change.
According to Saturday’s editions of The (Columbia, S.C.) State newspaper, Haley spokesman Rob Godfrey (who was responding to a media inquiry for a change) [...]
The Haley Salaries
Below are the salaries that S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley will pay her executive staff in 2011 …
Tim Pearson, Chief of Staff – $125,000
Trey Walker, Deputy Chief of Staff (Communications, Legislative Affairs) – $122,775
Nimrata Randhawa Haley, Agency Head – $106, 078
Swati Patel, Chief Legal Counsel – $102,000
Ted Pitts, Deputy Chief of Staff (Policy and Cabinet Affairs) [...]
McMaster Ordered To Produce Haley Documents
S.C. Attorney General Henry McMaster has been ordered to produce phone records, emails, text messages and other correspondence between his office and the campaign of S.C. Gov.-elect Nikki Haley related to the tax case of S.C. Rep. Kris Crawford.
Circuit Court Judge Tommy Cooper issued the ruling on Tuesday in Manning, S.C., where Crawford’s tax trial [...]
