By FITSNews || S.C. Senator Robert Ford (D-Charleston) has called for an audit of the non-existent James E. Clyburn University Transportation Center at S.C. State University. Wait ... how can you audit something that doesn't exist? That's easy ... you try and find out what happened to the $50 million
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More On SC Democrats Race Problem
By FITSNews || No, we're not talking about Alvin Greene. This time we're talking about Democratic voters in some of South Carolina's most lily-white precincts who apparently can't bring themselves to cast their ballots for an African-American candidate. We saw this trend at work in the Columbia,
Read story »SC High School Dropout Rate Worsens
By FITSNews || Despite record funding increases for "education," South Carolina's high school dropout rate continues to climb - a trend that is particularly pronounced among minority and low income students. According to the latest "Diplomas Count" report - released on Wednesday by Education Week
Read story »Jim Rex Has Officially Lost It
By FITSNews || S.C. State Superintendent of Education Jim Rex is attempting to raise funds for his flagging gubernatorial campaign by attacking this website and its founding editor as "racist," "extremist" and ... wait for it ... "Republican." "Wait ... he called me a Republican?" our founding editor
Read story »Poll: Sheheen Leads Democratic Field
By FITSNews || S.C. Senator Vincent Sheheen enjoys an eight-point lead over State Superintendent of Education Jim Rex in the race for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, according to a new Rasmussen Reports poll released Friday. With less than three weeks to go before the Palmetto state's primary
Read story »SC Democratic Polling: Ford Could Be “Kingmaker”
By FITSNews || Sources tell FITS that the Democratic gubernatorial race in South Carolina is neck-and-neck, with State Superintendent of Education Jim Rex and State Senator Vincent Sheheen battling it out for the top spot. Rex has struggled to raise money (and contain his campaign's spending) but
Read story »Robert Ford Is A Poet
By FITSNews || Because we get forwarded literally everything that has anything to do with S.C. politics, it's not surprising that the poetry of S.C. Sen. Robert Ford (D-Charleston) would eventually make its way across our desk. Poetry, you say? Why, yes ... Apparently Ford - one of three remaining
Read story »Sheheen Hits SC Airwaves (Updated)
By FITSNews || A week after South Carolina's top three Republican gubernatorial candidates began blanketing the airwaves with their television ads, S.C. Sen. Vincent Sheheen (D-Kershaw) has decided to launch his own TV offensive. Sheheen's spot, entitled "Find Out," aims to introduce voters to the
Read story »Robert Ford’s “Bring Back Video Poker” Plan
By FITSNews || We developed a tremendous amount of respect for S.C. Senator Robert Ford last year when he announced his support of universal school choice legislation in South Carolina. It wasn't just Ford's support of choice that impressed us, though ... it was the way he withstood a barrage of slings
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