S.C. Chamber of Commerce


“Communists” Scorecard Released

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The S.C. Chamber of Communists ... err, Commerce ... has released its 2010 legislative scorecards, and not surprisingly some of the state's most liberal lawmakers were given high marks for their "pro-business" voting record. Seriously, people ... when the state's "Godfather of Pork" (a.k.a. Sen. Hugh

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SC Senate Stalling On Workers’ Comp Nominees

By FITSNews || Republicans and Democrats in the S.C. Senate are stalling on a pair of qualified nominations to the state Workers' Compensation Commission (WCC), the latest example of trial lawyers running the show in the S.C. General Assembly ... and running our state's economic competitiveness into

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“Business” Groups Won’t Support Sembler Incentives

By FITSNews || Two of South Carolina's leading "pro-business" groups are refusing to support a controversial $134 million incentives package for a politically-connected, out-of-state developer - a surprising turn of events given each organization's support of similar status quo deals in the past. SC

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SC Chamber Of (Cough) Commerce Endorses Sheheen

By FITSNews || A day after endorsing a bailout-backing "Republican" in South Carolina's top GOP race, the S.C. Chamber of Communists ... err, "Commerce" endorsed a status quo Democrat in the state's other contested gubernatorial primary. State Senator Vincent Sheheen received the Chamber's endorsement

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Barrett Endorsed By SC Chamber Of (Cough) Commerce

By FITSNews || Last September, we wrote a story describing how U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett missed a vote censuring his South Carolina colleague - U.S. Rep. Addison Graves "Joe" Wilson - because he was too busy schmoozing with a bunch of liberal, pro-bailout lobbyists at a South Carolina Chamber of (Cough)

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The Other Side Of The Sembler Fight

By FITSNews || We've written extensively - some would say nauseatingly so - on the cabal that has coalesced behind a $134 million handout for a wealthy, out-of-state GOP developer looking to build a "Mega Mall" in Beaufort County, S.C. Obviously, we oppose this bill vehemently, just as we oppose any

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Sources: Unions Target South Carolina

Two of America's most aggressive, influential labor unions are reportedly targeting South Carolina in the wake of the state landing global aircraft manufacturer Boeing last month. Sources tell FITS that both the International Association of Machinists and the United Steelworkers of America - two powerful

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