A pair of Republicans in the S.C. General Assembly – one Senator and one House member – are eyeing the position of S.C. Agriculture Commissioner in the upcoming election, sources tell FITS.
Their thinking? That current Ag Commissioner Hugh Weathers has been a disaster in this $92,007 a year (not counting benefits) position – and needs [...]
Candidates Eye GOP Ag Nomination
SC Spending Watch: Strawberry Fields Forever?
For the past two years the Fort Mill (S.C.) Strawberry Festival has been honored as the “Event of the Year” by the S.C. Festival and Event Association (yes, the Palmetto State actually has such an entity).
Exciting news, right?
Not for taxpayers. In addition to receiving public resources at the local level (from the town of Fort [...]
This Crap Creates Jobs?
According to the S.C. Department of Agriculture and the University of South Carolina, the “Certified SC grown” marketing campaign “could” create as many as 10,000 jobs and “could” have an economic impact of as much as $265 million on the Palmetto state’s economy.
Of course that’s assuming people are willing to listen to a bunch of [...]
Palmettovore: More Money For This Crap?
By FITSNews || For those of you who didn’t read the fine print, a sliver of the $136 million cigarette tax hike approved by the S.C. Senate on Wednesday was diverted from the ill-conceived “Obamacare Trust Fund.”
Ordinarily, we’d say that’s a good thing … although there’s nothing really “good” about either the House or Senate [...]
