Remember the S.C. Policy Council? Yeah … you’re not alone if you answered that question with a not-so-resounding “huh?” or “who?”
The S.C. Policy Council is a think tank which decided several years ago to stop thinking … and to try competing against us in the new media marketplace. How’d that work out for the group? [...]
SC Crazy Council Veers Left
New Think Tank Forming In SC
South Carolina’s marketplace of ideas is about to welcome a new conservative think tank, sources familiar with the entity’s launch tell FITS.
The new organization is called the Palmetto Policy Forum – and it will debut this week with the support of former U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, who resigned his seat earlier this year to take [...]
Harvey Peeler: SC Transportation Department Is “Broken”
“CHARLESTON BOONDOGGLE” LATEST EXAMPLE OF CORRUPT, UNACCOUNTABLE HIGHWAY SYSTEM
By Harvey Peeler || When a conservative think tank and the environmentalists team up to criticize the same state agency, they’re probably on to something.
Our system of funding roads is just about as broken as it gets, with a recent decision by the State Transportation Infrastructure Bank [...]
Nikki Haley Knows The Value Of A Dollar?
AS LONG AS THAT DOLLAR IS NOT INCLUDED IN HER TAX PLAN
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley ran for governor in 2010 on the issue of transparency … only to become the least transparent governor in South Carolina history in 2011.
She also campaigned on her experience as an accountant and the fact that she knew “the value [...]
Whoring For Walmart?
A prominent “pro-transparency” think tank has been helping lead the fight against online retailer Amazon.com – but are they being paid to do so by one of the company’s competitors?
Sources close to former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford’s administration tell FITS that Walmart has previously routed money to the S.C.Policy Council to pay for its various [...]
Nikki Haley’s Needed Transparency Is Here
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley will sign a landmark government transparency bill into law on Tuesday, notching her first major legislative victory roughly a week shy of her 100th day in office.
The bill – sponsored by S.C. Rep. Nathan Ballentine – requires each chamber of the S.C. General Assembly to take a recorded vote on the [...]
Cat Fight (Again)?
S.C. Gov.-elect Nikki Haley is once again sparring with the leader of the Palmetto state’s largest fiscally conservative think tank – the latest insider drama to befall what can only be described as a turbulent transition to power for the so-called darling of the Tea Party movement.
Sources tell FITS that Haley’s on-again, off-again relationship with [...]
Ummmm …
We’re sure that the Evelyn Trammell Institute for Voice and Swallowing is a miraculous place where people with speech, language, voice, and swallowing disorders are able to receive the help they need.
Of course the parking lot next to the S.C. Policy Council is a magical place, too … a place where our founding editor has [...]
Bile Duct Battle Of The Blogs
Earlier this week we decided to welcome a new competitor to the S.C. political blogosphere, specifically a “citizen reporter” website called The Nerve that’s being launched Monday by the S.C. Policy Council.
That greeting apparently set off a bit of a hissy fit over on one of the state’s status quo blogs, Wolfe Reports, which lives [...]
Policy Council Launching “Nerve” Website
In what could become some heady competition for Palmetto State media outlets (including FITS), the S.C. Policy Council is on the verge of launching a new “citizen reporter” website – perhaps as soon as next week.
Reportedly dubbed The Nerve (or something to do with nerves), the top secret project will provide original content from Policy [...]
Capitalism, Unleashed
Two weeks after angering state’s political establishment by opposing an incentive package for airplane manufacturer Boeing, the S.C. Policy Council unveiled a new report detailing how “unleashing capitalism” – not additional government – is the key to turning around South Carolina’s moribund economy.
“Sometimes the truth cannot be spun,” Policy Council President Ashley Landess said. “Sometimes [...]
