S.C. Rep. Ted Vick resisted police officers after they noticed him staggering about the S.C. State House late Tuesday evening, according to the incident report related to his arrest on drunk driving charges.
After stopping Vick in the State House parking garage for “having trouble driving in a straight line” and running over a “cone with [...]
Report: Ted Vick Resisted Arrest
SC: No Camel Jockeys Allowed
Because South Carolina lawmakers have an inflated view of their own importance, they’ve forced Palmetto State taxpayers to shell out millions of dollars over the last few years for security upgrades at the S.C. State House.
The only problem? Like everything else in this ass backward state, the costly new measures don’t work – especially the [...]
Beth Bernstein’s Insanely Fabulous Kicks
Earlier this week we accused S.C. Rep. Beth Bernstein of selective advocacy on a substantive issue (ethics reform) … while at the same time shamelessly exploiting her attractiveness for the purposes of driving up our internet traffic.
On the first count, it’s clear the blame lies with Bernstein for refusing to attack the biggest case of political corruption [...]
Is Beth Bernstein’s Skirt Too Short?
S.C. Rep. Beth Bernstein (D-Richland) doesn’t seem particularly interested in “walking the walk” when it comes to ethics reform at the S.C. State House … which is a shame. We endorsed Bernstein – and had high hopes for her – but so far her commitment to doing the right thing in state government seems limited to doing [...]
Herpes “Epidemic” At S.C. State House
The South Carolina State House is ground zero for a major genital herpes epidemic – one which has reported affected “scores” of lawmakers, lobbyists, bureaucrats and political operatives (and many of their spouses).
FITS became aware of this epidemic earlier this month when we were approached by the spouse of a prominent male politico, a woman [...]
Hey SC: Want “Citizen Legislators?”
We hear the term “citizen legislator” thrown out a good bit in the public discourse … usually by politicians seeking to ingratiate themselves with supporters of the limited government movement. It’s code language – a phrase intended to appeal to taxpayer advocates and supporters of term limits (as well as other common sense reforms).
But what [...]
Beth Bernstein Makes Good On Campaign Pledge
While we agree with S.C. Treasurer Curtis Loftis that new ethics laws are pretty much worthless until our government starts enforcing its existing laws, it’s still nice to see elected officials trying to find ways to make state government more accountable.
It’s also nice to see elected officials (gasp) following through on something they pledged to [...]
S.C. African American Chamber Of Commerce Releases 2013-14 Agenda
The S.C. African American Chamber of Commerce has identified seven major legislative goals for the 2013-14 Legislative session. The Chamber will work to advance these goals through public advocacy and outreach to the S.C. General Assembly.
1. Cyber-security. Establish new cyber-security safeguards to protect citizens and businesses from breaches which reveal personal records. The state Internet [...]
Greater SC Budget Transparency Sought
STATE SENATOR PUSHES FOR “OPEN JOINT HEARINGS” ON GOVERNMENT SPENDING PLAN
South Carolina’s most vocal fiscal conservative lawmaker is trying to open up the state’s budget process, arguing that the current method of appropriating funds results in “less than half of state government expenditures” receiving “any executive or legislative scrutiny.”
He’s right …
S.C. Senator Tom Davis (R-Beaufort) [...]
Beth Bernstein For S.C. House
YES, SHE’S A DEMOCRAT
We can go ahead and predict the responses to this endorsement from South Carolina’s “Republican” establishment …
“FITS endorses liberal Democrat over Republican”
“Conservative blog endorses liberal trial lawyer.”
Yeah, yeah, yeah …
The only problem with this line of attack is that Democrat Beth Bernstein – who we are endorsing over incumbent S.C. Rep. Joan [...]
Kirkman Finlay For S.C. House
FORMER MAYORAL CANDIDATE IS OUR KIND OF “JERK”
If Kirkman Finlay were a doctor, he would have a terrible bedside manner. The burly, bearded – and brusque – S.C. State House candidate does not play well with others, a natural byproduct of the fact that he is a highly opinionated fiscal conservative.
Finlay – a former City [...]
Nikki Haley Also Took Controversial Reimbursements
GOVERNOR BLASTING POLITICIANS FOR TAKING THE SAME PAYMENTS SHE TOOK
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley has been railing politicians she doesn’t like because they took “subsistence” and “per diem” payments from South Carolina taxpayers while serving as members of the legislative branch. In fact the “Movement Fund” – a political action committee affiliated with Haley – has [...]
