Two weeks after the S.C. Supreme Court upheld (without comment) the results of a rigged election in Richland County, S.C., evidence has emerged which directly links the county’s former elections director to an illegal shortage of voting machines.
Former county election director Lillian McBride – a bureaucrat with close ties to the pro-tax movement who was hand-picked [...]
Richland County Robbery: A Smoking Gun
SC Parties Comment On “Robbery” Ruling
The “Richland County Robbery” isn’t your typical crime story. For starters, the amount stolen – $1.2 billion – is obviously quite significant. Then there are the thieves who perpetrated this heist, a corrupt cabal of state legislators and their bought-and-paid-for underlings.
How’d they pull it off? Easy … they simply ignored a law regarding the number [...]
SC Parties Mum On Controversial Court Ruling
For those of you who haven’t been following the “Richland County Robbery,” it’s the saga of how $1.2 billion in new sales tax revenue is about to get sucked out of the central South Carolina economy.
All in the name of “jobs,” or something.
Why do we use the term “robbery?” Because a corrupt cabal of Democrats [...]
What’s Holding Up Bull Street? Incentives …
DEVELOPER HAGGLING OVER AMOUNT OF TAXPAYER-FUNDED ASSISTANCE
Earlier this week, we published a report (and accompanying photo set) on the abandoned government property in downtown Columbia, S.C. known as “Bull Street.”
It’s been more than fifty years since this campus was at full capacity, more than two decades since most of its buildings were abandoned, more than [...]
Savannah River Sellout Overturned … For Now
BUT CAN THE DAMAGE NIKKI HALEY HAS DONE TO SOUTH CAROLINA EVER BE FIXED?
The “Savannah River Sellout” – S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley’s most flagrant betrayal of our state’s economic competitiveness – was overturned late last week by the South Carolina Supreme Court, although it may be too late for the damage to be undone.
Last November, [...]
SCGOP In Financial Trouble
PARTY ACCUMULATES $300,000 DEBT OVER BALLOT ISSUE
Its politicians like to rail against deficit spending … but the South Carolina Republican Party itself has had to borrow more than $300,000 this year to cover legal fees associated with this year’s flood of ballot-related lawsuits.
For those of you who’ve already forgotten this lesson in ass-backward democracy, we’re referring [...]
SC Supreme Court Accepts “Makin’ It Rain” Defense
COURT RULES AGAINST BENEFITS FOR STRIPPER IN “BOOM BOOM ROOM” SHOOTING
A 23-year-old exotic dancer who was shot during a bar fight four years ago has been denied workers’ compensation for her injuries. LeAndra Lewis, who was only 19 years old when she was shot in the abdomen while performing at the “Boom Boom Room,” had [...]
Legalize It
ALL OF IT …
Twelve years ago South Carolinians were stripped of their right to decide whether video poker should be legal in the Palmetto State. By blocking a referendum on these machines, the S.C. Supreme Court imposed its will on voters rather than letting them make a choice – paving the way for the government-run [...]
SC Supreme Court Will Hear Appeal Of Nikki Haley Ethics Case
By a vote of 5-0, the S.C. Supreme Court will hear an appeal of the ethics case involving S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley. Specifically, the court will rule on whether a circuit court judge erred in dismissing the case and sending it to a panel of Haley’s former colleagues.
Does this mean that the governor – who [...]
SC’s Seedy Video Poker Underworld
… AND THE COPS, JUDGES AND POLITICIANS LOOKING THE OTHER WAY
Chalk another one up for our network of sources …
In filing a report on video poker last January, we made this note:
… sources tell FITS that “numerous” video poker machines are currently in operation in different parts of Lexington County, S.C. – where they are evading detection by [...]
