Members of South Carolina’s “Republican-controlled” General Assembly – like Gov. Nikki Haley – have gone out of their way to preserve state government’s monopoly on gambling. It’s yet another example of the hypocrisy of the so-called party of “limited government” and “individual liberty.”
Of course when it comes to free gambling junkets provided by their political [...]
SC Lawmakers Took Free Gambling Junkets
SC’s Useless Government-Funded “Tax Calculator”
The University of South Carolina’s Darla Moore School of Business unveiled a new government-funded “tax calculator” last week to assist members of the S.C. General Assembly as they contemplate changes to the state’s tax code.
At a poorly attended event on the USC campus, the school’s higher educrats rolled out the so-called “South Carolina Tax Model” [...]
Mike Rose: Stop Special Treatment For SC Legislators
By Mike Rose || Soon after I joined the South Carolina Senate in 1989 an FBI sting, Operation Lost Trust, landed several S.C. legislators in jail for bribery. The remaining legislators passed a new ethics law considered then to be the toughest in the nation. Today a special Commission appointed by Governor Nikki Haley, and [...]
A “Queen Jean” Scheme?
IS A CORRUPT BARGAIN IN THE WORKS TO EXTEND S.C. CHIEF JUSTICE’S REIGN?
S.C. Chief Justice Jean Toal is privately urging legislative leaders to amend a state law requiring judges to retire at seventy-two years of age, sources tell FITS. In fact we’re hearing increasing chatter from our sources in both the legislative and judicial branches [...]
SC Ethics Panel: Bigger Isn’t Better
LAWMAKERS EXPAND COMMITTEE THEY OUGHT TO BE ELIMINATING
Leave it to South Carolina state government to take an entity that desperately needs to be eliminated … and expand it. Yup … that’s exactly what members of the “Republican-controlled” S.C. General Assembly did this week, adding several new foxes to guard their legislative hen house.
The notoriously corrupt [...]
Government Jobs Spur Another Drop In SC Unemployment
JOBLESS RATE FALLS TO 8.6 PERCENT ON THE STRENGTH OF NEW TAXPAYER-FUNDED POSITIONS
South Carolina’s unemployment rate fell another half percent in October – from 9.1 to 8.6 percent – however for the second month in a row taxpayer-funded positions were the primary driver of the decline.
The Palmetto State added 5,100 government jobs in October – [...]
Nikki Haley To Hold Conference Call For Lawmakers After Security Breach
CONFERENCE CALL INFORMATION FOR LEGISLATORS:
Our office has arranged a conference call for members of the General Assembly to be held on Monday, October 29th at 10:00 a.m. with Chief Mark Keel, Director Jim Etter, and Inspector General Pat Maley. The purpose of the conference call is to give you the opportunity to receive information and [...]
Making Hay Over Trikki Nikki
DEMOCRAT TURNS HALEY SCANDAL INTO A CAMPAIGN ISSUE
A Democratic candidate for the S.C. Senate is asking his “Republican” opponent to call for an Attorney General’s investigation of S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley (seeing as the state’s legislative branch is clearly not up to the task of conducting a full or fair inquiry).
Robert Rikard – a Columbia, [...]
The Godfather Of Pork Has Lost A Step
HUGH LEATHERMAN DESCRIBED AS “CONFUSED” AND “FORGETFUL” DURING CONTENTIOUS BUDGET DEBATE
For years, S.C. Senator Hugh Leatherman (RINO-Florence) has lorded over the South Carolina state budget from his lofty perch as Senate Finance Committee chairman.
More than any other politician, the “Godfather of Pork” is responsible for the rampant expansion of state government in recent years – zealously [...]
Loftis: Expand The Boundaries Of School Choice
SOUTH CAROLINA’S BUDGET, ECONOMY DEPEND ON IT
By Curtis Loftis || Across the state, I meet people worried about their local schools.
Parents worry about dropout rates, job placement, and college admission. Employers worry about workforce qualification and training. Local officials worry about the costs of services required by those who’ve slipped through the cracks. Faith and [...]
What John Hawkins Was Doing A Year Ago
NO, NOT THAT … AT LEAST NOT THAT WE KNOW OF …
John Hawkins – a left-leaning accused rapist who spent a dozen years padding his pockets in the S.C. General Assembly – seems to enjoying his ongoing (and MSM-supported) reinvention as a “new conservative” in a State Senate race in Spartanburg County, S.C.
“Going door-to-door and [...]
Educrat Spin: Here We Go Again, SC
TAXPAYER-FUNDED MISINFORMATION FLOWS FROM THE “FOR THE CHILDREN” CROWD
You know, crap like this is why South Carolina is stuck in the dark ages …
The emails below – blasted out this week by the state’s educrats and school board members – are emblematic of the destructive taxpayer-funded dysfunction that cripples South Carolina.
Their basic premise is this: [...]
