Columbia, SC-May 2, 2013- Senate leaders today issued the following statement on the House-passed ethics reform bill that was today assigned to the Senate Judiciary Committee:
“Time is of the essence, and we appreciate the House’s passage of the bill so that we can consider it and get it passed before the end of the session,” [...]
SC Senate Leaders Comment On Ethics Reform
Take A Bite Out Of Educrat Unions
South Carolina doesn’t have “educrat unions …” or at least that’s what our state’s educrat unions would have you believe.
The truth is there is a massive government-subsidized industry which serves as a de facto union for the Palmetto State’s worst-in-the-nation government school system – an “evil empire” of status quo associations which collect dues from [...]
SC Women’s Caucus Has 99 Problems (With Beth Bernstein)
First of all, there shouldn’t even be a “Women’s Caucus” in the S.C. General Assembly – nor a “Black Caucus” for that matter. The expenditure of tax dollars on gender- or race-specific entities in any branch of state government is ridiculous and unnecessary in this day and age – no matter what certain irascible vaginas [...]
We Are Unpopular … With Politicians
THEY HATE US … THEY REALLY, REALLY HATE US
You can’t make an omelet without breaking a few eggs. Nor can you cover South Carolina politics without busting open a few thin-skinned inbreds.
There’s a “way it’s always been done” in this infinitely corrupt state … and that way is almost NEVER in the interests of the [...]
Joe McCulloch Has A Backup Plan
TO LOBBY OR NOT TO LOBBY … THAT IS THE QUESTION
The month of March 2012 was decision time for Columbia, S.C. DUI shyster Joe McCulloch. The fiscal liberal had to decide: Did he want to be a lawmaker? Or a lobbyist? Or both?
McCulloch chose “option C,” which we suppose is understandable under the circumstances. After [...]
SC Attorney General To Move Against Bobby Harrell?
ALAN WILSON ADDRESS CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING HOUSE SPEAKER
S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson said this week that his office is “prepared to do what is in the public’s best interest” if the S.C. House Ethics Committee refuses to take action against House Speaker Bobby Harrell (RINO-Charleston).
Wilson issued a statement in response to criticism aimed at his office [...]
Mike Forrester = What’s Wrong With SC
SC LAWMAKER DRAWS BIG BUCKS FROM TAXPAYERS FOR “ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT”
S.C. Rep. Mike Forrester (RINO-Spartanburg) isn’t your typical “big government Republican.” He’s much worse. He’s a member of the infamous “Spartanburg Six,” a group of Upstate lawmakers who have habitually voted to dump more money into our state’s failed public education establishment. He’s also one of [...]
SC House Gives Huge Pay Raises To Staff
HOW “CONSERVATIVE” OF THEM, RIGHT?
Taking a page out of “Tea Party” S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley’s playbook, the “Republican-controlled” S.C. House of Representatives has given its staff members sizable pay raises this fiscal year.
According to The Nerve, a Columbia, S.C.-based political blog affiliated with the S.C. Policy Council, nearly three dozen House staffers making more than $50,000 [...]
SC House Candidate: “Vote For Me, I’m A Drunk”
PALMETTO STATE DEMOCRAT CHOOSES UNCONVENTIONAL RESPONSE TO RECENT ARREST
In one of the most bizarre political moves we’ve ever seen, a Democratic candidate for the South Carolina House of Representatives has responded to a recent arrest by admitting that he’s an alcoholic – and vowing to make the issue of alcohol awareness part of his campaign.
As [...]
SC House Candidate Arrested
DEMOCRAT BUSTED FOR UNDERAGE DRINKING, INTERFERING WITH POLICE
A candidate for the S.C. House of Representatives was arrested this week after an incident involving alcohol and City of Florence police officers (a combination which obviously didn’t mix well for this would-be elected official).
Austin M. Smith, 20, was charged with underage drinking and interfering with police as [...]
Dumbest. Debate. Ever.
THIS NONSENSE ISN’T ABOUT TAX RELIEF, PEOPLE
Leaders in the S.C. General Assembly are on the verge of spending more than $23 billion on the upcoming state budget – including no less than $1.3 billion in new money. This will mark the second consecutive year that state lawmakers have spent at least $1.3 billion above the [...]
SC “Restructuring” Goes Down In Flames
NIKKI HALEY’S “REFORM IN NAME ONLY” FAILS
For the second year in a row, S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley tried to make a deal with the devil on government restructuring – and for the second year in a row, the devil played her like a fiddle. Haley – who championed aggressive government restructuring legislation while campaigning for office [...]
