DUSTUP COULD FUNDAMENTALLY ALTER REPUBLICAN, DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY LANDSCAPE
At least a dozen candidates for the South Carolina Senate – and another dozen or so candidates for the S.C. House – could be removed from the ballot this year because they failed to file required campaign finance forms (or submitted these documents after the filing deadline).
Numerous candidates [...]
Numerous Candidates Could Be Swept From SC Ballot
SC Politicians Fear “Ard Fallout”
South Carolina elected officials are warily eying the ongoing legal drama surrounding S.C. Lt. Gov. Ken Ard (RINO-Pamplico) – a guy who most political observers believe is on the verge of being indicted by a statewide grand jury as a result of his numerous campaign finance violations (and the lies he told to cover them [...]
Bobby Harrell’s Fundraising Tactics Questioned
S.C. House Speaker Bobby Harrell has been shaking down registered lobbyists in an effort to raise money for a political conference that his national legislative leadership organization is holding in Charleston, S.C. this fall.
Not only that – he’s using your money to finance the shakedown.
At least two taxpayer-funded employees in Harrell’s office have been using [...]
Resign, Ken Ard
We have vigorously opposed the political ascension of S.C. Lt. Gov. Ken Ard (RINO-Florence) from the moment he first appeared on our radar.
A tax-and-spend liberal masquerading as a “conservative Republican,” Ard is the embodiment of everything that’s wrong with the Palmetto state – a guffawing, glad-handing, intellectually incurious, ethically bankrupt status quo puppet who slavishly [...]
Ken Ard Faces 92 Ethics Charges
S.C. Lt. Gov. Ken Ard is facing a whopping 92 ethics charges stemming from an investigation into his questionable post-election campaign finance activities.
Specifically, Ard has been charged with 69 counts of “converting campaign funds to personal use” and 23 counts of “failure to disclose campaign expenditures” according to a statement issued on Wednesday by the [...]
Ard Urged To Cooperate
In a sign that the ethics cloud surrounding S.C. Lt. Gov. Ken Ard is darkening, the top Democrat in the State Senate is urging the newly-elected Republican to fully cooperate with a looming investigation into multiple campaign finance irregularities.
“My advice to our new Lieutenant Governor would be to cooperate fully with the investigation and to [...]
Sanford Pleads No Contest, Pays Fine
By FITSNews || S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford has effectively pleaded “no contest” to thirty-seven ethics violations stemming from an investigation into his administration last year.
The governor has also agreed to pay a $74,000 fine over the charges, which include numerous travel indiscretions and improper use of campaign funds.
In signing a “consent agreement,” Sanford doesn’t admit [...]
Sanford Broke “Several” Ethics Laws, Probe Finds
S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford committed “several” violations of state ethics law, according to the undisclosed findings of a three-month investigation into his administration conducted by the S.C. State Ethics Commission.
The Commissioners – all of whom were appointed by the governor (and several of whom have contributed to his campaign) – refused to release the preliminary [...]
SC High Court Washes Its Hands Of Sanford Report
The S.C. Supreme Court on Thursday washed its hands of a controversial ethics report on S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford, essentially leaving the decision regarding the release of the report up to the State Ethics Commission.
The report, which is still being compiled, has become a central document in the on-again, off-again drive to impeach Sanford. That’s [...]
SC High Court Takes Sanford’s Case
The S.C. Supreme Court will decide whether or not Gov. Mark Sanford can keep the State Ethics Commission (whose members he appoints) from releasing a preliminary finding of fact to state lawmakers, and by extension, the public.
In a ruling issued Thursday, Chief Justice Jean Toal instructed the Ethics Commission to respond with five days to [...]
Fore, Educrats!
Fore, educrats!
It’s taxpayer-funded tee time …
And while the utterly worthless S.C. State Ethics Commission can’t give you all green jackets, it can give you the green light to move forward with one of the most unconscionable wastes of public money we’ve even seen.
That’s because according to a formal Ethics Commission opinion, it’s perfectly fine for [...]
Double Standard On State Ethics Fines?
South Carolina’s State Ethics Commission has assessed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of late fees – much of it to black candidates in low income areas of the state – but it may have let a white state agency head “backdate” his paperwork in order to avoid having to pay these same charges.
Sources tell [...]
