GOVERNMENT JOBS STILL DRIVING THE DECLINE, THOUGH
South Carolina’s unemployment rate dropped for the third straight month in November – but once again the decrease was fueled by the addition of thousands of government-funded jobs.
Of the 7,100 new jobs the state took credit for creating last month, 3,100 of them were government positions. Meanwhile another 1,200 [...]
SC Unemployment Rate Drops Again
End SC Legislative “Ethics” Commitees
CORRUPT COVER-UP COMMITTEES MUST BE ABOLISHED
We read recently in The (Columbia, S.C.) State newspaper that members of the S.C. House of Representatives are actively campaigning for several available seats on their chamber’s so-called “Ethics” committee. This is the panel which will hear a complaint early next year into the campaign finance scandal surrounding S.C. Speaker [...]
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 [...]
Nikki Haley Has A “Lobbying” List …
… AND SOUTH CAROLINA LAWMAKERS ARE BRACING FOR ITS RELEASE
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley’s response to the ongoing investigation into her alleged pre-gubernatorial lobbying has consisted almost exclusively of digging up dirt on her former colleagues and threatening them with retribution if they sought to hold her accountable for her actions.
That strategy – which doesn’t [...]
SC House Candidate Has Checkered Past
RETIRED MILITARY OFFICER WAS RELIEVED OF COMMAND FOR SEXUALLY HARASSING A SUBORDINATE
A candidate for the S.C. House of Representatives is touting his experience as a “decorated combat veteran and retired fighter pilot.”
What isn’t he touting? The fact that he was previously relieved of command for sexually harassing a female officer.
Edward B. Carter – a “Republican” [...]
SC Ballot Controversy: Black And White
We detest the fact that South Carolina’s “Republican-controlled” General Assembly continues to spend exorbitant sums of taxpayer money growing an excessively large, exceedingly corrupt and totally incompetent state government.
Aren’t Republicans supposed to be for less government? Or at the very least for efficient and “transparent” government? Not in the Palmetto State, apparently … which is [...]
Kirkman Finlay Announces State House Run
Columbia, SC March 28, 2012 – Former Columbia City Councilman, Kirkman Finlay III, announces today that he will file to run for the South Carolina House of Representatives, to represent Richland County in District 75. The seat is being vacated by Republican Representative James Harrison, who announced earlier this month that he will not seek [...]
Nikki Haley Backs Peeler In Senate President’s Race
GOVERNOR COSTS GOP MAJORITY LEADER THREE VOTES IN A MATTER OF HOURS
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley jumped into the race for Senate President on Monday, throwing her support behind Senate Majority Leader Harvey Peeler and urging Republicans to unite behind his candidacy for one of the state’s most influential legislative positions.
Peeler and S.C. Sen. John Courson [...]
Ryan Payne Announces Candidacy For SC State House
Lifelong Lancaster County resident Ryan Payne announced today that he will seek the Republican nomination for South Carolina House District 44. Payne, a Heath Springs resident, graduated in 2009 as class Valedictorian from Andrew Jackson High School. He attended the University of South Carolina at Lancaster where he graduated in 2011 with an Associate’s Degree in Science. [...]
Big Sister Nimrata Is Watching
In addition to mandating that all state employees in South Carolina lie through their teeth every time they answer the telephone (following her lead), S.C. Gov. Nikki “Nimrata” Haley announced earlier this week that she will be monitoring their computer activity, too.
Haley made the announcement at her cabinet meeting on Tuesday, but it was overshadowed [...]
SC State House: Youth Is Served (Again)
We’ve frequently referred to the S.C. General Assembly as “taxpayer-funded adult day care” given the maturity level of most of the state’s elected representatives.
We may not be able to do that much longer …
In fact in recent years, it’s becoming more of a frat house.
The latest member? Twenty-two-year-old Joshua Putnam (R-Powdersville) – who was elected [...]
Jakie’s Not Alone
S.C. Senator Jakie Knotts (RINO-Lexington) apparently isn’t the only one upset by the “invasive” lobbying efforts of Gov. Nikki Haley and her staff.
In fact, a trio of Democratic lawmakers in the S.C. House of Representatives introduced legislation more than two months ago that would have denied any “member of the staff of the Governor’s Office” [...]
