Below are the salaries that S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley will pay her executive staff in 2011 ... Tim Pearson, Chief of Staff - $125,000 Trey Walker, Deputy Chief of Staff (Communications, Legislative Affairs) - $122,775 Nimrata Randhawa Haley, Agency Head - $106, 078 Swati Patel, Chief Legal Counsel -
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Happy Vet … Wait A Minute
By 9:00 a.m. Wednesday morning - after we had received our eleventy kabillionth "Senator So-and-So Issues Statement On Veterans Day" email - our founding editor finally snapped. "So help me God the next time one of these yellow-bellied, douche bag politicians sends us a friggin' press release talking
Read story »Pitts Headed To Afghanistan, Out Of Lt. Governor’s Race
S.C. Rep. Ted Pitts is trading political "incoming" for the possibility of the real thing, choosing to abandon his Lt. Governor's campaign - in fact, his entire political career - to deploy with his National Guard unit in Afghanistan. In so doing, Pitts becomes the third state lawmaker to be called
Read story »Tim Scott Is “Laid Back”
Can you hear the "Gin-n-Juice" bass line right now? Because we can ... And while S.C. Rep. Tim Scott obviously isn't "rollin' down the street smokin' indo," he clearly has his "mind on his money (and his money on his mind)," at least according to documents filed today with the State Ethics Commission.
Read story »Nelsen Running For Superintendent
Having successfully milked his Quixotic gubernatorial bid into an "elegant sufficiency" of free publicity, Furman (S.C.) University political science Professor Brent Nelsen has decided to abandon it and run for State Superintendent of Education instead. This is obviously no surprise, at least not
Read story »Nelsen Looking At Superintendent’s Race
Sources tell FITS that Furman University political science professor Brent Nelsen might ditch his Republican gubernatorial ambitions to run for S.C. Superintendent of Education. Nelsen's is the third name floated for this position in as many days, as the rumor mill churned out State Rep. Ted Pitts
Read story »Pitts Pressured To Run For SC Superintendent
Numerous Republicans are pressuring S.C. Rep. Ted Pitts to run for State Superintendent of Education, a post that currently has no GOP contenders and a vulnerable Democratic incumbent who has raised a mere pittance to defend his seat. Pitts is currently running for S.C. Lt. Governor - along with what
Read story »Vote In Our Lite Gov Poll!
Who do you want to see become South Carolina's next Lt. Governor? We honestly could care less at this point, but some people seem to think it's "kind of a big deal." The nominees - in alphabetical order - are Pee Dee businessman Ken Ard, Columbia businessman Mike Campbell, Afghan war vet Bill Connor,
Read story »Scott Running For Lt. Governor
Freshman S.C. Rep. Tim Scott - the first African-American Republican elected in this state since Reconstruction - is mounting a bid for Lieutenant Governor, multiple independent sources have confirmed to FITS. Scott, a former Charleston County Council chairman and longtime ally of S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford,
Read story »Half Of SCGOP Lite Gov Candidates Haven’t Disclosed
For a party that likes to talk about "transparency," South Carolina Republicans could certainly be doing a better job of walking the walk. In fact, of the party's four announced candidates for Lt. Governor, only two have filed campaign disclosure documents as required by law. Lexington Rep. Ted
Read story »Ted Pitts Is Running For Lite Gov
Hold the presses, but S.C. Rep. Ted Pitts (R-Lexington) is running for Lt. Governor. We know, we know ... it's amazing you didn't hear about this on CNN given the sweeping power of this office and the respect it commands around the globe. Crazy ... Anyway, Pitts is announcing his decision live
Read story »Jackson Mulls Lt. Governor’s Bid – As Independent
State Sen. Darrell Jackson (D-Richland) is seriously considering mounting a bid for the South Carolina Lt. Governor's Office - but not necessarily as a Democrat. Sources who spoke with FITS on condition of anonymity tell us that Jackson has had numerous conversations all across the political spectrum
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