WHAT THE GOVERNOR COULD WIN (AND LOSE) IN LOWCOUNTRY CASINO DEBATE Another week, another disturbing display of amateurism and double talk from the administration of S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley … As numerous media outlets have reported (and as we picked up on belatedly here), Haley is the sole “deciderer”
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S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley will have a credible, well-funded Republican primary opponent in 2014 ... that much you can count on. And if things continue as they are, we'll be honest - it's unlikely that she will survive the challenge. Unlike 2006, when a small-town doctor ran as a protest candidate against
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For those of you unfamiliar with S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley's commitment to efficient and accountable government, it's about as genuine as her commitment to telling the truth ... or her commitment to limited government ... or her commitment to transparency in government. Which is to say it's non-existent
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GOVERNORS HOLD PRIVATE MEETING ON PORT ISSUES S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley - who campaigned on a platform of open government - met behind closed doors with Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal for nearly two hours on Friday. In addition to barring media access to their confab, both Haley and Deal refused to speak to reporters
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Dear Editor, My colleagues and I have been debating H.3066, the Department of Administration Bill, for much of the legislative session this year. This is a bipartisan issue but more importantly a good government issue. Our founding fathers created our government in a manner that would allow for checks
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TOP SOUTH CAROLINA REFORMER SHOWS SOME MISPLACED LOVE S.C. Senator Tom Davis (R-Beaufort) is easily the Palmetto State's most fiscally conservative state lawmaker - as well as its most aggressive advocate for meaningful reform. That's why this website has consistently served as his most vocal cheerleader. Of
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GOVERNOR'S "SAVANNAH RIVER SELLOUT" SHOT DOWN AGAIN With a pair of unanimous votes on Tuesday the S.C. Senate rebuked Gov. Nikki Haley over the "Savannah River Sellout," her controversial appeasement of the state of Georgia's port expansion plans. The Senate votes come on the heels of a unanimous
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There are two ways to run a port. The first way is for government to own and manage the infrastructure - which is the "way it's always been done" here in South Carolina. The second way is for the state to retain ownership of the port infrastructure, but permit private companies to invest in and
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DAVIS, MASSEY AND SHEHEEN'S EFFORTS PAY OFF FOR S.C. TAXPAYERS Last year, S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley struck a backroom deal with powerful Senate Finance Chairman Hugh Leatherman (RINO-Florence) that would have grown South Carolina's administrative bureaucracy while further splintering real accountability
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While S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley and the "Republican-controlled" General Assembly in South Carolina continue to grow government at recklessly exorbitant levels, the ability of Palmetto State taxpayers to pick up this soaring tab continues to shrink. According to data published by the U.S. Census, South
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When it comes to passing meaningful reform legislation, S.C. Senate President Glenn McConnell has always been, as the saying goes, as "useless as tits on a bull." Occasionally he'll talk a good game, but that's all it's ever been - talk. Of course when it comes to winning palace intrigues and delivering
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U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum brags about being a "full spectrum" conservative in his television ads, but it's U.S. Rep. Ron Paul who is receiving the support of elected officials in South Carolina who fit that description. In fact, as reported exclusively on FITS earlier this week, a trio of fiscal/ social
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