Just when we thought our founding editor's forthcoming book was going to spill all of South Carolina's dirty political secrets, along comes coastal congressional candidate Mande Wilkes with a bombshell of her own. As Wilkes writes in her new book, Crashing the Club, the wife of a "drug-addled elected
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We'd like to state for the record that we're fans of both S.C. Rep. Tracy Edge (R-Myrtle Beach) and his wife, Melissa. They're both good people - and good parents to their kids - and we've always gotten along very well with both of them. That's why we hate to see their marriage unraveling on social
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S.C. House Ways and Means Chairman Danny Cooper (RINO-Anderson) will resign his post at the end of the current legislative session - a decision which has set off a furious behind-the-scenes battle over who will replace him on this powerful budget-writing committee. In addition to his influence over
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One of South Carolina's top "Republican" lobbyists and political consultants has been connected to a rapidly expanding coastal S.C. campaign finance scandal. J. Warren Tompkins - a GOP "Kingmaker" for many years (prior to a string of recent electoral reverses) - isn't facing any legal problems at
Read story »By FITSNews || Will 2011 be the year that several common sense, long-overdue reforms finally become law in South Carolina? That's what a handful of fiscal conservatives in the S.C. General Assembly are hoping ... and they're crafting ambitious legislative agendas with the aim of seizing the moment
Read story »By FITSNews || Two S.C. lawmakers are among numerous defendants named in a $20 million lawsuit filed this week by the mayor of Atlantic Beach. The suit, which was jointly filed by Mayor Retha Pierce and several other plaintiffs - seeks to address a host of issues related to the troubled coastal town. S.C.
Read story »By FITSNews || A lawmaker with considerable influence over health care policy in South Carolina is trying to eliminate the "fee for service" model for Medicaid recipients in the Palmetto State - a move he says will save taxpayers $30 million over the next two years. Rep. Tracy Edge (R-Myrtle Beach)
Read story »With U.S. Representative Henry Brown (RINO- SC 1) announcing that he will not seek reelection to the U.S. House in 2010, an already wide open race for the South Carolina First Congressional District is now even "wide opener." Or "wider open." Hey ... that's just how people talk here in South Cackilacky. Obviously
Read story »Craziness continues to define the political scene in Horry County, S.C. as a highly-publicized harassment case involving the husband of North Myrtle Beach's mayor, Marilyn Hatley, is about to blow up again. That's because the woman at the heart of this bizarre stalking case has been identified by
Read story »The "resignation train," it would appear, is leaving the station. An overwhelming majority of Republicans in the S.C. House of Representatives sent a letter to disgraced S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford Wednesday calling on him to resign "for the benefit of the people of this State, its leaders and our party." "Your
Read story »S.C. Lobbyist Richard Davis hates it when we call him a Democrat - even though he used to work for a Democratic congressman and has typically confined his "Republican" relationships to establishment RINO's like Senate Finance Chairman Hugh Leatherman or House Speaker Bobby Harrell. But seeing as those
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