“INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN” ACCUSES HALEY OF PUSHING SECRET TAX HIKE
Self-styled “independent Republican” gubernatorial candidate Tom Ervin blasted his 2014 rival – Gov. Nikki Haley – for her so-called “secret plan” to raise taxes on South Carolinians as part of funding infrastructure improvements.
In fact Ervin said Haley’s refusal to address infrastructure funding was the impetus for a $1.7 billion tax hike authorization she signed into law last week.
“It’s Haley’s lack of leadership that has forced a county-by-county sales tax increase to make up for her failed leadership,” Ervin said. “This has resulted in a back door sales tax increase on top of her ‘secret plan’ to raise taxes next year.”
Ervin added that the “Republican” incumbent was pushing this “secret tax hike” in lieu of establishing what he called “a consensus for long-term funding for our crumbling roads and bridges.”
“When Nikki Haley hides the ball on funding, that’s her political speak for taxpayer’s having to foot the bill,” he said.
Ervin’s language mirrors criticism Haley has received from fiscally conservative Upstate S.C. Sen. Kevin Bryant (R-Anderson) – who attempted to filibuster the $1.7 billion tax authorization last month.
Bryant has continued to call Haley out for signing the bill.
In addition to challenging Haley on the tax front, Ervin also chided the governor for telling lawmakers she was going to “show the General Assembly” how to properly fund infrastructure.
“We already have a dictator in Washington, D.C.,” he said. “We don’t need another one in Columbia.”
Whoa … them’s fightin’ words.
Haley’s “roads plan” – to the extent it exists – was also blasted by Democrats this week.
“Governor Haley continues to offer up nothing but rhetoric and policies that are as broken as our roads,” S.C. House minority leader Todd Rutherford (D-Columbia) said.
Rutherford said he wants to legalize casinos in the “Myrtle Beach area” of South Carolina to raise revenue, a plan this website weighed in on HERE.
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“This has resulted in a back door sales tax increase on top of her ‘secret plan’ to raise taxes next year.”
Well, you can’t be too hard on Nikki, we all know that she likes it in the back door.
DOWN WITH THE DICTATOR!!!
oops…my wife told me to say it
Too bad, if Nikki was your wife you’d just hear “Go down! Go down!”
It is transparent for some of us.
I BLAST Ervin’s Phantom Republican Claim…LMAO…If this Dumb@$$ is counting on FITS to get the word out..he is one S.O.L. democrat.
Also: Learn more about democrats on SC Political Digest.
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Yet another advert for your echo chamber?
How I wish there was a way to shame the shameless.
Is the echo as bad as when you yell between Emily’s legs?
Bats come flying out.
Tango, you are not even a republican. See John McCain. !!!
That coming from someone that has lied on this blog about being a veteran and having served his country as a Marine. Disgraceful.
Go ahead Gomer Vindice , I am listening. When you are done with your two best friends , Jim Beam and Jack Daniels tonight , I am here to listen about whatever you want to talk about.
Lying and Liberal are synonymous. So I’m not surprise he did that.
I know it hurts, just take it faggot ?
See your boy
I say give Haley a hard hat and one of those reflective vests and send her out to patch up the potholes.
LMAO!!! I say keep your word and LEAVE FITS!
You and ‘traitor’ Tommy Ervin both have a lot in common.Just like ‘traitor’ Tommy quit the Democrat AND Republican Party’s when he figured out both establishment party’s had labeled him as a LOSER , you showed your true ‘traitor’ Tommy ‘colors’ today when Wiil labled you a SOCIALIST and you threatened to QUIT on FITS!!
Quitting is a character flaw.
See ya!! :-)
and Sandi puts another $1 in her pocket from the Haley campaign!
Thanks Sandi, I had to use glasses that should be paid for. It’s easy, Tommy fucked you. You kind of liked it. Veterans mean nothing to you, only votes. I hope you can deliver a person to the election.
A true haley whore. I’ve never seen such a brain dead koolaid drinker. Sandi has to be on the payroll.
Nope. Just wondering if Ervin loaned his campaign $425,000 to have his supporters blog about how proud they are of taking drugs ,rape and fucking women in the ass?
Maybe it turns his wife on ? I don’t know and don’t care. Tom’s business.
“We already have a dictator in Washington, D.C.,” he said. “We don’t need another one in Columbia.”
Ain’t that hilarious. ‘traitor’ tommy calls Democrat Obama a ‘dictator’ yet he and the old lady have given Democrats thousands of dollars over the years.
Sandi wins, SC loses. It’s the SC way. You can’t blame her. I may not be a Sheehen fan.,but Nikki is way to expensive.
Just like 35,000 Democrats (with credible allegations that many were paid to vote and voted illegally) voted in the Republican Primary in Mississippi to defeat the conservative candidate , the Ervin campaign was apparently successful in getting 20,000 Democrats to sign petitons and get him on the ballot at this time. The goal is to elect Democrat Sheheen and defeat conservative Haley for Ervin. Mississipi and SC elections mirror each other in my opinion , although I don’t have any evidence nor am I making the allegation that citizens were paid by the Ervin campaign to sign the petitions or that he used ANY of the $425,000 he loaned his campaign to obtain the signatures.
I just want to see a lick
God, Sandi. I would to have you scream. I don’t mean political. Fuck, you are hot !!!
yep, oh well
Letting people live in your head rent-free is unhealthy, especially long term. Smirks is crashed out on a couch up in your cranium, wearing boxer shorts and eating your last bag of Doritos. Kick him out. Besides, we voted (you must have missed the email). Smirks is staying.
lol…I don’t want him to leave. More RINO’S and socialists like you and Smirks , the better.
I was noting how thin skinned liberals like Ervin and Smirks are. Things don’t go their way and they wanna take their ball and go home.
Now I’m a socialist because your juvenile name calling irritates smart people?! Your intellect and rhetorical skills are stunning, and Smirks was right! Your couch is very comfortable. You got any Diet Mountain Dew? These Doritos are making me thirsty…
Sandi, Why attach Ervin? You say he won’t poll 2%, then why the fuss? Worried?
She’s just doing her job.
We saw the ‘dirty tricks’ in Mississippi and Ervin apparently has the playbook.
I say keep your word and LEAVE FITS!
You really have a short attention span, don’t you? One little comment of mine groaning about TMZ-like coverage of T-Rav has got you frothing at the mouth.
But hey, don’t worry! If I do leave FITS, it won’t be because campaign season ended. Right, Sandi?
Not how it went down. Will called you a SOCIALIST and you threatened to leave FITS and inferred you would take the other SOCIALISTS on FITS with you.
Glad you are staying. You make my job a lot easier. :-)
You make my job a lot easier.
Do I win an award for making her admit this is her job?
My job is to expose SOCIALISTS (as WIll defined you) as the frauds they are and save America.
Nothing more , nothing less.
She should take lessons from Vanna White and feature them instead.
I want to know where is all the gas tax money going ,road where i live is like a washboard and D.O.T. says they don’t have money to fix it.Where is the politicians spending it? Every where in S.C. the roads are bad but they keep wanting to raise taxes.Gas going up,groceries going up, light bills,every thing except our pay,where is it going to end?
Ervin is working with dems to raise the gas tax.
wonder if the gas tax is the mythical “money tree” Haley said she would use…google “Haley Money tree” and see for yourself…
Not sure. Wonder why the article connected Rutherford (DEMOCRAT) and Ervin (DEMOCRAT PARTY OPERATIVE(?) ) ????
The implication, in my opinion , is that ‘traitor’ Tommy would vote to legalize gambling in MB/ SC while subjecting the citizens of the state to the crime and violence that organized gambling brings to a community.
The streets of Atlantic City and Las Vegas can be be very dangerous places. Appears that is what Ervin has in mind.
Well said, Mr. E.
Whenever I hear about a pol and their “plan”, i know the pol has nothing to sat and is afraid to tell the truth.
I have a hard time caring what Ervin has to say. What does Rutherford get out of having casino’s, is he working with a “developer” like some of his buddies have been doing?
Does Ervin have Dementia? Pictures don’t lie.
“We already have a dictator in Washington, D.C.,” he said. “We don’t need another one in Columbia.”
I’ve long said, Haley and Obama are the same, twins separated at birth.
They are both a disaster and South Carolina and the Nation may NEVER overcome what havoc they have wrought on our State and Nation.
Both should be impeached!!
Our children, grandchildren and future generations will suffer for a hundred years for their incompetence, poor decisions and failures.
We are all going to suffer greatly for these two, mark my word!
Stupid ass.
This is a problem by your SC Tea Party fools in Washington.
You my friend are in total denial and a fool!
Rhetoric and bullshit policies. South Carolina’s Republican voters love it. Haley is doing exactly what she needs to do. Just ask GT, he laps that shit up.
Phantom road plan that is so secret she can’t possibly share the details till January 2015….right…and she cares about education, well at least in an election year.
Trikki just needs to tell the truth. The Republican US House is – ONCE AGAIN – diddling itself instead of passing the highway bill. When it starts running out of money in August, payments to the states will be sent as federal gas tax receipts trickle in. There will be no stable flow of highway funding to the states.
Is this any way to run a country REPUBLICANS say is so exceptional?
The REPUBLICANS are running us down into a third world theocracy.
Go crawl up to Grover Norquist and see if he will tell you that roads have been a ‘core function of government’ for 2000+ years – the Roman government build roads and aquaducts, you know, infrastructure – maybe, he will give you permission to raise the federal gas tax which hasn’t been raised since 1993.
There may be some Red governors who tell their Red representatives, like Wilson, Gowdy, Mulvaney, Rice, Duncan, and Sanford, to get their sorry asses in gear and act like grownups. But, Nikki Haley won’t be one of them.
Obamacare and the faux ‘trillions’ of dollars stimulus put us in this position.
Looks like a Tango show off.
A cut on a finger cost 1,200. 00 .
Most of those wouldn’t listen to Nikki if she did prod them into passing it. Maybe Wilson and Rice, maaaybe Mulvaney, but that’s it. Gowdy/Duncan/Sanford will use it to stand on principle.
That being said, Haley doesn’t care. All she is aiming for is a higher office.
I thought Obama was supposed to use the Stimulus money to fix our roads. Did he lie about that too???
And WHY is Ervin Blaming Haley after what Barack promised to do w/ the money we gave him.
That money went to the unions for elections. Obama even laughed about it.
thanks for a stupid comment
I thought Obama was supposed to use the Stimulus money to fix our roads.
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when you dirt poor swampbillys can afford a car, and drive sober – get back to us.
shit boy , all rep states need 150% more than Dem. and ?
LMAO, Sandi and bottle want to talk history. Bring it on !
I know one thing. Sandis ass is for me . Damb, it has to be good.
Deo, please return to work. We need coffee and doNUTS.
Fuck you latter. I love donuts and strong coffee.
I thought you liked my ass?
I would fuck your ass after Sandi’s and like the shit swap from one stupid ass to another.
I am so sorry sometimes I go off my medication and say crazy things like Haley is God and she gives me divine wisdom. But the truth is she is a lying witch. Go Tom.
And your personal thing could be a good thing.
I must also admit, I smoke crack regularly and love meth. I’ve been a user since woodstock and have been committed numerous times for sex with animals. The most recent was a possum.
Not me.I copy ALL posts that come from this ISP address….and others. :-)
I copy ALL posts that come from this ISP address….and others.
That moment where someone who knows very little about computers tries to play pretend hacker.
Clarify,I copy all of MY posts from MY ISP address and others I blog from when traveling.
Somebody on hear likes to hijack s/n’s.
At sometime in a election. Haley will say ” anything ” to be elected again. Sandi will suck it up. As is SC elections.
Name hijacked. Don’t take medication , Haley is a genuine conservative and will win.
Go to bed Buz.
I wi8sh I wouldn’t of fucked.
If Sheheen had half the balls Erwin had he might have a chance this fall instead he plays the oh I am so nice game…what a wimp.
chan
Hey Ronnie, RIP !
Haley continues to lie about DSS and the Data Breach that has cost and will continue to cost this state millions of dollars vote her ass out this November.
No Public Release of DSS Caseload Standards
Lexington, SC (WLTX) – For months now, the South Carolina Department
of Social Services has vowed to develop a ratio that would put limits on
how many cases a worker can have.
Former DSS State Director
Lillian Kolle, and the agency’s 2013 Annual Progress and Services Report
said the caseload methodology would be handed over to the feds by last
month.
After we started asking questions, DSS said Wednesday they’ll have it ready sometime in the next month.
“There
is nothing more important at the Department of Social Services than the
work we do protecting our at-risk children and strengthening families,”
an agency spokeswoman said. “To improve the procedures and methods our
caseworkers practice, DSS is still in the process of developing a
system and set of standards that will reduce caseloads and improve
outcomes – something we hope to announce in the next month. Our
caseworkers have some of the toughest jobs in the state and giving them
the support and guidance they need to be successful is our top
priority.”
“We have to set those guidelines now,” said Sue Berkowitz, who runs Appleseed Legal Justice.
She
points to national child welfare organizations, like the Child Welfare
League of America, which have already developed standards that are used
in other states.
“I find it interesting that South Carolina needs
different standards than what the experts have already put together,”
Berkowitz said.
Among Midlands counties, new case data shows
workers in Lexington have the highest case average at 24. The snapshot
from May 19 shows 6 workers have at least 40 cases each.
Averages for other counties are:
Fairfield – 10
Kershaw – 20
Clarendon – 10
Richland – 17
Lee – 11
Sumter – 18
Calhoun – 8
Newberry – 22
Orangeburg – 9
Saluda – 10
The averages do not include supervisors or trainees who have 1 case.
“We’re
in the process right now of determining what is the right work the
right way. What are the actions to take,” said Malik Whitaker, a DSS
Regional Director.
If someone who is a caseworker has a high
caseload, they’re not going to be able to put the time, and energy, and
investigation, and follow up that’s needed to protect children,”
Berkowitz said.
Late Wednesday, DSS contacted News19 saying,”We submitted the standards on June 30th
as required and are awaiting their response. We included a draft of
the new caseload methodology which we plan to roll out in the coming
month.”
Come off your high horse, Ervin. Obamacare is what is bleeding counties dry. Taxpayers are going to save 400,000 state public worker’s healthcare plans with higher sales tax revenue.
Think about it, Ervin. Policies were rewritten. Premiums went way up. But the long term? Their kids are now on their policies till age 26. COBRA adds another 3-4 years.
The taxpayer is paying for a family of 6 till Dad and Mom dies and their kids are 30 years old.
So, if NIMRATA has put it on the counties to pass a special option sales tax, we will have no worries.
Cause everybody knows the Republicans and TEA Party “NEVER” vote tax increases!
Right?
YOU BETCHA!
There is talk of I73 being built and an interchange has been I think. I526 costs $500 million and for what it is I think it’s bad investment. Nikki should get voted out but I guess she’ll see another term.
One thing missing here. What would Ervin do about our roads?
FITS missed the ball on this one. A report Mayor Benjamin failed to report the $8,000 junket involving strippers to the the Ethics Commission. FITS is usually all over this kind of thing. Must be busy.
But No Worries, Buddy: I’ll pick up the ball and run w/ it for you. It’s what friends are for.
Read about the Benjamin and ethics law violation here: http://scdigest.blogspot.com/
And FITS: Don’t mention it Bro.
Ervin is an idiot. Much like Ross Perot he will simply put a liberal in the Governors office by splitting the vote.
That’s what we are counting on.
85 from Anderson to Gaffney is a disgrace. it’s filthy, the pavement is caving in in places, and its just downright dangerous. A couple of days ago I saw two wombats with a SCHD pick-up loading trash. Give me a break.
Ed Jensen hasn’t aged in 10 years.. Remarkable!
While traveling home from Myrtle Beach two weeks ago, i was stuck in road work traffic before getting to Conway. Then had to wait on 95 while some road barriers were fixed. Then got stopped on I20 while they finish widening the road. Then got stuck on 378 going into Lexington for, guess what, more road work. Finally on Catawba trail in Lexington I had to sit while the road was patched. In all, it added an hour to the trip. Damn that Haley and her roadwork. Or are we mad becuase supposedly there isn’t any roadwork going on?