CONFIRMATION HEARING FOR NIKKI HALEY NOMINEE TURNS BRUTAL
|| By FITSNEWS || S.C. governor Nikki Haley‘s nominee to lead the largest agency in state government was awarded a $74-an-hour temp job earlier this month to “tide her over” until she was confirmed for her full-time position by the State Senate.
The revelation is the latest bombshell to rock the confirmation process for Eleanor Kitzman – who was tapped by Haley last month to become next director of the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC). Kitzman’s nomination is now in peril after Senators say she lied to them on multiple occasions about her past (news of which broke exclusively on FITS earlier this week).
“If she had a brain she would withdraw,” one Senator told FITS.
Wow …
Lawmakers say Kitzman took her part-time post two weeks ago – ostensibly enabling her to “start meeting some of the people” at the agency while she awaited confirmation.
Talk about presumptuous … not to mention a waste of tax dollars.
Kitzman’s nomination was already in trouble … due in no small part to a lack of support from Haley’s office. Of course Haley has been aggressively lobbying Senators over the past few days, calling them into her office for one-on-one meetings and imploring them to support her embattled nominee.
“She’s desperate,” one Senator who met with Haley told FITS.
She should be …
Kitzman lost her job as Texas’ insurance commissioner in 2013 after it became clear the State Senate there was not going to confirm her nomination. Why not? For starters, Kitzman was accused of deliberately withholding information regarding the profit margins of insurance companies in the Lone Star State (after permitting these companies to impose double-digit rate hikes on consumers).
Kitzman’s Texas issues have followed her to South Carolina – where she already had her share of problems. At the heart of the matter? Kitzman’s ongoing proximity to Haley’s personal life – including details of the governor’s past that continue to linger just below the surface of her national ambitions.
During a twenty-five minute opening statement to lawmakers, Kitzman said she pulled herself up from nothing in life – building a successful career from the ground up.
“By all rights, I should be a waitress in a diner,” she said.
Right … instead she’s pulling down $74 an hour.
Anyway, Senators will take up her nomination again on Tuesday … assuming she doesn’t withdraw before then.
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Wait until the Senate gets wind of what Curtis Loftis is paying his hourly IT folks to finish his tech project. The project is more than $1 million over budget and years behind schedule.
does your boss pay you $74 an hour to bash loftis all day here?
No charges at all. I consider it a public service. Hi curtis ;)
no charge, now that is funny. i get it though you have to keep that stuff under the table
A lot of folk just don’t like you Curtis. It’s not a conspiracy. There’s no secret money. You’ve made a lot of enemies because you’re a bully.
SLED is coming to seize your computers. Be ready.
They will have to go to the main frame – that man steadily deletes files from his state computer. But that’s not a problem. Thank goodness for backups!!
Me, too! I think there’s a plethora of public servants who are more than happy to do it for absolutely no charge at all. Thanks for the enemies you’ve created, Curt!
Satan is the father of lies (John 8:44)
pity the soul of the liar
No one pities you curt
I pity your soul, Curtis. For never in my lifetime have I ever met a man so lost and full of evil, hatred, and lies. May God have mercy on your soul, man. You can try to cover it up with your Bible verses and church pictures, but guess what? God knows what you are. You are the spawn of satan himself and ou will be defeated.
The Investment Commission pays a lot more than $74.00 per hour. They pay up to $600,000 per year for a bottom placed portfolio. To lie about Curtis…priceless.
Curtis knows a thing or two about being bottom placed ;)
Who is this Paul fellow?
Everyone remembers: Proverbs 6:16-19 – God hates a lying tongue and a false witness who speaks lies.
Kev/Curtis you lie all the time. You’ve made a career out of it. Instead of posting bible verses, you could go back to college and actually graduate. Maybe you’ll learn something. Any snake oil salesman can quote the bible.
Proverbs 6:16-19 – God hates a lying tongue and a false witness who speaks lies.
Oh Reynolds Williams and his friends at the Investment Commission are busy busy busy. Great at nasty blogging, if only they could make money for the state.
Curtis Curtis Curtis. You are a sad and pathetic person. You’re at home, alone (purportedly), with no one left to tend to you. Reynolds isn’t on here. He has a life, a family, and friends that he can spend time with. You only have yourself. A fat, aging, vile, loathsome, hateful shell of a person. If you didn’t have the voices in your head and the conspiracy theories in your life, you would truly be alone.
Proverbs 6:16-19 – God hates a lying tongue and a false witness who speaks lies.
Pity the sad should that bears false witness
And LET IT BEGIN WITH YOU!!!
From the blog ” Voting under the influence” May 19 2010. If Loftis is elected, expect a public boil down when his meds wear off. He has monumental rages, screaming, asserting himself very aggressively into people’s personal space… Well , where are the lies Curtis? We have seen your behavior from way back AND IT HAS NOT CHANGED.. VERY WELL DOCUMENTED..
reciting words from a blog paid to write them by the converse chellis campaign is evil.
Satan is the father of lies (John 8:44)
That blog, though a bit outdated, it dead-on balls accurate. You Mr. Lofts, are certifiably nuts!
Satan is the father of lies (John 8:44)?”
you lackey for the investment commission lie so well.
What has been said that’s a lie preacher man?
Which verse have you googled to select for you next drunken response?
What lies? What false witness? Curtis, You did not graduate with a bachelors degree from USC. #facts
The Senate is aware. This will be a major topic of discussion in the upcoming weeks and months. Statewide SCEIS access can be a bitch.
The Senate knows what Curtis is paying his IT folks. He is paying one over $145/hr. $145/hr (Diare) > $74/hr (Eleanor). Curt also is paying Paul Miller (IT staffer) at over $81/hr.
I thought Curtis was a fiscal conservative?
WIth the “common folk” yes, not with the people they want…
So he isn’t a fiscal conservative? Not surprising… Politicians always say one thing and do another. Vote the bums out after each term!
Satan is the father of lies (John 8:44)
Liars are the tool of Satan. You do your job well.
Kev – I agree 100% with your post. Curtis is both a liar and a tool!
For you, Kevin/Curt:
“Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.” – Confucius
Loftis is looking more and more like yesterdays Juicy Fruit
Had initial believe that he had Retirees best interest in his crosshairs but it is beginning to appear that he is fast becoming another Fucking Hardshell Cockroach
I said that to him, he was so upset. But then I know something about him that would destroy him. Political Capital and all that.
Go for it!
Satan is the father of lies (John 8:44)?
lie much?
Curtis is a liar. He is satan’s baby daddy.
I never lie. If I have to lie I hire an Attorney.
Jim,
You are to smart to believe this horsecrap being shoveled here by paid government employees and political consultant.
They are paid to lie, Satan is the father of lies (John 8:44)
Just pick out a lie, study it, call the Treasurer’s office, and you will see the truth.
Evil campaigns like this do not happen on their own. Money, hate and envy drives them.
Why don’t you just dispel the supposed lies. Police reports, former employee reports, lawsuits, video footage, and public testimony confirm every single thing you call a lie. Also, why don’t you just post as “Curtis”? Everyone knows it’s you son.
I want to hear from this former staffer named Kevin. Sounds like the end of a gubernatorial campaign to me. Leatherman should subpoena him!
Satan is the father of lies (John 8:44)
lying is so easy for these Loftis haters
Satan is the father of lies (John 8:44)
The Loftis haters are a lying bunch.
The employees are hired by SCEIS on state contract. Loftis does not have a say about pay. But you know that, as you are a paid liar working for the Investment Commission. Satan is the father of lies (John 8:44)?”
Curtis my friend. You know that’s not how the whole STO scheme worked. Remember the former BCB employees you used to treat like shit? They remember how this went down. Remember lying to Jimmy and Ronnie about your budget? They know the truth. Seems you’re the only one that can’t face the truth. So very sad.
Yeah, but Curty boy hires the consultants for the office. Consultants for new software system, consultants for 529 plan, & soon cnauitant to invest $$, right Curty?keep running the employees off. Your staff is already green. Just a matter of time and no one with any knowledge will be left.
$145 an hour for IT work? Damn, now I know who it is that keeps posting all that spam on how to get rich off the internet on message boards…
Why isn’t the senate acting on this? How does a scuzz like loftis keep getting by with all of his antics? The BONY lawsuit alone should be enough to put his behind in the federal pen for quite some time. So why the procrastination?
From what I’ve been hearing it will happen soon. And when it starts it’ll be quick and take Curtis by surprise. He has no idea what kind of information they have. SCEIS, whistleblowers, current and former staff lined up to testify, pending lawsuits. It’s gonna be ugly.
Wait until they find out about his security camera’s live feed so he can watch his employees from his home. Talk about a true psychopath. Oh, and those cameras cost a ton of taxpayer dollars.
From the blog “Voting Under the influence” May 19, 2010. Curtis Loftis has a chemical imbalance .. and ultimately destroys his efforts… He embraces deceitful tactics.. enjoys a bullying personality… Speaking of Ravenel, who has endorsed him, Curtis used to run up $1000 bar tabs at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse .. drinking $200 bottles of wine with Thomas….There are vile .. aspects to Loftis that result in him alienating and repulsing those with whom he is in contact…. His favorite joke… What do you tell a blonde with 2 black eyes? Answer: Nothing, you ‘ve already told her twice… 2010… Loftis have not changed at all… Ravenel and Loftis.. 2 peas in a pod.
Talk about hind-sight. Yet another reason his office should be appointed. When there are as many statewide offices to run for as we have in SC, previously rich people like Curtis can buy the office. We need talent, intelligence and leaders in these offices. Not wannabe aristocrats that screw up as badly as Curtis has. This office needs to be appointed.
Satan is the father of lies (John 8:44)?”
Stand up to the status quo and they fight back, in evil ways. The investment commission and their paid lackeys like the big money they make.
You do know that’s not what John 8:44 says, right curtis?
Satan is the father of lies (John 8:44)
Investment Commission staff and their paid lackey lie well for their masters. But big money in their pockets makes a big difference.
Who is their “paid lackey”? How do us non-paid lackey’s sign up to get paid?
Satan is the father of lies (John 8:44)
Bold face lies come so easy to these investment commission haters
kev/Curtis – Aren’t you an “investment commission hater”? Doesn’t that mean “bold face lies come so easy” to you? How’s your hangover?
Satan is the father of lies (John 8:44)
Converse Chellis failed to do this project. Loftis has to get it done because of Converse’s failure. But you know that as you are an Investment Commission employe. You also know Satan is the father of lies (John 8:44)?”
I’m not sure that was a complete sentence Curty. Are you drinking this early? he he
Converse may have been an iffy treasurer. But at least he wasn’t a complete fraud.
That is a nice photo. Very professional looking, very attractive.
Hitler always has photos looking like a leader in his uniform, while he slaughtered millions! I see Kitzman no differently! A tyrant with mental pathologies.
I wonder who she will fire first at DHEC? And next after that? And how many in all?
There sure is still a lot of bloated multitiered “environmental” management that could be thinned out to no loss.
Nearly but not quite half the Assistant Bureau Chiefs in the environmental part of the agency could be laid off tomorrow without working staff noticing any loss. So long as it was the right half. Just another smothering layer of (mis)management in several of the bureaus.
She fired people who ran excellent programs and were nationally and locally recognized for their work! people who had given the State 26+ years of their lives and excellent service to the people of the State.
kitzman is totally incompetent. She does NOT deserve confirmation to ANY position.
Curtis did the same – fired 3 TERI employees, and has ran off more then 20 other long term state employees who simply couldn’t stand his rants and tantrums and corruption he brought to that office. Ask around, you’ll find its true. Facts don’t lie or go away. Department heads gone – who is doing the investing now, curt?
Not only that. One of the TERI employees filed a lawsuit against him and he had to pay (with tax dollars) to settle it and keep it hush hush.
True statement. Karma is sure to come knocking on Curt’s door very soon. You can’t go through life treating folks the way Curtis Loftis has treated the staff in the Treasurer’s Office. Of course, he is not alone in his ventures. His chief of staff and a couple others will soon get their knock, too. Karma sure is a sweet thing when you are watching it all from a distance.
Oh what evil rolls off your tongue. Satan is the father of lies (John 8:44)
lowercase kev and Eyes open wide – First, that is not what the bible verse says. Second, the settlement and taxpayer money it cost are public information and on the Insurance Reserve Fund website. Third, Karma is God’s (Jesus, not the image in the mirror Curtis worships regardless of how fat he has become) gift to mankind!
Satan is the father of lies (John 8:44)
Evil does and waging tounges.
I just noticed, it has to be a pro job, follows the rule of thirds.
Don’t know her, so can’t say anything bad or good other than observations about the pic.
Of course, anyone in the public eye must prepare themselves for this and hope the skeletons can be kept in.
They never laid a glove on her today. Braying fools.
Obviously you are a Haley plant, posting positively about Kissman! She is a revolving bitch and liar!
Obviously you are a semiliterate (church schooled?) because I said not a syllable in favor of her.
Knowing kitzman the way I do, I’d never let her wait me, at a diner, nor anywhere else. She would probably plant poison in your order, just to see how long it would take you to die. Elinor is an evil, mean psycho.
Told you the fix is in. Wait till she withdraws and another cabinet member mysteriously is nominated …. Are you people not gonna get it?
Who?
Shifty ups the bid to $75 per hour to tempt him…….
Well, for starters this woman is not qualified. Then secondly, the men in the State Senate hate women anyway.
If they give her the job it just proves that Haley has dirt on all of them. This state needs a big investigation by the Feds.
I heard that Federal investigators did a quick pass over everything, and then condensed their 575,234,308 pages into a 30 page summary for Eric Holder. It was delivered in a 10-page power point presentation. When the presentation was over and they turned on the lights, Holder had turned – White!
Serious questions that should be asked…… What does she know about public health? What does she know about the environment? What does she know about managing an state agency the size of DHEC? I do not care if she is in bed with Nikki Haley, that is obvious. The face that the Governor is willing to pay her $74.00 an hour to get to know the staff is outrageous but the Governor has gotten by with worse. Please please please Senators….. Do not confirm this individual. Do a nationwide search and find a doctor with expertise in both public health and the environment to lead this agency……South Carolina deserves nothing less.
Unfortunately, South Carolina often gets what it deserves.
Exactly. Look at the bozo we have the Treasurer’s office! He gets a 1% rate of return on our investments and then bitches about the pension fund without offering a plan. Kind of like the road funding.
Maybe if she were 20 years old, working as a waitress in a topless truck stop she could pull down $74/hr. But I expect that would include at least one or two trips per hour into a men’s room stall… probably the handicap one because it has those handles on the wall.
$74 dollars an hour isn’t bad for a lesser cut of meat. I wonder what a man would have been paid.
You should ask Curtis Loftis what he typically pays for a man. He’ll know the going rates for a thick cut of meat.
Satan is the father of lies (John 8:44)
what a damaged soul you must have.
Not as damaged as those thick cuts you finish with!
Saw in the State Paper, Sen. peeler was her head cheerleader.
I cannot help but wonder, why would he be so supportive?
They must really be close. Seems to always carry Haley’s water too?
They seem unnaturally supportive.
Waffle House is hiring.
Or a muffly merkin!
I need some temp work to tide me over until my ship comes in. Can her, and I’ll do the job for half of what Kitzman is getting. No heavy lifting, two naps of an hour and a half each needed per shift. Let me work on my new podcast project on agency time, and waive the “no FITSNews” rule for me, and I’m in. Win-Win all the ways, SC gubmint!
So $74/hour is what Naughty Nikki is paying for shush money these days? Why? Who cares who she was screwing 7 years ago? Why can’t this woman find competent help? How hard is that?
Looks like with the lemming Republican legislature and the help of Senator Harvey Peeled her, she will be approved by our non Conservative Republican RNINOS !
This State is a Joke and the Republican party is a laughing stock!
I’m fed up with all of you!
Especially that creep in the Treasurer’s office and his short and rotund minion Ms. Torres
Bwahahhahahaaa! Rotund minion!!!! LMAO!!!!!!
“Senator Harvey Peeled her”
!!!
She will be confirmed by the Sheeple in the Senate.
Nevermind the fact that there are serious discrepancies between her resume, and what she told the Senate. And let’s not mention her not wanting to answer Sen. Shealy’s question about breaking the Law.
“Uh…can you repeat the question please…”
She’s a clueless, lying, sack of crap.
Curtis got a little bitty dick too.
Templeton never turned a deep critical gaze on the environmental side of DHEC like she did the health side. She never got to it. There most definitely are some long-standing messes still there.
Eleanor Kitzman – who was tapped by Haley last month to become next director of the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) has withdrawn her nomination.