“Dark Money” Redux In Upstate Senate Race
POWERFUL STATE SENATOR UNDER FIRE … AGAIN Four years ago this website’s founding editor participated in an effort to defeat liberal S.C. Senator Larry Martin...
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#ProbeGate: Why The Supreme Court Ruling Doesn’t Matter
LOOKING BEYOND AN UNPRECEDENTED PALMETTO PROSECUTORIAL STANDOFF … All eyes are on the South Carolina Supreme Court this summer as it considers (albeit belatedly) what...
More SC Infrastructure Insanity
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN POLITICIANS RUN A ROADS SYSTEM … In reporting on a questionable $88 million highway project in the Columbia, S.C. area earlier this...
SC Pension Fund Bomb About To Go Boom!
TAXPAYERS WILL BE ON THE HOOK FOR THE FALLOUT, TOO … South Carolina’s State Fiscal Accountability Authority (SFAA) is a relatively new animal. It was...
Greenville Sheriff Accused Of Boozing On Duty
STEVE LOFTIS ACCUSED OF DRIVING DRUNK AFTER VISITS TO LOCAL WATERING HOLE … Greenville county, S.C. sheriff Steve Loftis pulled 42 percent of the vote in...
Threats Alleged In Connection With SC Senate Runoff
ENDORSEMENT SPARKS NASTY EXCHANGE … Twenty-two of South Carolina’s forty-six State Senate races saw competitive primary elections last week – and six of those multi-candidate...
Obamatrade Is On Fire!
EXCEPT NO … NOT REALLY This website has written repeatedly and extensively on the folly of government-run trade. We’ve also pointed out how those politicians...
$88 Million Interstate 77 Project: A Priority?
QUESTIONABLE ASSET ALLOCATION … South Carolina has innumerable Interstate highway needs – most notably Interstate 85 in the Upstate and Interstate 95 in the Lowcountry....
Chanticleers Rising
COASTAL CAROLINA MAKING A NAME FOR ITSELF IN COLLEGE WORLD SERIES … Exactly what the hell is a Chanticleer? The world is one step closer...
Endorsement Scandal Rocks SC Solicitor Race
RUNOFF ELECTION MARRED BY TROUBLING ALLEGATIONS A key endorsement in the “Republican” runoff for South Carolina’s eleventh circuit solicitor is being called into question –...