Letter: More Evidence SC Gas Tax Plan Is Regressive
“CREDITS” WON’T HELP EVERYONE Dear Editor, It is important for everyone to understand this: According to the S.C. Department of Revenue (SCDOR), a “tax credit...
Letter: Trikki Nikki And The “Norks”
by DC Operative
RE: DEFENDING NIKKI HALEY (AGAIN) Dear Editor, The problem with UN ambassador Nikki Haley’s North Korea tweet isn’t just about her being inconvenienced – or the...
SC Economy Watch: Labor Participation Slipping Again
by FITSNews
PALMETTO WORKFORCE SHRINKS South Carolina’s labor force shrunk as a percentage of the state’s population in May, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of...
Sources: Inmate Was Plotting Escape Six Months Ago
by FITSNews
SCDC WAS NOTIFIED … The escape of convicted kidnapper Jimmy Causey from a “maximum security” South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) facility in Ridgeville, S.C....
SCDC: Inmate Escapes!
by FITSNews
MANHUNT UNDERWAY … In the latest embarrassing headline for the S.C. Department of Corrections (SCDC), a well-known inmate has escaped from one of the agency’s...
Myrtle Beach Mayor’s Race: Ready To Rumble?
by FITSNews
CHALLENGER SET TO ANNOUNCE Two months ago we reported on the possibility that Myrtle Beach, S.C. businesswoman Brenda Bethune (a.k.a. Brenda Spadoni) would run for mayor...
Defending Nikki Haley (Again)
by FITSNews
TWITTER IS #TRIKKI .. Once again, United States ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Nikki Haley is in hot water over her Twitter account. Last...
SC Car Dealers Upset Over Tax Changes
by FITSNews
TAXES, FEES, QUESTIONS … Car dealers in South Carolina are upset over the lax notification they received from state bureaucracies related to a bait-and-switch associated...
American History Ugh
by FITSNews
INDEPENDENCE FROM WHOM? We wrote a Fourth of July column yesterday waxing optimistic about the future of America. Today? It’s back to hard realities …...
America: “The Powerful Play Goes On”
by FITSNews
WAXING OPTIMISTIC … In previous years this website has chosen to mark the occasion of America’s independence with a measure of mourning – the rhetorical equivalent...