OPEN MEETINGS A VITAL TOOL AGAINST CORRUPTION There’s an excellent post up on The Nerve this week arguing for the strengthening of South Carolina’s Freedom of...
POWER STRUGGLE UNDERWAY FOR CONTROL OF “REPUBLICAN” CAUCUS Over the years this website has come to view S.C. Senator Larry Grooms in a most unfavorable light....
MORE SCDOT INCOMPETENCE … Despite massive funding increases (and dubious borrowing to provide additional money) roads and bridges in South Carolina remain in terrible shape. How come? Several...
STATE SENATOR COULD SHAKE UP 2018 RACE One of the leading early candidates for the “Republican” gubernatorial nomination in South Carolina might wind up running...
REVELATIONS ALSO IMPACT CONTROVERSIAL HIGHWAY PROJECT … Credit reporter Ron Aiken of The (Columbia, S.C.) Nerve. He’s got one hell of a scoop up this...
HUGH LEATHERMAN ENTRUSTS RICHARD QUINN WITH THE FIGHT OF HIS POLITICAL LIFE Unrivaled and unquestioned for years, South Carolina’s most powerful politician suddenly finds himself waging a...
WILL LAWMAKERS EXPLOIT IT? Having flopped spectacularly on the national stage (and having capably assisted in the implosion of the GOP establishment’s 2016 presidential candidate...
TWO CONSULTANTS LAUNCH “SPEAK STRATEGIC” Two up-and-coming Democratic political operatives are opening a new consulting firm together … which would seem to be a difficult...