Columbia SC: Missed Growth Opportunities, Unsustainable Boondoggles
The financial sinkhole that is the Bull Street redevelopment in downtown Columbia, South Carolina continues to sputter along at taxpayer expense. It has been five...
Bob Hughes
Even More Bull Street B.S.
by FITSNews
This website has written extensively on the debacle that is Bull Street – a spectacularly failed, government-subsidized redevelopment project in downtown Columbia, South Carolina. Earlier...
More Bull Street B.S.
by FITSNews
WHY THE CITY OF COLUMBIA LOST THE ONLY PRIVATE SECTOR TENANT IT HAD FOR ITS FAILED “DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT” PROJECT Last month this website published a...
Bull Street Going Bust?
by FITSNews
ANOTHER GOVERNMENT-FUNDED “ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT” DEBACLE FOR COLUMBIA, S.C. For years, this website has spoken out against the costly government subsidization of Columbia, South Carolina’s Bull...
Bull Street? More Like Bullsh*t …
by FITSNews
UPDATE ON CONTROVERSIAL TAXPAYER-FUNDED PROJECT For years, this website has railed against the government-run Bull Street redevelopment in downtown Columbia, S.C. – a project...
Mayorhood: A Last-Minute Push?
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CITY OF COLUMBIA RUNOFF ELECTION UPDATE … || By TAYLOR BROWN || I’ve been hearing rumors all week that Columbia, S.C. “Mayorhood” Steve Benjamin is planning a...
Bull Street: A Bad Deal For Taxpayers
by FITSNews
There’s been some light reporting on this in other media outlets, but it turns out the lawyers responsible for advising the City of Columbia, S.C....
What’s Holding Up Bull Street? Incentives …
by FITSNews
DEVELOPER HAGGLING OVER AMOUNT OF TAXPAYER-FUNDED ASSISTANCE Earlier this week, we published a report (and accompanying photo set) on the abandoned government property in downtown...