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Christian Soura Leaving Nikki Haley’s Office

GOVERNOR’S “MR. FIX IT” IS MOVING ON …  S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley is losing her top budget and policy advisor, sources close to the administration tell FITS. Christian Soura, Haley’s deputy chief of staff for budget and policy, will be leaving the governor’s office next month. It’s not immediately clear…

GOVERNOR’S “MR. FIX IT” IS MOVING ON … 

S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley is losing her top budget and policy advisor, sources close to the administration tell FITS.

Christian Soura, Haley’s deputy chief of staff for budget and policy, will be leaving the governor’s office next month.

It’s not immediately clear what Soura’s next move will be, but his departure deprives Haley of one of the few intellectually curious members of her staff – and one of its few adults.

Dubbed “Mr. Fix-It” by the governor herself, Soura transitioned into a paid staff role in Haley’s office after initially serving as a $1-a-year staffer paid by a group supportive of Haley.

“It’s quite a loss for her,” a source familiar with Soura’s departure tells FITS. “He does all the heavy policy lifting.”

FITS isn’t especially familiar with Soura’s ideology.  We know he worked for a Democratic governor in Pennsylvania, and we know Haley’s administration has advanced a fiscally liberal agenda on taxesspendingeducation and (most notably) government-subsidized health care.

At the end of the day, though, it’s Haley’s name on the letterhead … and Soura (whatever his ideological moorings may be) always struck us as a decent and reasonable guy.  One of the few in Haley’s administration who isn’t either an incompetent, political hack or hot head.

Or combination of the three …

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17 comments

Same ol' Same ol' July 9, 2014 at 10:49 pm

Rats deserting a sinking ship… we can only hope.

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Sam July 10, 2014 at 7:37 am

The Governor’s office has done very little under Haley. There has been an absence of leadership that simply is unmanageable. Her administration consist of taking credit for any job that is imagined, announced or talked about, whether it comes here or not. And not much more.

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nitrat July 10, 2014 at 11:09 am

It is the Sanford/Haley Administration and we are in our 12th year of this deterioration.

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Perhaps July 10, 2014 at 7:28 pm

Perhaps he is going to be sent over to DSS to fix Haley’s epic fubar of that agency?

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Elliott July 10, 2014 at 7:34 am

He was “the Governor’s office.” Everyone else was just playing politics and raising money.

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mark July 10, 2014 at 9:57 am

Chris knows she’s a one and done, term that is.

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aikencounty July 10, 2014 at 10:10 am

We can only hope!
And vote!
YOU BETCHA!

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Andy July 10, 2014 at 7:50 am

He was sent to work for the Haley administration by special interest in DC. He was PAID by those special interest; for a while they paid 100% of his salary and after a time the special interest pay became a supplement to his taxpayer check.

It is hard to believe that someone operating at the very top of our government could be working, and paid by, special interest and not for the citizens of SC, and no one seemed to care.

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nitrat July 10, 2014 at 11:08 am

What about GOP bundler Mallory Factor at the Citadel, the board of the Charleston Aviation Commission, the board of the SC Legislative Audit Commission and who knows where else?
He’s at least a triple office holder in violation of our state dual office holding laws.

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Deo Vindice SC July 10, 2014 at 11:52 am

How could that even be a issue when Haley is not in Jail ?

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Rocky July 10, 2014 at 10:44 am

He’s probably getting off the train before it wrecks. Maybe he’s getting a new job with Vince.

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PA September 8, 2014 at 10:28 am

Or jumping freights to come north to hitch up with the Wolf train.

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Tomocchio July 10, 2014 at 10:46 pm

Nikki has a great ass. He will miss seeing that beautiful rump roast everyday.

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soxinsc July 11, 2014 at 1:09 am

Guess she left a soura taste in his mouth.

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TontoBubbaGoldstein July 12, 2014 at 9:50 am

CHRISTIAN SOURA LEAVING NIKKI HALEY’S OFFICE

Just another example of anti-Christian bias of our Hindu state leader and Islamic national leader!!!

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pierces August 27, 2014 at 3:23 pm

He’s moving to SCDHHS.

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