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SCDOT Anti-Transparency Strikes Again

FOLLOW THE MONEY … IF YOU CAN || By FITSNEWS || Last week this website busted open a major scandal at the S.C. Department of Transportation (SCDOT) involving audit reports that were hidden from state lawmakers – and the public. Looks like that’s not all the agency is hiding ……

FOLLOW THE MONEY … IF YOU CAN

|| By FITSNEWS || Last week this website busted open a major scandal at the S.C. Department of Transportation (SCDOT) involving audit reports that were hidden from state lawmakers – and the public.

Looks like that’s not all the agency is hiding …

According to a report from Rick Brundrett at The Nerve, the agency’s collective cash balances mysteriously soared from $269 million at the end of July to $518.7 million a week ago.

Wow … did somebody get lucky in Vegas?

According to Brundrett, SCDOT’s budget has grown by more than $700 million over the last three years to $1.84 billion – a whopping 54 percent increase after adjusting for inflation.

Remember that the next time “Republicans” at the S.C. State House tell you we have to raise gas taxes …

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22 comments

Speak D Truth August 24, 2015 at 12:48 pm

How could this surprise anyone?

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The Colonel August 24, 2015 at 1:05 pm

Can they fix the SR-555/ Farrow Road bridge over I-77 now? Please?

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Rocky Verdad August 24, 2015 at 1:33 pm

No. We need a new expressway from Aiken to Allendale to spur economic growth:)

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The Colonel August 24, 2015 at 1:50 pm

But I asked nicely…

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shifty henry August 24, 2015 at 1:55 pm

— and the Colonel asked first!

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Rocky Verdad August 24, 2015 at 5:24 pm

No, I want a super-highway from Pelion to Swansea.

shifty henry August 24, 2015 at 5:51 pm

Rocky, would your proposal include Bub Schumpert Road? If the connectors are in the right place, the Grand Turnip could open a 24 hour mini-mart, and become a millionaire.
But he would have to change his name to” Mahmoud Mojooly” and name his store the “MoJo Gas and Pet Playground Park” ….

shifty henry August 24, 2015 at 1:54 pm

NO! First comes Aiken to Salley for the Chitlin’ Strut, together with additional paved parking, handicapped ramps, and additional porta-potties with plenty of paper supplies.

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shifty henry August 24, 2015 at 1:54 pm

There was a rootin’-tootin’ cowboy who sashayed to the outhouse in back of the saloon. He heard a noise coming from inside, so he look down the hole. Sure as shootin’, there was an old Indian
looking back up. The cowboy offered him a hand and said, “Poor fellah. How long have you been stuck down there in that awful hole?”

The Indian answered sadly, “Many
moons.”

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Sic Semper Tyrannis August 24, 2015 at 2:13 pm

Try buying your crack from a different neighborhood.

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Rick James August 24, 2015 at 2:30 pm

I hate competition for a good score too.

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Mandingo August 24, 2015 at 4:14 pm

Amen to that Colonel!…. That area is the worse. I lived in NYC for 18 years and thought I had seen the worse roads/streets imaginable, until now.

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flip August 24, 2015 at 1:09 pm

Raise the gas taxes! Triple them! Who cares who suffers? I love higher taxes! LMAO!!!

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Elfego August 24, 2015 at 1:28 pm

So what is new? This department has been like this since 1965 at least.

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The Spy Within August 24, 2015 at 2:17 pm

The need screams for a federal forensic investigative audit of this place. I guarantee if it is done, dozens will end up indicted.

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jerry August 24, 2015 at 8:25 pm

Nobody in SC government wants a real audit.

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Tammy August 24, 2015 at 8:16 pm

Cindy Ross Scoppe thinks any auditor that speaks up is “creepy.”

Explains a lot. Scoppe, a big government liberal, does not want anyone to identify fraud or waste because she wants a big, taxpayer paid road bill to pass next year.

Funny how liberals will over look wasting tax dollars to get the nice things they want.

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Frank August 24, 2015 at 9:24 pm

Who gives a shit what Cindy Ross-Scoppe thinks. I have not read her column in 5 years. So predictable and completely uninspiring.

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Midge August 25, 2015 at 7:23 am

That bitch needs a make over. The Japo-Chino- Car and Body Spa on two notch road could give her a detailing. Wax that face, bleach the lice out of that hair, and replace those Pipi long stockings with a Hillary pants suit. Then, and only then, should she be allowed out in public.

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TenTen August 25, 2015 at 6:17 pm

She needs an air valve in her neck so we can blow the shit out of her nasty head.

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Jim August 24, 2015 at 8:27 pm

Yea, this is a group we should give an extra $40 billion to. Yeah, thats the ticket.

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