Reynolds Williams: SC’s Swanky “Travel Scrooge”
HOW S.C. TAXPAYERS AND RETIREES ARE BEING SQUEEZED FOR EVERY PENNY BY A CORRUPT POLITICAL APPOINTEE You must Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.
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This website should evaluate JOE WILSON’s extravagent travels all over the world. This guy says he is a fiscal conservative but he jets all over the place with his wife at the taxpayer’s expense. Recall he even purchased souvenirs at the taxpayers expense and only reimbursed the taxpayers when he was called out on it. This guy is absolutely PATHETIC.
The mantra should be:
Joe must go
Joe must go
Joe must go
We know he is a dumbass
We know he has close ties with Metts
We know he has close ties to Knotts
We know he has close ties to Peeler
We know Roxanne is an embarraassment
We know Joe does not mean jobs
We know he begged Haley for and endorsement
We know he’s done nothing of value in Congress
We know Butch Wallace is an idiot too
We know he waited like a vulcher for Spence to die
And the things we don’t know should send him into his Gold plated retirement at tax payers expense.
it is an absolute sham that Reynolds Williams is in charge of 25 billion dollars while being under criminal investigation. The retirees should be raiding the state house and asking why. South Carolina is terrible terrible place to have only invested.
Governor Haley should remove him from office immediately.
There is no secret here. This Commission has been crooked for years.
Reynolds Williams is Senator Leatherman’s appointment and neither Allen Wilson or Nikki Haley or Bobby Harrell or anyone will touch him.
Just accept the fact the commission is crooked and move on.
Man-O-Man! This guy is good – he’s slicker than whale shit!
Normally I do not take up for animals but this time I find it necessary to speak up for all whales, dead and alive.
I am sure junior justice did not intend to impugn your shit by associating it with a piece of shit such as Reynolds Williams for without a doubt Reynolds Williams is a piece of shit and if the Gods are Just, Reynolds Williams will blow an artery while taking a shit and be found face down on the shit house floor with his $2000 trousers around his ankles and his smug face planted smack in the center of the floor drain.
Dude, London’s expensive, no matter where you stay. I ate breakfast at the Holiday Inn at Victoria Station in ’07, over $30US. It ain’t a whole lot better now.
I don’t know the guy, don’t really care about the situation, but if you travel internationally, even at a modest level, shit’s high.
I’d never stay at the Waldorf, of course, but at that level of management, I could see where they would think they are entitled. If you or anyone else were in that position, would you stay at the Crown Plaza? Probably not.
I do have issue with the China trip, though. It is absolutely bullshit that you can’t remember if you flew coach to China. That’s one you would never forget. I flew to Melbourne from LA 3x coach and believe me, I remember details from each and every harrowing adventure. Bullshit x10, shame on you Gov. You know better. Who did you charge for that?
I don’t condone extravagance, for sure but you have to think about what’s acceptable for the level of management/government, then apply the rules.
If the rules are HIE, so be it, unless demonstrable circumstances prevail. The only problem is, who calls the shots. If there’s no oversight, shit gets out of hand. Human nature.
Did you read the article ?
I walked by the Waldorf once… it looked very nice…
Another example of fleecing the taxpayer and the incompetence of Eckstrom.
If you have the goods on him Sic why not file a complaint with the Office of Inspector General?
Manages or mis manages is the real question.
Our pension plan is still being run by a man under criminal investigation? Surely that can’t be true.
At a bank or similar organization he would be sidelined until this investigation was cleared. Surely no bank or investment house would allow someone under investigation to maintain control over 25 billion dollars.
Only in South Carolina.
What is the status of Reynold’s SLED investigation? No word on it in months so has he been cleared?
Well to do government officials that are white people with law degrees do not go to jail for white collar crimes in SC.
It is silly to think otherwise.
If you are waiting on SLED, plan to live a very, very loooong time!
South Carolina is going to implode because of criminal activities.
Mohanna,
That is a false statement. Nothing will implode.
And no one will go to jail.
But taxes and pension contributions will go up, again, and again.
You will pay the bill for their criminal activity.
That is the Carolina way.
John
Forget “Thank God for Mississippi,” pretty soon it’ll be “Thank God for Chicago.”
Reynolds Williams has made a fortune off the backs of the government workers of SC. The Trust Fund has bleed millions and millions of dollars by overpaying managers and doing business with insiders. Sucking every penny out of a trip to Europe is standard for greedy people.
There are many acceptable hotels in London there that cost less money. It is easy to spend less than he did for meals. I was in London last month and spent half that and had a great time.
Billing for the 10 miles to the airport tells you all you need to know. Greedy for every penny.Soaking the retires at every turn. Grabbing every dime.
Of course, nothing has been heard of the investigation of Williams by Jean Toal’s corrupt Office of Disciplinary Counsel – her personal police force to punish her enemies and reward her friends. You won’t hear anything out of that farce unless the Feds do like they did in the EW Cromatie case and demand Williams’ law license be suspended as part of their indictment. The Feds could not count on Toal to do it knowing Cromatie was her friend. They will have to do the same with good ole time yellow dog Democrat Williams.
Williams has been a Republican insider for all of the 40 years that I have known him, both personally and professionally.
His first political appointment was in 1973 as Legislative Assistant to former Congressman Ed Young, (Rep.) 6th District, SC.
jimlewis @ 10.13 pm- I meant to say “slippier than whale shit”
I am saddened by my country. In DC and SC we are governed by people that treat us with contempt. There can be no honorable people left serving in government.
I agree with James
Add, arrogant and incompetent to that list.
Recently heard a rumor that Ireland, in an act of goodwill and support, and because his name is actually spelled O’bama, has provided him with a family geneology. Not confirmed yet – still a rumor.
AMEN!!!
So after sifting through hundreds of pages of FOIA acquired documents the most heinous crimes you could come up with were paying $375 for a hotel room and paying more than $32 per day for meals IN LONDON. Have you seen the prices in Charleston lately?
A quick check of the annual reports for the retirement systems of our neighboring states shows that South Carolina’s one, three and five year returns on investment are right in line so it looks like Mr. Williams performing his duties competently. I enjoy Sic’s salacious scuttlebutt as much as the next guy but it looks to me like William’s only sin was crossing one of the founding editor’s clients.
That being said, let’s keep the Alice Eve research on the front burner.
Ben,
Bullshit.
Thier returns are suboptimal and there fee structures are outrageous…one of the highest in the country, if not the highest. Their peer performance is terrible.
I have been watching this group for years and until you pop up with bullshit like that I was content to stay out of this and just shake my head.
Somebody, and I don’t know who, is getting richer than hell on the backs of the Retirement fund. Nobody, and I mean nobody gives away money (overpaying fees) without getting something in return.
The point is that this guy should not be working with our money while under investigation and this trip should not have been taken. People have worked some of the best years of their lives to have this retirement package and we are letting a bunch of weasels run around the chicken coop, playing when they like with what they like. This needs to stop.
DICK Eckstrom gives clarity to the old saying about a fox guarding the henhouse. What a sorry, sorry state of affairs we find ourselves in. It’s a great day in another place!
Fits, Thank You for being one of the very few investigative news outlets that has the balls to dig this stuff up and let us know about it. A healthy dose of exposure is often the best medicine for this kind of ailment.
Why is the habit of crooks
To junket by first-class, en luxe?
Our fund’s down by the billions,
But sly Reynolds Williams,
Is he guilty of cooking the books?
Arcane, some would say, or quite funny,
To figure what he’s done with the money.
This calculating caliph,
In step with the bailiff,
Can hop around banks like a bunny.
FitsNews calls sly Reynolds a “Scrooge”.
That’s a hoot; he applies too much rouge.
He should make up instead
For a bunch of the red,
Invested through his subterfuge.
To “Dick” Eckstrom, it’s just birds and bees,
But to Reynolds it’s Byzantine “fees”.
Retirees to protect?
Is that voucher correct?
Let the taxpayers fall to their knees.
I wonder if federal funds are involved with any of this. It’s doubtful, but I really wish they were. Why? He would be put behind bars for significant CONFLICT OF INTEREST. I know — I used to handle some federal grant funds while employed with the State. I saw it happen!!
Apparently, South Carolina has no conflict of interest laws that are worth anything.
I also know this: a regular state employee would not be allowed to go overseas; would not be allowed to get something above the per diem amounts. This is SUCH a SHAM!!!
I am retired from the state now and learn just how our money is being wasted. It is SO disgusting and infuriating.
Why is he looking to make investments in foreign vulture capital companies when the SCRS has been so thoroughly ripped off by American vulture capital companies? Does he think he will understand them better with English and Dutch accents?
I voted NO to change the Constitutution to allow this kind of investment.