SPEAKER PAYS $80,000 TO ATTORNEYS FROM CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT Embattled S.C. Speaker of the House Bobby Harrell (RINO-Charleston) paid two of his personal attorneys $80,000 out of...
MARY TINKLER: “ONLY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CAN BRING ABOUT ETHICS REFORM” Yesterday, I welcomed the news of the South Carolina Supreme Court’s decision that Attorney...
FOR NOW … In a ruling that shocked Palmetto political observers (including this website’s founding editor), the S.C. Supreme Court ruled this week that S.C....
THE ISSUE? UNIONIZATION … Politicians in South Carolina have a subservient relationship with aircraft manufacturer Boeing … When the company says “jump,” they ask “how...
READING BETWEEN THE LINES … AS DIRECTED This week’s long-awaited indictment of Lexington County (S.C.) Sheriff James Metts and several other figures connected to his...
June 16, 2014. A coalition of watchdog/policy groups said today that, according to close analyses of the “ethics reform bill,” the legislation offers no real reform...
POLICY COUNCIL PRESSES STATE LAWMAKERS TO TAKE A POSITION … The S.C. Policy Council – a libertarian-leaning think tank based in Columbia, S.C. – has...
TOP “REPUBLICANS” BATTLE OVER BOONDOGGLES … For those of you not following the latest money-wasting machinations over at the S.C. State House, a powerful group...