Bravo, Chip Huggins
LAWMAKER STANDS UP TO $26.6 MILLION BOONDOGGLE We don’t often find ourselves dispensing praise to members of the S.C. General Assembly … because invariably, members...
Steve Benjamin
A $26.6 Million Bailout For Bull Street
by FITSNews
STATE TAXPAYERS COULD SOON BE ON THE HOOK FOR BOONDOGGLE Last September this website weighed in against the proposed Bull Street redevelopment in downtown Columbia,...
Another “Mayorhood” Crony Goes Down
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COLUMBIA MAYOR STEVE BENJAMIN’S ALLIES ARE ALL GETTING INDICTED … Former South Carolina State House lobbyist and university official Ed Givens pleaded guilty in federal...
Capital City Clusterf*ck
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COLUMBIA, S.C. CAN’T GET IT TOGETHER … Our founding editor will be departing the unmitigated clusterf*ck that is Columbia, S.C. very soon … taking his...
“Mayorhood” Original Target Of Federal Probe
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Columbia, S.C. mayor Steve Benjamin (a.k.a. “Mayorhood”) was the original target of a federal investigation that has ensnared several corrupt government leaders … or so...
Columbia Mayor’s Brother-In-Law Shot And Killed
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Donald Gist – the brother-in-law of Columbia, S.C. mayor Steve Benajamin – was shot and killed in Charlotte, N.C. on Friday afternoon. According to Queen City...
Columbia SC: “Strong Mayor” Lost?
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This website didn’t get too exercised about the city of Columbia, S.C.’s recent election over whether to adopt a “strong mayor” system of government (as...
Letter: Steve Benjamin’s Scandal
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Dear Editor, Since the River’s Edge scandal hit the news everyone has been asking “Who?” “What?” And “How Much?” Former S.C. State trustee Jonathan Pinson...
Corrupt Mayor Tells Reporter To “Grow Up”
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This website has written extensively about corrupt Columbia, S.C. mayor Steve Benjamin’s involvement in the shady ‘Village at Rivers’ Edge’ deal – a government-subsidized affordable housing boondoggle. This...