Columbia SC Councilwoman Leona Plaugh Passes Away
CAPITAL CITY LOSES A CHAMPION FOR COMMON SENSE GOVERNANCE … Leona Plaugh was one of the few elected officials in South Carolina who consistently put taxpayers...
Steve Benjamin
City Of Columbia Leaders Sweating Appeals Court Decision
by FITSNews
EX-POLICE CHIEF’S CASE FILES COULD IMPLICATE OTHER OFFICIALS … Columbia, S.C. leaders – including embattled mayor Steve Benjamin – are reportedly furious over a recent...
More Riverbanks Zoo Problems
by FITSNews
MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR WATER PARK A VICTIM OF “BAD DESIGN” Earlier this month we penned an article exposing some garden variety local corruption at Riverbanks Zoo –...
Thugocracy At Riverbanks Zoo?
by FITSNews
ILLEGAL NEPOTISM ALLEGED … James E. Smith, Sr. currently serves as one of the city of Columbia S.C.’s appointees to the Riverbanks Park Commission –...
Columbia Police Car Damaged During #BlackLivesMatter Protest
by FITSNews
ONE PROTEST LEADER DECRIES DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY A city of Columbia, S.C. police vehicle was reportedly vandalized last Sunday evening during a #BlackLivesMatter protest that briefly...
SC Fire Captain Fired Over Social Media Post
by FITSNews
COLUMBIA FIREMAN CRITICIZED BLACK NATIONALIST PROTESTERS A captain with the city of Columbia, S.C. fire department has been terminated from his position over an allegedly threatening...
A Day At The New (Government) Ballpark
by Will Folks
BOONDOGGLE STATUS CHECK … || By WILL FOLKS || You wouldn’t think attending “Faith and Family Night” at a government subsidized baseball stadium would be my...
Illegal Transfers Stop, But Columbia’s Water And Sewer Nightmare Continues
by FITSNews
IS THERE A SILVER LINING TO ANY OF THIS? Last October this website published an update on the deplorable condition of the city of Columbia,...
Bull Street? More Like Bullsh*t …
by FITSNews
UPDATE ON CONTROVERSIAL TAXPAYER-FUNDED PROJECT For years, this website has railed against the government-run Bull Street redevelopment in downtown Columbia, S.C. – a project...
Steve Benjamin-Backed Candidates Defeated In Columbia
by Letters
MAJOR BODYBLOW FOR “MAYORHOOD” || By TAYLOR BROWN || On Tuesday voters in Columbia, S.C. – all nine percent of them who bothered to show up – sent mayor...