TIME TO SAY GOODBYE TO A TERRIBLE IDEA Legislators’ go-to excuse for retaining the power…
Month: October 2014
Former House Speaker Bobby Harrell has been forced to resign. But was Harrell the extent…
TAXPAYERS: BEWARE OF SCHOOL BOARD AUTONOMY I was excited to accept an invitation to join,…
COMMITTEE VOTES ARE TOO OFTEN ANONYMOUS Each new session of the Legislature begins with a…
DISCLOSURE FOR CITIZENS, NOT FOR POLS Some state lawmakers still think ethics reform is some…
What’s stopping S.C. lawmakers from reforming the culture of corruption that the State House has…
NEW QUESTIONS ARISE OVER ETHICS OF ‘INCENTIVES’ South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s (R) challengers are…
HINT: THE ANSWER IS ON GERVAIS STREET IN COLUMBIA Let me admit up front that…
ACTIVIST: NO OFFENSE, COLUMBIA, BUT WHY SHOULD WE PAY FOR YOUR BAD DECISIONS? On November…
LET’S BEGIN WHERE THE 1991 ETHICS ACT LEFT OFF The current scandal involving Speaker Bobby…
‘TRUST US,’ SAYS AGENCY The idea that employees of Commerce Department are not investment bankers…
On October 8, The Nerve revealed that Rep. Brian White, the powerful chairman of the House…
A consulting firm hired by ex-state Department of Social Services Director Lillian Koller when she…
TYRANNY IN THE UPSTATE? On October 7, 2014, Oconee County Councilmen Paul Corbeil, Reg Dexter,…
By RICK BRUNDRETT “I report what the law requires.” In March 2011, Pat Smith, director…
LET’S DO THIS ONE AT A TIME, SHALL WE? A House ethics ad hoc subcommittee…
Sen. Glenn Reese, D-Spartanburg, recently complained that mandatory roll-call voting, which came into effect in…
Since 2008, state Rep. Brian White, chairman of the S.C. House’s most powerful committee, has…
By DEBBIE NIX WHO IS THIS ‘COMMUNITY FOUNDATION,’ ANYWAY? A few days ago, our organization…
Over the last three years, state Rep. Bill Sandifer spent nearly $18,000 in campaign funds…
ROLL CALL VOTING MAKES ONE SENATOR FEEL LIKE A DOG AND KEEPS HIM FROM LOBBYISTS….
By most accounts, suspended House Speaker Bobby Harrell ruled the chamber with an iron rod….
Brenda Bryant says she doesn’t love her 40-year-old daughter any less because her child is…