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TIME TO SAY GOODBYE TO A TERRIBLE IDEA Legislators’ go-to excuse for retaining the power…
Month: October 2014
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Former House Speaker Bobby Harrell has been forced to resign. But was Harrell the extent…
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TAXPAYERS: BEWARE OF SCHOOL BOARD AUTONOMY I was excited to accept an invitation to join,…
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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…
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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…
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HINT: THE ANSWER IS ON GERVAIS STREET IN COLUMBIA Let me admit up front that…
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ACTIVIST: NO OFFENSE, COLUMBIA, BUT WHY SHOULD WE PAY FOR YOUR BAD DECISIONS? On November…
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LET’S BEGIN WHERE THE 1991 ETHICS ACT LEFT OFF The current scandal involving Speaker Bobby…
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‘TRUST US,’ SAYS AGENCY The idea that employees of Commerce Department are not investment bankers…
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On October 8, The Nerve revealed that Rep. Brian White, the powerful chairman of the House…
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A consulting firm hired by ex-state Department of Social Services Director Lillian Koller when she…
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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…
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LET’S DO THIS ONE AT A TIME, SHALL WE? A House ethics ad hoc subcommittee…
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Sen. Glenn Reese, D-Spartanburg, recently complained that mandatory roll-call voting, which came into effect in…
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Since 2008, state Rep. Brian White, chairman of the S.C. House’s most powerful committee, has…
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By DEBBIE NIX WHO IS THIS ‘COMMUNITY FOUNDATION,’ ANYWAY? A few days ago, our organization…
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Over the last three years, state Rep. Bill Sandifer spent nearly $18,000 in campaign funds…
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ROLL CALL VOTING MAKES ONE SENATOR FEEL LIKE A DOG AND KEEPS HIM FROM LOBBYISTS….
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By most accounts, suspended House Speaker Bobby Harrell ruled the chamber with an iron rod….
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Brenda Bryant says she doesn’t love her 40-year-old daughter any less because her child is…