For high-level state Department of Transportation engineers or administrators, it’s apparently not difficult to make…
Year: 2015
DOES ‘I HAVE NO IDEA’ COUNT AS AN ANSWER? Last Tuesday we told you about…
COINCIDENCE? Last week I warned that problems on the way to passing a gas tax…
VALUE DOWN, COSTS UP So many penetrating criticisms have been leveled at American higher education…
By RICK BRUNDRETT South Carolina cutting back on road maintenance? Average annual funding for the…
NEW WEB PAGE ALLOWS CITIZENS TO ASK LAWMAKERS SIMPLE QUESTION On Tuesdays for the last…
Rep. Derham Cole had high praise for Woodrow “Woody” Willard after he and other state…
BUT THOSE “NO’S” ARE ALREADY “SOFT MAYBE’S” The largest tax increase in state history took…
GET READY TO PAY MORE FOR BAD ROADS At Tuesday’s Senate Finance Committee meeting, members…
On the evening of Feb. 18, the Outdoor Advertising Association of South Carolina and South…
CONVENIENTLY, NO ONE’S RESPONSIBLE. WHICH IS JUST THE WAY LAWMAKERS WANT IT. A few days…
Last fall, S.C. House Majority Leader Bruce Bannister co-sponsored a proposed House rule that would…
A SUBSTANTIAL TAX AND FEE HIKE IN EXCHANGE FOR A MICROSCOPIC TAX CUT … SOUNDS…
SOUTH CAROLINA ROADS AREN’T ALL DEPLORABLE In South Carolina, road funding tends to gravitate to…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Leatherman’s son-in-law gets lucrative contract If you’re driving on a state highway…
DON’T COUNT ON IT. State lawmakers want to raise the gas tax – badly. Legislative…
In his latest campaign-disclosure report submitted on April 6, Sen. Luke Rankin listed just two…
SORRY, PEOPLE, WE COULDN’T FIND ANY MONEY IN A $26 BILLION BUDGET FOR A BASIC…
SPENDING TIME ON THE THINGS THAT REALLY MATTER “The night cometh, when no man can…
HOW ONE SCHOOL BOARD AVOIDS PUBLIC SCRUTINY On March 3, 2015, I requested from my…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Virtually everything about them is public, but somehow legislative caucuses aren’t considered…
In her 2014 state-of-the-state speech, Gov. Nikki Haley was clear about requiring politicians to reveal…
IF YOU WASTED THIS MUCH TIME AT YOUR JOB . . . I’m torn between…
SOMEBODY‘S RESPONSIBLE, ALL RIGHT The South Carolina State House is a place where a lot…
In announcing its January 2014 meeting, the legislatively controlled Joint Transportation Review Committee had planned…
If this year’s state budget is bleeding profusely, you wouldn’t know it by looking at…
In February, the S.C. Supreme Court was blunt in quickly rejecting a complaint filed by…
AND SENATOR MALLOY SUDDENLY CARES ABOUT SEPARATION OF POWERS A Tuesday ruling by the Senate’s…
As of the end of December, 12 sitting S.C. House members had paid $100 fines…
Once again, the 170-member General Assembly can’t seem to tighten its own financial belt. Since…
IT AIN’T ROCKET SCIENCE. IT AIN’T EVEN SCIENCE Members of the South Carolina House pride…
THAT? OH, IT’S JUST THE CONSTITUTION. DON’T WORRY ABOUT THAT. Members of the S.C. Senate…
A judge has rejected claims by freshman Rep. Greg Duckworth, R-Horry, that an Horry County…
In November, State Law Enforcement Division agents arrested Joe Edward Butler, then a state Department…