Perry’s SC visit turns up one key endorsement at least — SC House Speaker Bobby Harrell’s

TweetThis morning, I saw some speculation out there that Rick Perry — who met with Nikki Haley today — was trying to get the endorsement of the fellow governor with who he shares one key friend: Eleanor Kitzman. Well, I haven’t seen anything out of that yet, but he did come up with an announcement […]

Here are some SC Rick Perry backers

TweetI hadn’t even finished that last post about his new video before Perry put this out: Twenty One South Carolina GOP Legislators Endorse Rick Perry for President COLUMBIA, SC – Texas First Lady Anita Perry today announced 21 GOP South Carolina General Assembly members’ endorsement of Texas Gov. Rick Perry for President at the grand […]

Last thing SC needs is another license plate

TweetWe could debate all day what should be done with the “Big Red” flag believed to be the one that Citadel cadets flew when committing the most disastrous, inexcusable, violent act of student unrest in U.S. history. But there’s one thing that doesn’t need any debate: South Carolina doesn’t need any more special license plates. […]

How they voted on cigarette tax

TweetTrying to catch up with messages and such, I have no time to comment right now on the inexcusable, unconscionable, reprehensible vote to uphold Gov. Mark Sanford’s indefensible veto of the cigarette tax (beyond reminding you of what I’ve said over and over — how the money is spent is secondary, far secondary, to cutting […]

How they voted on cigarette tax

TweetCindi sent this to me this morning, and I apologize for just getting to the e-mail and passing it on now — I’ve had three candidate interviews today. Anyway, here’s what she sent me:     Since the House adopted an amendment to the Senate cigarette tax bill (a very minor amendment), there was no […]

AP says S.C. House poised to nix lawmakers’ pension COLA

TweetThe Associated Press is reporting that a majority of the subcommittee in whose lap the legislator-pension increase was dumped are saying they want to kill the measure: {By JIM DAVENPORT}={Associated Press Writer}=   COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina lawmakers are expected to scrap plans to sweeten pension checks for legislators when they meet Tuesday, according […]

Club for Growth’s preferred S.C. candidates

TweetJust got this from Matt Moore, who is the new Joshua Gross at the S.C. Club for Growth (more on Joshua shortly). It includes the Club’s approved incumbents for re-election: February 21, 2008FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Matt Moore SC Club for Growth State Action PAC Endorses Seventeen Legislators for June Primaries Columbia, SC – Today, the […]

My exchange about the governor with ‘Pollyanna’ Scoppe

TweetYesterday my uncle brought a copy of The State from Florence and let me look at it. When he saw me looking at this story, he asked whether I had expected that. I said certainly not, and started launching into a tirade on the subject before reminding myself I was on vacation and shutting up. […]

Good news for a change

TweetWant some good news for a change? Here’s some: The S.C. House today rejected a bill that would have authorized a "freshman caucus" for the purpose of being wined and dined by lobbyists. That’s exactly what they should have done. Gee, I wonder where they got the idea? Seriously, that’s the second time this session […]

Closing the process

TweetSo that you’ll know where to direct your ire — or your appreciation, in some cases — here’s how S.C. House members voted on whether to close Republican (and other) Caucus meetings to the public: {BC-SC-Closed Meetings-Roll Call,0384}{By The Associated Press}=  The 59-52 roll call by which the South Carolina House adopted a Republican-backed plan […]

How they voted to kill the cigarette tax hike

TweetJust in case you missed, or got whiplash trying to follow, the peremptory manner in which the House threw out the idea of even a modest increase in our lowest-in-the-nation cigarette tax, Cindi Scoppe relates a few salient facts about it on today’s editorial page — including the one about how the money would have […]

The billboard sellout

TweetJust in case today’s column by Associate Editor Cindi Scoppe didn’t quite convince you as to how indefensibly irresponsible the S.C. Legislature was last week in smooching the billboard industry’s big ol’ fat behind, here are two additional pieces of information. The first is Gov. Mark Sanford’s veto message on the billboard bill — a […]