Thursday, the ad-hoc impeachment committee went over the allegations provided by the State Ethics Commission. There was a lot of back-and-forth between the legislators and Gov. Mark Sanford’s high-priced attorneys. Then it came. The big move. The committee dismissed 28 of the charges.
Yep, there [...]
I Don't Try to Find Things to Complain About to the SCGOP - They Just Keeping Giving Me Reasons ....
You want to know why I like Mark Sanford? Because I'm totally every bit as cheap as he is. If you want [...]
HOLIDAY SEASON OFFERS NO SIGN OF UNITY AT GOVERNOR’S MANSION
It’s been a painful, six-month whirlwind for South Carolina’s first family.
In June, Gov. Mark Sanford disappeared for five days and, when he returned, he admitted to an ongoing affair with a woman from Argentina. And ever since, both [...]
GOVERNOR WILL NOT IMPLEMENT UNFUNDED, FEDERALLY-MANDATED PROGRAM
Gov. Mark Sanford renewed his fight against the unfunded, federally-mandated REAL ID program in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano this week.
Sanford said on Friday that he penned the letter to update the federal government on South Carolina’s progress [...]
The State Ethics Commission – which is appointed by S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford and stocked with his political campaign donors – failed to report “numerous violations” identified by its own investigators during their recent review of the governor’s administration.
At least that’s what sources familiar with the [...]
IMPEACHMENT PANEL DISMISSES ALL BUT 8 COMPLAINTS AGAINST GOVERNOR
A South Carolina House judiciary panel dismissed most of the ethics charges against Gov. Mark Sanford, all pertaining to allegations that the governor illegally used taxpayer funds to upgrade to business class flights and that he improperly reimbursed himself [...]
Members of a House Judiciary Committee panel on Thursday voted to remove 28 of 37 State Ethics Commission charges from its debate over whether the governor should be [...]
All but nine of the thirty-seven ethics violations against S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford have been dismissed by a legislative panel investigating whether or not the second-term Republican governor broke the law relating to travel expenses and campaign reimbursements.
It was a victory for [...]
A House panel weighing removing Gov. Mark Sanford from office concluded that the bulk of 37 ethics charges against the governor are not impeachable offenses.
In a brief meeting Thursday, the committee voted unanimously to remove 18 counts of Sanford using business class tickets and 10 counts of Sanford improperly using [...]
S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford’s effort to launch some “not-so-friendly-fire” in the direction of his ideological allies during the impeachment battle is now drawing some fire of its own.
Reported exclusively by FITS two weeks ago, Sanford is actively courting Republican primary opponents against the four GOP [...]
JUSTICES ORDER DOCUMENTS BE MADE PUBLIC IMMEDIATELY
For the second time in as many months, the South Carolina Supreme Court has issued a ruling regarding access to an ethics investigation of Gov. Mark Sanford.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court said it used [...]
Hey, kids! Did you remember that Dec. 1 was another one of those prefiling days for the House? Well, it can be excused if you forgot, considering the thrilling back-and-forth between Gov. Mark Sanford’s high-priced attorneys and the ad-hoc House impeachment committee that morning. Actually, [...]
GOLFER LINKED TO 3 POSSIBLE MISTRESSES
In the most startling revelation since South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford told the world he had left the state unattended for five days to visit his mistress in Argentina, the world’s top athlete has admitted to [...]
The numerous conflicts of interest surrounding the various Palmetto politicos who are charged with investigating S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford have some wondering whether or not the U.S. Justice should intervene in the case.
Specifically, the apparent inability of S.C. Attorney General Henry McMaster to discharge his [...]
HOUSE JUDICIARY SUBCOMMITTEE LOOKS INTO SANFORD’S USE OF STATE AIRCRAFT
A seven member South Carolina House judiciary panel looking held the second of at least four hearings into an impeachment resolution against disgraced Gov. Mark Sanford on Tuesday.
The hearing examined Sanford’s possible misuse of state aircraft, as described [...]
The Importantville Impeachers and Buenos Aires Narcissists battled to a 6-6 tie in Game Whatever of the seemingly interminable 2009 Impeachment Series – an ongoing battle necessitated by S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford’s repeated refusal to resign from his largely ceremonial office.
Sanford was caught earlier [...]
Gov. Mark Sanford's attorneys have argued lawmakers are attempting to remove the governor from office by "splitting hairs" over whether Sanford violated state Ethics laws.
A panel of House lawmakers considering impeachment is questioning Sanford's attorneys about nine charges from the S.C. State Ethics Commission about whether Sanford's use of state [...]
Butch Bowers, the attorney for Gov. Mark Sanford, said Tuesday Gov. Mark Sanford did not fly from Myrtle Beach to Columbia on the state airplane to get a haircut.
Bowers said Sanford could have gotten his $11 haircut in Myrtle Beach.
"Even if he did come back to get a [...]
Gov. Mark Sanford only used state aircraft for official business, according to a defense compiled by his attorneys in a S.C. State Ethics Commission investigation.
The S.C. Ethics Commission has charged Sanford with nine violations of state ethics laws, including using state aircraft for personal and political use. A House impeachment [...]
In time-worn Christianist fashion, Senator Ensign says his marriage is stronger than ever. Like his colleagues in the C Street Adultery Club- Mark Sanford and David Vitter- he won't be resigning.' [...] 
South Carolina Waits For McMaster to Drop the Axe on Sanford ..
By Michael S. Smith II
“Attorney General Henry McMaster has helped Gov. Mark Sanford get away with breaching the trust of South Carolinians in order to ensure Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer will not challenge him as an incumbent in the governor’s race next year.”
“It was clear [...]
In addition to his private lawyers, S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford is spending taxpayer cash ($150 an hour, to be precise) on an attorney whose stated mission is to “protect the institution of the governor’s office.”
While you try to avoid choking on that irony, consider this … [...]
There have been plenty of mentions during the impeachment process of Gov. Mark Sanford about an impeachment in 1877. The year struck us as meaningful, since it was when the old guard of South Carolina retook the government from the Federal occupying forces and the [...]
SUBCOMMITTEE HOPES TO ISSUE REPORT BY CHRISTMAS
A South Carolina House Judiciary subcommittee Tuesday held the first of at least four meetings into the possible impeachment of Gov. Mark Sanford.
The seven-member panel met in Columbia to discuss a [...]
