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Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office District of South Carolina FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, April 14, 2016 Columbia Man Sentenced for Investor Fraud Contact Person: Winston Holliday (803)-929-3000 Columbia, South Carolina—- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated that ROBERT STUART LEBEN, age 53, of Columbia, South Carolina, was sentenced today in federal court in Columbia, … Continue reading
You can read the full report on Homelessness by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) introduced in November 2016 below. Previous blog: Part 1 Nikki Haley left South Carolina with proposed 2017 budget cuts to Veterans Affairs even though Nov 2016 report to Congress showed SC 1 of 8 states with biggest increase in … Continue reading
Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, March 18, 2016 United States Files Suit Against Savannah River Nuclear Solutions LLC and Fluor Federal Services Inc. Related to Work at the Department of Energy Savannah River Site The Justice Department announced today that the United States has filed a complaint under the … Continue reading
Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office District of South Carolina FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Atlanta Kilogram Cocaine Supplier Sentenced to 100 Months in Prison Contact Person: JD Rowell (803) 929-3000 Columbia, South Carolina—- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Bryant Christopher Ford of Mableton, Georgia was sentenced today in federal … Continue reading
Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office District of South Carolina FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, March 14, 2016 Mount Pleasant Woman Indicted for Wire Fraud and Filing False Tax Returns Contact Person: Beth Drake (803) 929-3000 Charleston, South Carolina —- United States Attorney Bill Nettles announced an indictment charging Cynthia Cave, age 45, of Mount Pleasant, … Continue reading
The story is old, but still relevant today as some South Carolina residents are rebuilding one year later after South Carolina’s Historical flooding. Once upon a time, when you bought a home insurance policy, flood insurance was included, well that is until Private insurance companies walked away leaving Home owners to pay for all … Continue reading
Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, February 8, 2016 Justice Department Sues to Permanently Shut Down Liberty Tax Service Franchise Owner South Carolina Man Allegedly Owns Three Liberty Tax Service Stores Accused of Preparing Fraudulent Tax Returns Three Columbia-area, South Carolina Liberty Tax Service franchises deliberately prepare false federal income … Continue reading
Update from a previous blog dated July 17, 2014 of an SC Auditor’s Document showed under Nikki Haley that several programs for the low-income, homeless prevention, communities service, etc. didn’t receive proper allocation of Federal funds. After further investigation the Federal Government finds that the Governor’s office played a role in money … Continue reading
Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office District of South Carolina FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, January 20, 2016 Man Sentenced to Additional 300 Months (25 Years) for Shooting Federal Agent Contact Person: Stacey D. Haynes (803) 929-3000 Columbia, South Carolina —- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that James William Lewis, a/k/a “Jessie,” a/k/a “Phoenix,” … Continue reading
When understandingly South Carolina counties and agencies are getting intergovernmental state contracts, private firm CDM Smith Inc has gotten funding. Governor Nikki Haley’s former employer Wilbur Smith was acquired by CDM Smith in 2011. Then Representative Haley was paid $42,000 for consulting work at Wilbur Smith while its assume Wilbur Smith may have profited from … Continue reading
Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, January 20, 2016 Judge Orders York County Trucking Company to End Repeated Violations of Employment Tax Laws Yesterday, a federal court in Rock Hill, South Carolina, ordered Tony McMillan and his trucking company, which he operated under the names T-N-T of York County Inc. … Continue reading
Governor Nikki Haley likes to brag that South Carolina is doing great but its telling when your Governor is trying to cut the budget for our Veteran Cemetery. Veterans Cemetery funding is significantly less compare to a lot of programs and state agencies, so I find it surprising that Governor Haley would cut the cemetery … Continue reading
In 2012 Gov. Nikki Haley was successful in cutting almost $49 million from SCDOT Highway Maintenance Funds Misplaced priorities in 2012 Governor Nikki Haley proposed an almost $49 million cut from the Department of Transportation Highway Maintenance fund. Four years later the DOT Highway Maintenance fund is no where its 2011 funding level. In 2015 … Continue reading
Three days ago the federal government found South Carolina does not meet the federal requirements in safeguarding Medicaid Management Information System Data and Supporting Systems, putting beneficiaries at risk. It was only back in October 2012 Gov. Nikki Haley finally revealed that South Carolina Department of Revenue had been hacked. Gov. Haley has been so … Continue reading
Governor Nikki Haley has done her fair share of attacking the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and denying South Carolina residents Medicaid expansion. Year after Governor Nikki Haley gutted Medicaid Legislature while a growing need for medicaid expansion increase. On that same note since 2007 Indian Health facilities have deteriorated. Rather pushing the state and Congress … Continue reading
Reality check Governor Haley isn’t given you the real state of South Carolina’s economy. When the foreclosure rate went down for most states, South Carolina foreclosures rates significantly increased. Governor Nikki Haley has claimed she’s creating jobs; since she took office in 2011 and yet by August 2015 and before October 2015 historical floods, South … Continue reading
Increasing Corporate welfare is fine, but increasing appropriations to cover state employees benefits is something the Governor finds not necessary. In 2012 South Carolina ranked number 6 in the United States for Breast Cancer. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2012 South Carolina ranked #12 in death for all cancers … Continue reading
Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office District of South Carolina FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, December 3, 2015 The District of South Carolina U.S. Attorney’s Office Collects $7,089,479.89 in Civil and Criminal Actions for U.S. Taxpayers in Fiscal Year 2015 and another $41,807,765 in civil matters worked with other Justice Department Components Contact Person: Bill Nettles … Continue reading
It was 2007 to 2009 that then Lexington House of Representative Nikki Haley worked for Wilbur Smith earning $42,500 and it was assumed the matter involved a contract with the State’s Farmer market. In 2012 as Governor of South Carolina that Nikki Haley was cleared of illegal lobbying. In a report called Priority Investment Areas … Continue reading
Advanced Manufacturing & Power Systems, Inc., which is located in Florida; was in Florida Middle Bankruptcy Court for 2012 and 2013. They were being sued by the U.S. government. In an article ran by the GSA business, it clearly stated plans for the S.C. Coordinating Council for Economic Development to provide credits to Advanced … Continue reading
U.S. Attorney’s Office November 13, 2015 District of (803) 929-3000 Hilton Head Man and Walterboro Woman Charged with Wire Fraud and Misprision of a Felony Donald Christy, age 72, of Hilton Head, and Lisa Arnold, age 48, of Walterboro, were charged in a 6-count Information with Wire Fraud and Misprision of a Felony, a violation … Continue reading
U.S. Attorney’s Office November 02, 2015 District of Maryland (410) 209-4800 Former President of Maryland Lawn and Garden Supply Company Pleads Guilty to Diverting More Than $187,000 in Company Funds BALTIMORE, MD—Malcomb C. Cork, age 55, of South Carolina, pleaded guilty today to causing more than $187,000 to be diverted from his employer’s bank account. … Continue reading
**Update** The South Carolina National Guard has notified me through Twitter and twice in the comment section below of this blog that this, ‘web page’ has been removed.– This is certainly not the thing I would expect when looking at a website for the South Carolina National Guard or any government site. Some may find … Continue reading
U.S. Attorney’s Office October 26, 2015 District of South Carolina (803) 929-3000 Cartel-Connected Kidnappers Found Guilty on All Counts COLUMBIA, SC—United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that a federal jury in Columbia South Carolina needed only 45 minutes on Friday, October 23, 2015, to convict Juan Fuentes-Morales and Ruben Ceja-Rangel on 8 charges related … Continue reading
Gov. Nikki Haley, says are economy is better than 28 years ago, but the data shows a lot more poor people on food assistance compare to 30 years ago. It must be that top 1% the Governor is referring to, as doing better. Data going up to August 2015 show we have a significant number of more people on … Continue reading
You won’t hear Governor Nikki Haley mention that several state funded county community economic developments in more than one county did not file taxes. Millions of dollars received and yet these community economic development for at least three consecutive years did not file taxes. Below I have included background information concerning South Carolina Community Economic Development Act, and a 2010 … Continue reading
Prevention is key, but it was in 2012 that Governor Nikki Haley tried to veto funding for a project to stop the continuous flooding for one county. Governor Haley called the project nothing more than an earmark that has nothing to do with revising the state water plan. Fortunately, Governor Haley however was unsuccessful in her veto. The … Continue reading
Where’s the money? Data provided by the Association of State Dam Safety Officials shows South Carolina budget for dam safety was significantly less than the grant money they received. For over a decade South Carolina has received grant money from FEMA to strengthen our dam safety program, and yet not all of the money is being used. In 2003-2005, … Continue reading
If South Carolina roads can’t get funding, it should be no surprise South Carolina ranks 46 for worst state devoted to dam safety and 42 for worst state failing to devote its state’s money to dam safety regulations. Fortunately there was no wind and fortunately Hurricane Joaquin didn’t touch land during South Carolina’s recent flooding … Continue reading
Attorney General Loretta Lynch Delivers Remarks at the Press Conference to Announce a National Medicare Fraud Takedown Washington, DC United States~ Thursday, June 18, 2015 Remarks as prepared for delivery Good morning. Before we begin today’s announcement, I want to take a moment to address the heartbreaking and deeply tragic events at Emanuel AME Church … Continue reading
Since Governor Nikki Haley took office the Governor’s appointees and cabinet have quietly transferred millions from funds set-aside to fix roads, sewage, rails, and improvements in rural communities to give to Governor Nikki as part of her package for certain counties as corporate give-aways, specifically called the ‘Governor’Closing Fund. Just in 2011 the Council which … Continue reading
You have within thiry days of date in writing to respond. While SCDHEC and Governor Nikki Haley pretend nonsense that they should put to an end Planned Parenthood, Invista who we do know has pollution violations in the past seeks to modify its permit of pollutants that they can dump into the water. You … Continue reading
No Governor Haley, I don’t you’ll find it a hard task of getting a company like, Bosch that lost it’s tax exemption for failure to file taxes for at least three years to stick around in South Carolina. With South Carolina being the give away state on tax incentives, what better place than South Carolina … Continue reading
In 2012 while Governor Haley was decreasing her own office Victim Assistance Funds, she increased ‘Other Funds’ to S.C. Commerce Dept and S.C. Parks and Recreation who spends state funding on the Heritage Golf Tournament. Right after Gov. Haley took office she gave her administrative huge raises. South Carolina has float back and forth … Continue reading
Two things, One Studies find domestic violence is more common among Police officer families and two South Carolina ranks number one in the nation for women being killed in domestic violence situation; and yet we have laws exempting some officers from the number of domestic violence training hours required for everyone else. Like water South … Continue reading
When some in South Carolina seek for Governor Nikki Haley to do a Medicaid expansion, Haley has been cutting funds specifically for children. According to 2013 US department of Education report African-American children make up the largest percentage of emotional disturbed children in South Carolina. Since Governor Nikki Haley took office, the Governor has decreased funding … Continue reading
Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, May 15, 2015 Three Defendants Sentenced for Conspiracy to Advertise Child Pornography in Connection with Web-Based Bulletin Board Three defendants were sentenced for their roles in an international child pornography web-based bulletin board that was targeted by state and federal investigators and prosecutors participating … Continue reading
While Gov. Nikki Haley is currently be sued in 2015 for sending emotionally disturbed children to Dept. of Juvenile Justice for Social Service (DSS) placement; Gov. Haley proposed in 2015 cutting funding for Foster care group home for emotionally disturbed children. Due to various reasons children in Social Service (DSS) care can’t be all lumped together … Continue reading
While Gov. Nikki Haley tries to make an issue out of Planned Parenthood in South Carolina, she ignores the fact that children in the care of South Carolina Department of Social Services (DSS) are sleeping in hotels and county offices. While on Monday, August 17, 2015 the Senate General DSS Oversight Subcommittee held a meeting … Continue reading
Rather than picking the state with the best foster care system for a comparison, I looked for a state whose economic status among its children was similar to South Carolina, while also having similar racial demographics among its children in Foster care. While so similar, Florida’s services towards its children takes a U turn … Continue reading
A misuse of funds. You don’t have to think long of all the programs Governor Nikki Haley has cut. The governor has proposed less funding, while vetoing funding passed by South Carolina’s legislature, but I don’t think anyone could imagine that while Governor Haley belittled the use of many programs she would then turn around … Continue reading
As Governor Nikki Haley uses the rest of her campaign funds left from the 2014 election to attack the South Carolina Legislature and promote her agenda; in April 2015 Governor Nikki Haley got a generous refund of $40,000. During the election Governor Haley was a client of Target Enterprise in which contract shows broadcasts were paid … Continue reading
Within a matter of weeks Governor Nikki Haley proudly makes another job announcement involving a company sued by the Government. This time its the Department of Justices suing. I can’t help but remember how the Governor refuse to give benefits to the unemployed unless they passed a drug test. Governor Haley in the end had … Continue reading
In-spite Governor Nikki Haley’s claims of jobs the number of projected closure and layoffs companies steady increases in South Carolina. As of July 2015 the Projected Closure and layoffs total is 3524. In April 2015 the total was 1240. Source: Information comes from South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce 2015 Projected Closure and layoffs … Continue reading
At a 2013 South Carolina Council of Governments Conference records show the South Carolina Human Affairs Commission thought that counties should establish active county-level human affairs commission and yet there are two vacant congressional districts commission seats for two large congressional districts unfilled and two commission seats expired since 2012 and 2011. South Carolina Human Affairs Commission seats have … Continue reading
Governor Nikki Haley recently announced MPW Industrial Services creating new jobs in South Carolina, however what’s missing from that announcement is a pending federal case involving MPW Industrial Services for unfair wage practices. In a state where wages are nothing to boast about the last thing this state needs is some corporation who thinks so little … Continue reading
South Carolina may have taken down the Confederate flag, but to talk about race is not only recognizing the history but recognizing the current situations and identifying those equality gaps. Currently in the Legislature, a House bill to perform a study on the equality of a women pay in comparison to men has sat in … Continue reading
U.S. Department of Justice April 27, 2015 Office of Public Affairs (202) 514-2007/TDD (202) 514-1888 Two Former Marion Police Officers Sentenced for Using Excessive Force While Tasing a Woman WASHINGTON—Franklin Brown, 35, and Eric Walters, 39, both former police officers with the city of Marion Police Department in Marion County, South Carolina, were sentenced to … Continue reading
The representative introducing a long list of amendments to block the Confederate flag from coming down represents the very district that introduced to us the Redneck Shop/”Klan Museum” in Laurens County. These are some of his constituents. South Carolina House Rep. Mike Pitt represents both Greenwood and Laurens Counties. “The Redneck Shop was a … Continue reading
Nucor Corporation didn’t kill any one but besides hanging nooses, and other forms of hate they used the Confederate flag to intimidate and display its contempt for its African-American employees. Two different class action lawsuits, one in near Charleston South Carolina Nucor plant and another in Arkansas Nucor Corp. plant, and in both the Confederate … Continue reading
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