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As reported exclusively by FITS earlier this week, S.C. Lt. Gov. Ken Ard (RINO-Pamplico) will resign his office on Friday the culmination of a months-long grand jury investigation into major campaign finance irregularities and (more importantly) the lies Ard told in an attempt to cover them up.
Multiple sources including sources inside the embattled Lieutenant Governors office have confirmed to FITS that Ard will step down as part of a plea deal reached with S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson.
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Ard was hit with over 100 violations and assessed more than $60,000 worth of ethics fines, although an accompanying report published by the S.C. State Ethics Commission (SCSEC) revealed a damning pattern of deception associated with the original allegations.
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http://www.fitsnews.com/2012/03/08/ken-ard-resigning/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
What happens next?
SC Palace Intrigue
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As the hours tick down prior to the expected resignation of S.C. Lt. Gov. Ken Ard (RINO-Pamplico), a furious behind-the-scenes battle is raging over who will replace him and how the process of doing so could realign the balance of power in the State Senate.
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For months, conventional wisdom has held that S.C. Senate President Pro Tempore Glenn McConnell who is in line to succeed Ard would step down from his powerful post immediately prior to the lieutenant governors resignation in an effort to avoid assuming this largely-ceremonial, part-time position.
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While it has long been assumed that McConnell will do everything within his power to avoid the political impotence of the lieutenant governors office, the various investigations and lawsuits surrounding Gov. Nikki Haley have prompted some to speculate that he might take the job on the assumption that Haley isnt going to survive her full term (not an entirely bad bet).
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Much more on who will step in. It's beyond convoluted: http://www.fitsnews.com/2012/03/08/sc-palace-intrigue/
OK. This is no surprise. It was just a matter of when. The succession issue is where the fun begins.
If you thought who would ascend to the thrones in Europe was a byzantine process, it doesn't hold a candle to the paths being considered in the Statehouse.
Stay tuned......
MADem
(135,425 posts)If they're not hiking the Appalachian Trail, they're playing Hide The Cash from the ethics investigators! It's crossing party lines, so it must be in the water!
Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)A lot of unethical genes in both parents of a lot of the politicians.
We don't have jobs or good schools. However, we never lack for entertainment.
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)for real
DCKit
(18,541 posts)LynneSin
(95,337 posts)SOunds like a full flesh in blood Republican to me. I'm guessing whomever is writing this is trying to absolve the republican party from whatever Ard has done and well I call bullshit.
mercuryblues
(14,532 posts)are not to the right of David Duke and Randall Terry in SC, you just might be a rino.
alp227
(32,036 posts)mercuryblues
(14,532 posts)"Attorney General Alan Wilson and SLED Director Mark Keel will hold a joint press conference today at 1 p.m. The topic of discussion is not currently known."
Does the sled director usually hold joint pressers with the AG? Seems to me they might actually be pressing charges.
alp227
(32,036 posts)this Canard/Ken Ard guy can't talk about government being a self-serving benefit for politicians anymore.
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)http://www.fitsnews.com/2012/01/09/federal-probe-into-nikki-haleys-family-temple-expands/
This isn't all, but it's a start.
I'm beginning to believe she is a pathological liar. In a speech she mentioned that her daughter won first place in a beauty contest. She actually came in second. Haley lies all the time about items that are easily verifiable.
bluestate10
(10,942 posts)A fucking joke State.
Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)Part of the problem has been the coven that has run the Dem Party for years. They are lazy and consider their posts as their right.
People got fed up after Alvin Greene. We now have a SC New Democratic Party and a progressive party too.