Education
SC First Steps … Fiscal “Accountability” … and Freedom?
Watch What They DO, Not What They SAY!?
Here are a couple of “red flags” that got us to take a look at H4023, the First Steps Fiscal Accountability Bill signed into law yesterday by Governor McMaster … and boy were we shocked with what we found!!!
- Not a single legislator voted against this bill – ever – and this program is a “darling” of the Democrats (similar to Head Start on the Federal level)!!!
- The bill was introduced and signed into law in less than 4 months. Advocates should take notice!
- The bill was passed outside of the regular session … in this case last Wednesday when the legislature was back to finish the budget.
- The lead sponsor was a SC Freedom Caucus member, with other members signing on, but the #2 sponsor (obviously pulling the strings) was a huge education establishment RINO (who pushes more government control over education). #COVER
- The bill had a well meaning name … “Fiscal Accountability” … which should have been our first clue it had nothing to do with fiscal accountability!!! #COVER
- THEY WON’T ANSWER QUESTIONS: And finally, when we reached out to the lead sponsor, and two other legislators who are either employed by or have ties to the educational services industry, to simply ask these questions in advance … we got no answer. If nothing is wrong, why not explain it to us? Because, something is wrong!!!
Well, with those huge red flags, we dug a little deeper … and it is worse than expected … but this is how it works when you #FollowTheMoney … not to mention knowing how the “Uniparty” works there in Columbia!!!
#1) OVERHEAD ADMINISTRATIVE FEES: This is a darling program for SC Democrats … and they seem to always get what they want. We know a few leaders in SC First Steps as well, and they always seem to swing way left. We are all about helping kids … but we are not about enabling the leftists agenda.
But guess what … South Carolina is now going to get more leftists employed (AND PAID BY TAXPAYER DOLLARS) as this “Fiscal Accountability” Bill actually increases the First Steps overhead administrative fee from 8% to 13% … a whopping 62.5% increase!!!
Seriously? Our SC State Treasurer Curtis Loftis talks about it all the time, how we as SC taxpayers are funding the left’s agenda. Sure, everyone wants to help kids … but aren’t there conservative initiatives we can fund that help kids … or is it only left leaning non-profits (and political allies) they like to fund? #FollowTheMoney!!!
Actually Taking Money from the Children: And what is worse … with First Steps being an approximate $50 MILLION program, legislators just reallocated (as there was $0 fiscal revenue impact to this bill) $2.5 million a year FROM THE KIDS to pay more employees / overhead expenses. They did not add more money to this legislation to cover the 62.5% increase in overhead costs … so it has to come from the children’s programs!!!
NO, it is not about the kids to these people … otherwise they would have funded the increased overhead. But, if they did that, the bill would have had to get “finance” approval, which is harder … so they just take the money from the kids and will likely ask for more money next year with the excuse that they had to cut children’s programs this year. Yep, #LearnTheirTricks.
#2) ADDING PUBLIC LIBRARY EMPLOYEES: This one is self explanatory.
One day our “conservative” SC State Legislators are supposedly helping us in fighting the Public Library indoctrination issues … and the next they are putting the same employees on the boards of Pre-K Reading Programs?
What are the real intentions here? Remember, not a single legislator EVER voted against it. What are we missing?
“Watch what they DO,
not what they SAY.”
#3) GOV’T DATA-SHARING INITIATIVES … FOR OUR KIDS DATA!!!: This was also a big issue years ago with our champion “conservative” legislators fighting the government data-sharing about our kids … and today they are requiring it?
“Section 63-11-1726. All publicly funded early childhood-serving agencies and entities shall participate in data-sharing initiatives supported by the advisory council in furtherance of the requirements listed in Section 63-11-1725.”
#4) REMOVING “COMPETITIVE BIDS”?: Finally for today, as there are many other “issues” in this legislation … but guess what … our conservative legislators removed that pesky language involving “competitive bids” and substituted it with a move to the “maze” of the Office of State Procurement where there is much more legislative control in doing what they want to do when it comes to “who” gets contracts, and at what price.
We are betting there is NO PROHIBITION on self-dealing / profit making by legislators added to this bill!!! If there is, let us know where to find it.
#LearnTheirTricks #FollowTheMoney
– by Jeff Davis
There is a lot of “chatter” going around social media about “why” the Pickens County Republican Party (PCRP) and their 24 State Delegates were refused to be seated by the SCGOP State Convention Credentialling Committee on the evening of Friday, May 2nd, 2025.
A draconian move to say the least … even “if” the allegations are true … but the reality is this is just one more example in the series of “fabrications” to protect Drew McKissick, the SCGOP RINO “establishment” … and he monied special interest and their political consultants that are all selling out South Carolina and The People.
What is the fabricated list: (1) The 2021 Greenville ReOrg Fraud, (2) the December 2021 barring of Jeff Davis, as GCRP Chairman, from the State EC Meetings, (3) the fabricated stealing of the Oconee GOP, (4) the violation of HORRY GOP resignation retractions, (5) the attempted steal & takeover of the Greenville 2023 ReOrg, (6) the 2nd barring of Jeff Davis, as GCRP State EC, from the State EC meetings, (7) the Lexington GOP steal from Chair Pamela Godwin, (8) the Congressional District 01 steal from Chair Cynthia Jones, (9) the Congressional District 04 stealing of the Chair position, (10) the 2025 steal of the Charleston GOP Convention via voice votes … and now (11) the failure to seat the 24 anti-Drew delegates from Pickens.
Have we missed a few? Probably. It is hard to keep up with the fabrications.
Anyhow … very few people have actually seen the official documents from the PCRP Challenge … so here they are.
Take a look for yourself. Do you see anything that says anywhere that the former PCRP Chairman artificially capped the county convention delegates to 400? There are 33 pages of EXHIBITS … a ton of paper … but none state that the county delegates were being artificially capped at the 400 person room capacity.
The PCRP has put out there own initial response (HERE) … maybe that will help … and they have also posted the video appeal to the SCGOP convention body by duly elected PCRP State Executive Committeewoman Rhonda Billingsley (HERE). Rhonda did a great job, but it fell on deaf ears Saturday morning.
One theory … this has nothing to do with the PCRP 2025 ReOrg & County convention … it is payback for the 6-minutes of BOOING Senate Lindsey Graham at the July 2nd, 2023, TRUMP Rally in Pickens (HERE).
FEEDBACK: You decide. Is this Lindsey Graham payback? Review the documents yourself. Do you see something we are missing? We don’t see it … but if you do, send us an email to team@mySCGOP.com.
Pickens Challenge Email – PDF (HERE)
Pickens Exhibits – PDF (HERE)
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR …
Jeff Davis is co-founder of mySCGOP.com. Jeff is a ’89 graduate of The Citadel and in 1993 received his Law/MBA from USC. A tax attorney / CPA licensed in Georgia, Jeff is an uncompromised school choice advocate for K-12 children with special needs. Originally from Charleston, and having practiced in Atlanta, Jeff and his wife Olga now live in Greenville. Jeff completed his two year term as Greenville County Republican Party Chairman and is currently serving as GCRP State Executive Committeeman.
Jeff is also “barred” from attending the SCGOP State Executive Committee Meetings (HERE). Why? Because he dared to run against Drew McKissick for SCGOP Chairman – coming in 2nd with Drew only being reelected by 1.8% (HERE & HERE) – and in September 2021 he told the State Executive Committee that Chad Connelly had been under SLED investigation for a year and a half … and it was true (HERE & HERE).
Send us your opinion on this great debate … and how you would like to see it solved … by emailing us at team@mySCGOP.com.
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– by Jeff Davis
It is a saying that has only been around for about 2,500 years, but one of the main principles of WAR is to “Know Yourself, Know Your Enemy”.
Sun Tzu (HERE), the the great Chinese military general, strategist, philosopher, and writer, said it best …
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
– Sun Tzu, The Art of War – 512 BC
Now, realize Sun Tzu was speaking a bit deeper as it relates to knowing your strengths and weaknesses, as well as those of your enemy … but it is also important to know exactly “who” your enemy is … by name.
Being able to identify the enemy has been a failure of the America First movement in South Carolina in that many of us are new to the scene. We believe them when they tell us what we want to hear, and we believe them when they tell us they are Christians and quote a Bible verse. WE believe them because we can not comprehend someone we know and see at the grocery store would outright lie to us. #WakeUP!!!
As Steve Bannon says … “They have been lying to us, and we have had a belly full of it.“
Now Bannon was talking about the Fake New Media … but the same statement applies to the SCGOP RINO establishment.
So step one … from the SCGOP Convention on May 3rd, 2025 … here is the list of DREW MCKISSICK supporters that was printed out and sitting on all the chairs. This is GOLD!!! This is your initial list of all the people that need to be PURGED from the SCGOP, with extreme prejudice.
Steve Bannon also said that if you were not prepared to go to jail in this fight, you are not ready for this fight. Well, likewise again, if you are not prepared to PURGE these folks from the SCGOP … you are not ready for this fight either.
[NOTE: I will give one caveat … and it is the exception, not the rule. There are some on this list that simply don’t know. They have been duped. Everyone is entitled to REPENT and correct their way, but they must do it openly and honestly … and with full knowledge. Otherwise, they should all on this list “sit out” of politics for a cycle or two in order to reflect on their actions. A few years on the sideline might wake them up to how compromised they have turned the SCGOP.]
We all know the SCGOP is flawed organization … controlled by the monied special interest and their political consultants. Isn’t now the time to, as TRUMP told us … FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!!!
Thank you President Donald J. TRUMP … and thank you Sun Tzu … and thank you to whomever had the idea to publish this list. Again, it’s GOLD!!!
Drew McKissick Flier – PDF (HERE)
Drew McKissick Flier – PDF (HERE)
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR …
Jeff Davis is co-founder of mySCGOP.com. Jeff is a ’89 graduate of The Citadel and in 1993 received his Law/MBA from USC. A tax attorney / CPA licensed in Georgia, Jeff is an uncompromised school choice advocate for K-12 children with special needs. Originally from Charleston, and having practiced in Atlanta, Jeff and his wife Olga now live in Greenville. Jeff completed his two year term as Greenville County Republican Party Chairman and is currently serving as GCRP State Executive Committeeman.
Jeff is also “barred” from attending the SCGOP State Executive Committee Meetings (HERE). Why? Because he dared to run against Drew McKissick for SCGOP Chairman – coming in 2nd with Drew only being reelected by 1.8% (HERE & HERE) – and in September 2021 he told the State Executive Committee that Chad Connelly had been under SLED investigation for a year and a half … and it was true (HERE & HERE).
Send us your opinion on this great debate … and how you would like to see it solved … by emailing us at team@mySCGOP.com.
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Make a Charitable Donation TODAY: HERE
The 2025 Precinct ReOrg process is now over … but #ReOrg2027 is right around the corner.
One thing we were taught at a young age … save your paperwork. For those of you at the convention, did you keep all those papers? For those not at the convention … wouldn’t you like to see the paperwork?
Below are the (1) Agenda, (2) Standing Rules & (3) Resolution Packet.
We hope you enjoy … and will use this valuable information to #WIN in 2027 for the MAGA America First movement!!!
A developing movement … stay tuned …
2025 SCGOP Convention Agenda (PDF): HERE
2025 SCGOP Convention Standing Rules (PDF): HERE
2025 SCGOP Convention Resolutions Packet (PDF): HERE
The 2025 Precinct ReOrg process is now over. It was a raucous 2025 SCGOP State Convention this past Saturday, May 3rd at the Columbia Convention Center. Free biscuits and coffee from Senator Lindsey Graham did not soothe the frustrations of the MAGA America First contingent … especially after their favorite Pickens County was disqualified over a “fabricated” infraction designed to take 24 anti-Drew McKissick votes off the table. (More to come on Pickens – but see the FITSNews Article: HERE.)
As in 2023 … the SCGOP “establishment” pulled every trick in the book.
Many first timers to the SCGOP convention witnessed with their own eyes the tyranny of the old guard establishment and their complete lack of respect for SC citizens. Many first timers witnessed not a single elected official in attendance stopping the overt ramrodding of the America FIRST SC Patriots … and in fact many of them celebrated it. Now Patriots know … and they saw firsthand Lt. Governor Pamela Evette & Attorney General Alan Wilson turn a blind eye to 45%+ of the body. It certainly won’t help them in the voting booth next June 9th, 2026 in the Governor’s Race … if they make it that far.
Regardless, Drew McKissick slipped back in by 103 votes, not near as close as the 16 votes of the 2023 SCGOP State Convention (HERE) … but after all the tricks pulled in Charleston, Lexington, Georgetown, PICKENS and other counties … what were we to expect.
Yes, some are licking their wounds (for a day or two) … but most are more motivated than ever.
We will be profiling more this week on the events of the 2025 SCGOP State Convention, so stay tuned … but in the interim, below are the County by County results in the top two and most critical races.
Temporary President Race: Jay Ragley (54.3%) vs. Rep. Jordan Pace (45.7%)
Chairman Race: Drew McKissick (55.7%) vs. Lee Bright (41.3%) vs. Denny Floyd (3.0%)
A developing movement … stay tuned …
SCGOP Temp President & Chairman Race Analysis PDF: HERE
Last week FITSNews put out an article about the SC Speaker of the House entitled “Murrell Smith Has Lost His Ability To Lead”. (HERE).
Questioning the Speaker’s ability to lead was one thing (and we loved it) … but we found a quote in the article that “IF” all our MAGA America First friends would learn and truly understand, we would win this war with the RINOs … and Save America in the process.
Take a read … and maybe read it twice …
“Power, in an ideal world, is wielded by principled officials with the consent – and in the interests – of the governed. In reality, though, it is wielded by powerful special interests who use elected officials as their puppets. As a result, the goal of “governing” becomes advancing those special interests while doing just enough to fool just enough of the voters into believing you are still serving their interests.”
“The more the curtain is peeled back, though, the harder it becomes to keep the puppet show going… especially when the objectives of these special interests run completely counter to the will of the electorate.”
– FITSNews 4/24/2025
Do you see it? Do you realize that none of this world of politics is about the Will of The People? Do you understand you can’t trust any of them … and as we would add, especially don’t trust the ones you like? Didn’t we see this with what essentially every SC State Senator did to Treasurer Curtis Loftis on April 21st, 2025 … and their “railroading of US”? (HERE)
It is all about OVERSIGHT … by The People … by YOU … by US … and it takes calling out the “drift” to the center (or worse, to the left) we see with all good conservative elected officials … most within months of being elected.
Yes, WE are peeling back the curtain. WE are winning. But learn to trust your gut, learn to question everything, and learn to trust nothing as is necessary!!!
WE The People win first by knowing what this “game” (as they see it) is really about … and secondly by knowing this applies to ALL elected officials … including the ones you like … especially the ones you like. No one is immune.
If you will learn just that … WE can Save America.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR …
Jeff Davis is co-founder of mySCGOP.com. Jeff is a ’89 graduate of The Citadel and in 1993 received his Law/MBA from USC. A tax attorney / CPA licensed in Georgia, Jeff is an uncompromised school choice advocate for K-12 children with special needs. Originally from Charleston, and having practiced in Atlanta, Jeff and his wife Olga now live in Greenville. Jeff completed his two year term as Greenville County Republican Party Chairman and is currently serving as GCRP State Executive Committeeman.
Jeff is also “barred” from attending the SCGOP State Executive Committee Meetings (HERE). Why? Because he dared to run against Drew McKissick for SCGOP Chairman – coming in 2nd with Drew only being reelected by 1.8% (HERE & HERE) – and in September 2021 he told the State Executive Committee that Chad Connelly had been under SLED investigation for a year and a half … and it was true (HERE & HERE).
Send us your opinion on this great debate … and how you would like to see it solved … by emailing us at team@mySCGOP.com.
SUSTAINING & INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS:
Make a Charitable Donation TODAY: HERE
– PAY YOUR $40 NOW!!! HERE
Dear South Carolina Patriots,
Friends, if you are a MAGA America First STATE DELEGATE (or alternate) … register for the SCGOP (RINO) State Convention ASAP!!!
The deadline is Wednesday, April 30th at 11:59pm … but we have heard from delegates all across South Carolina that had no idea there was a registration deadline. Those delegates (coincidentally) all seem to be AGAINST current Chairman Drew McKissick. #FireDREW!!!
So … REGISTER ASAP … like right now … especially if you are “real” MAGA America First!!!
Register Today: HERE
Bonus: Zero Guest Policy?
Straight from the SCGOP registration page.
Isn’t it interesting …….
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SCGOP Disclaimers:
“The 2025 State Convention will be held on Saturday, May 3, 2025 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, located on 1101 Lincoln Street, Columbia, SC 29201.”
“The Convention will gavel in at 11:00AM with credentialing beginning at 9:30AM.”
“Each Delegate will only be able to purchase ONE ticket per person.”
“We have a zero guest policy. Unless you are a State Delegate or State Alternate, you will be denied entry to State Convention.“
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