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Category Archives: Boeing
Guv’s Office, Commerce Can’t Produce Job-Creation Records
In an interview on Dec. 15, Gov. Nikki Haley told a reporter with The State newspaper, “I sleep, eat and breathe jobs every day.” On Wednesday, she told lawmakers in her state-of-the-state address that South Carolina was “surging,” pointing to … Continue reading
Boeing Not a ‘Public Body,’ Federal Judge Rules
Despite receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer-backed incentives from South Carolina, aerospace giant Boeing is not a public body under the state’s whistleblower law, a federal judge has ruled. That’s mainly because the Chicago-based company “satisfies” a condition … Continue reading
Japan Trips, Other Taxpayer-Funded Freebies Offered to Bridgestone
Over the next several years, as many as 200 new employees at the expanding Bridgestone plant site in Aiken County will be flown to Japan, where the international tire manufacturer is headquartered, according to a state incentives agreement obtained by … Continue reading
Bill Would Put More Teeth, Transparency in Incentives Deals
If you ask S.C. Rep. Thad Viers, he’ll tell you that it was mainly for philosophical reasons that he voted earlier this year against offering a controversial state sales-tax collection exemption to Internet retail giant Amazon.com. “My philosophy is that I … Continue reading
Legislators Exempt Themselves from Sunshine Law They Created
When it comes to releasing public emails and other internal communications, the governor’s office isn’t the only place that likes to play secrecy games. In fact, for more than 30 years, state law has shielded the S.C. General Assembly from releasing documents … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Boeing, General Assembly, Incentives, Legislation, Transparency
Tagged Boeing, House Speaker Bobby Harrell, open-records laws, Sen. Hugh Leatherman, South Carolina Freedom of Information Act, South Carolina Press Association, The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
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Boeing: A Public Body, Lawsuit Contends
Boeing is a public body under South Carolina law because the aerospace giant has received “large sums of public money” from the Palmetto State, a former Boeing engineer contends in a wrongful discharge lawsuit pending in a Charleston federal court. John Woods, … Continue reading
$270M Taxpayer-Funded Gift to Boeing Properly Spent, Commerce Chief Says
Aerospace giant Boeing properly spent $270 million in S.C. taxpayer-backed bond proceeds given to the Chicago-based company for its North Charleston assembly plant, state Commerce Secretary Bobby Hitt said in a letter obtained Thursday by The Nerve. Hitt responded to … Continue reading
The Boeing Incentives Deal: More Secrecy, Lack of Accountability
Of the estimated half-billion-dollar-plus state incentives package to bring a Boeing plant to North Charleston, the single-biggest-revealed piece of corporate-welfare candy offered to the aerospace giant involved the sale of $270 million in bonds. But if taxpayers, who are entirely on … Continue reading
Charleston Doles Out Incentives to Two Manufacturers
Warwick Jones Citizen Reporter The Charleston County Council Finance Committee on approved two recommendations by the Economic Development Department on Sept. 22 to support investments in manufacturing facilities in the county. The most important related to TIGHITCO, a subsidiary of … Continue reading
Haley Staffers, Senator, Commerce Flack Attend Air Show
A large South Carolina delegation to the Paris Air Show in June included two mid-level employees in Gov. Nikki Haley’s office, the then-spokeswoman for the S.C. Department of Commerce and state Sen. Hugh Leatherman, according to documents obtained from Haley’s … Continue reading
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