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Category Archives: Ports
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
Pearson: No Quid Pro Quo with Georgia
Sen. Brad Hutto, D-Orangeburg, asks Gov. Nikki Haley’s chief of staff Tim Pearson if there was a quid pro quo arrangement between South Carolina and Georgia regarding the Savannah and Jasper ports. “Some people think that’s odd that here we … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Ethics, General Assembly, infrastructure, Ports, Transparency
Tagged DHEC, Gov. Nikki Haley, Sen. Brad Hutto, Tim Pearson
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Haley Staffer Faces Senate Panel on DHEC Permit Issue
Tim Pearson, chief of staff for Gov. Nikki Haley, is questioned by members of a Senate panel Dec. 8 regarding a water quality permit for the dredging of the Savannah River. Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal approached Haley and asked if … Continue reading
Senator Grills Haley Chief of Staff on DHEC Permit
Sen. Joel Lourie, D-Richland, questions Gov. Nikki Haley’s chief of staff Tim Pearson on whether the governor attempted to influence the DHEC board to grant a permit to allow the expansion of a Georgia port. “I find it highly unusual … Continue reading
Diverse Leaders See Benefits in Privately Run Ports
A key issue has been overlooked in a political firestorm engulfing a state board’s recent decision to approve a project that could help Georgia better compete against South Carolina in the ports industry. The issue holds major economic implications for … Continue reading
Posted in Ports
Tagged Allen Amsler, Coastal Conservation League, Dana Beach, Geogia Ports Authority, Gov. Nikki Haley, International Longshoremen's Association Local 1422, Ken Riley, Mark Sanford, Port of Savannah, S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, S.C. State Ports Authority, Sen. Tom Davis
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‘Port Opponents’ List a ‘Port Enemies’ List?
More than two dozen Charleston-area businesses have been targeted in an anonymous negative publicity campaign apparently stemming from a long-running struggle in the port city over how to handle its growing cruise ship industry. The names of the targeted businesses, … Continue reading
Charleston Groups Prepared to Sue Cruise Lines
By Warwick Jones Citizen Reporter Threats of lawsuits to restrain the city, the State Ports Authority and cruise ship lines have been commonplace for a year or so. But it appears the threat is likely to become a reality. The South … Continue reading
Union Pier Forum Fails to Find Common Ground
If the purpose of a recent community forum that purportedly sought to bring different sides of the cruise ship/Union Pier plan issue closer, it failed. Continue reading
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