Haley is for China instead of America. When she was governor of SC, she even put Georgia's Savannah River dredging ahead of her own state.
Scrutiny growing on Haley port role
Fundraiser before dredging approval raises suspicions
https://web.archive.org/web/20111124112108/http://www.postandcourier.com/
Haley denies influence in DHEC-Savannah ports decision
COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - More questions have arisen over Gov. Nikki Haley's relationship with Department of Health and Environmental Control board members and their decision to approve a permit for the Savannah ports.
Monday, Gov. Haley held a press conference to deny that she had any influence in the decision.
"I stand by everything and I know it's unfortunate in this political world, everybody likes to think there's something behind everything," said Haley. "There's nothing here."
Months ago, DHEC denied Savannah a permit to dredge the river leading into its port. Then, three weeks ago DHEC's board approved the permit.
An investigation has uncovered plane rides and large campaign contributions that some say show a cozy relationship between Gov. Haley and the DHEC board.
Flight records show Gov. Haley flew on DHEC board member Kenyon Wells' plane to the Georgia-South Carolina football game on Sept. 10. Onboard were Wells, his wife, the governor and Michael Haley, three governor staffers and a SLED agent.
Gov. Haley's flight logs also show DHEC Chairman Allen Amsler loaned the governor his plane to fly to Georgetown for a fundraiser.
That flight came exactly one month before DHEC would approve the Savannah port permit.
Gov. Haley appointed Wells and Amsler to the DHEC board in April.
The flight records show both men provided at least five flights between April and October, even during the time DHEC worked out Georgia's dredging permit details.
Democrat Senate Caucus spokesman Phil Bailey says it's easy to see what's going on.
"It's cronyism, it's pay-to-play politics, and unfortunately our state's economy is suffering," said Bailey. "The Port of Charleston stands to lose big on this deal."
Gov. Haley attended a fundraising event in Georgia just two weeks before DHEC approved the Georgia dredging permit. The event raised money from Georgia businesses to fund Gov. Haley's 2014 re-election campaign.
Before Gov. Haley appointed them to the DHEC board, campaign records show that Kenyon Wells and his family gave the governor $50,000, while DHEC Chair Allen Amsler gave $3,000.
A third DHEC board member and Gov. Haley-appointee gave the governor $570 in 2010.
"This is a governor that promised to be different, to change the status quo, to shake up the good ol' boy system, but look what we have is her stacking an important oversight board with her political cronies," said Bailey. "People that let her use their private aircraft and fly her all over the state to fundraisers. It looks bad and it's just another example of Haley hypocrisy."
We reached out to Gov. Haley to explain the flights. Her spokesman gave us a statement that says in part: "Every member of the DHEC board testified under oath yesterday that neither the governor nor any member of her staff influenced the decision regarding Savannah's ports in any way."
It went on to say the Haleys have been good friends with the Amslers and Wells for years.
As for the two board members themselves, Amsler released a statement Tuesday saying it was offensive for anyone to suggest there was influence. Wells has yet to respond to the allegations.
https://www.wistv.com/story/16158754/haley-denies-influence-in-dhec-savannah-ports-decision/
Had to go to the wayback machine, a lot were removed.
House overturns Haley’s port veto (+ emails)
South Carolina House Republicans and Democrats alike blasted Gov. Nikki Haley on Tuesday for vetoing their resolution expressing displeasure with a state agency’s move to clear the way for the deepening of Georgia’s Port of Savannah.
The House overrode Haley’s veto of that resolution by a 111-to-1 vote.
“This is a political ploy,” state Rep. Jim Merrill, R-Berkeley, said of Haley’s veto. “Once again, (Haley) is working more on behalf of Georgia, when it comes to this permit and this issue, than she is on South Carolina.”
At issue is a water-quality permit for the Savannah port that was issued by the Haley-appointed board of the state Department of Health and Environmental Control. Lawmakers have charged the permit, which helps clear the way for deepening the Georgia port, hurts South Carolina, where the port of Charleston also needs to be deepened.
Earlier this month, both the House and the Senate unanimously passed a resolution disavowing DHEC’s permitting decision and claiming the board lacked the authority to issue the permit.
Haley has defended the DHEC board’s decision. In her veto message, she said the Legislature is overstepping its authority by trying to influence the issue.
Only one House member, state Rep. Ralph Norman, R-York, voted to uphold Haley’s veto of that resolution.
The vote came on the same day that documents were released showing sharp differences between the state’s two environmental agencies over the Savannah harbor-dredging proposal.
Internal records show the S.C. Department of Natural Resources still thinks the more than $600 million project threatens fish and wildlife and plans to offset the environmental impact were poorly drawn.
Because DHEC never asked Natural Resources for its opinion on a compromise that allowed the dredging, water quality and wildlife will suffer, according to records released through the office of state Sen. Brad Hutto, D-Orangeburg.
“DNR was not consulted relative to the last minute negotiations, nor was DNR asked to play any role in crafting or reviewing the final agency decision,’’ read a Dec. 9 email from Bob Perry, a DNR permitting official. “We believe the document is severely flawed and does not protect water quality or other natural resources.’’
A key concern is the use of equipment to inject oxygen into the Savannah River, an attempt to offset the effect of dredging on water quality. The system “will not work … and it will be doomed to failure at the peril of aquatic resources,’’ a Dec. 5 email from Perry to a state Senate staff member said.
The records also show Natural Resources was adamant in opposing a DHEC plan to smooth over differences between the state agencies after the Nov. 10 Savannah port deal was announced.
“We will not alter our position to provide cover for their board and staff decisions,’’ Natural Resources director John Frampton wrote in an internal email dated Nov. 18.
https://web.archive.org/web/20120229201021/http://www.thestate.com/2012/02/28/2171357/house-overturns-haleys-port-veto.html
I don't think Nikki Haley will have SC votes.
European vacation or legitimate business? Haley’s fiscal priorities under fire as summer ‘jobs’ trip detailed
https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/state_politics/european-vacation-or-legitimate-business-haleys-fiscal-priorities-under-fire-as-summer-jobs-trip-detailed/article_87a7f473-a243-5148-8d5f-522c640165a1.html
>all negative Haley articles
She was a shitty governor for SC, and she would be a shitty president, or vp any anything else for America. Thank God there is not a chance of her winning.