Sanford to accept $700,000,000.00 in Porkulus cash for SC, use it to pay down debt

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  March 10th at 05:56 PM  | 

Gov. Mark Sanford (R-SC) sent a letter to the South Carolina General Assembly today in which he outlined his intent to request a waiver from the Obama administration that would allow him to use the $700,000,000.00 in Porkulus cash due his state “to pay down South Carolina’s sizable debt and contingent liabilities,” rather than to fund new pork-barrel, make-work projects. Sanford has said he will | Read More »

James Clyburn’s (D-SC) ‘Stimulus’ Clause Unwittingly Provides Gov. Mark Sanford (R-SC) with Perfect Political Cover

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  February 18th at 04:23 PM  | 

Last November, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford (R) took to the pages of The Wall Street Journal in an effort to publicly repudiate the ongoing talk about states increasing personal and national debt by accepting multi-billion dollar bailouts from Washington. In an op-ed titled “Don’t Bail Out My State,” Sanford wrote: I find myself in a lonely position. While many states and local governments are | Read More »