Governor Mark Sanford seems to be more worried about his 2012 Presidential Bid then the education of students in South Carolina. One thing the governor has to learn is that if you want to be President of the United States, you have to care about the people.
According to the State Paper, "The South Carolina Supreme Court will allow Gov. Mark Sanford to intervene on a case where a pair of students have asked the court if Sanford can be forced to spend federal stimulus money he has so far refused to take. Sanford is now trying to affirm his right to control the money in both state and federal court. Sanford filed suit last week when state lawmakers voted in the state budget to spend $350 million in disputed federal stimulus money. "
Most of the stimulus money will go to help K-12 schools as well as colleges balance their books during the economic down turn. Sanford also filed suit against fellow Republican Attorney General McMaster in federal court. He is asking the court to suspend a budget law that requires Sanford to spend the stimulus money. The attorney general is charged with enforcing that law.
I am at a lost of words for Governor Sanford. Wanting to influence your national political spotlight is one thing but when you do it by destroying the education in your own state is baleful.
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As a South Carolinian....I am very disturbed by Gov. Sanford's action regarding the federal stimulus money. He is truly hurting South Carolina by refusing to accept the federal stimulus money. Does he think he really has a chance in 2012.......being that he failed to accept money to support SC education......I don't think so.
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