Governor calls on people to oppose across-the-board budget cutsBy Bo Petersen (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Gov. Mark Sanford, flanked by six highway patrolmen, today appealed to people to call their legislators to go back into session and stop across-the-board budget cuts. The cuts would impair "core government functions" like public safety, he said. State agencies were ordered to make immediate 3 percent budget cuts earlier this month after the Board of Economic Advisors reported that revenue collections were down by $222 million for the fiscal year that just ended, and revenue for the current fiscal year is expected to be 5 percent lower than originally expected. Sanford wants the S.C. Legislature to make cuts program by program instead. The legislature is not scheduled to go back into session until January 2009. Sanford spoke at the Highway Patrol headquarters in North Charleston, one of three stops across the state to rally support. Read more in tomorrow's editions of The Post and Courier. |
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Posted by AHLeland on August 21, 2008 at 2:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)
See my letter to the editor in the paper today if you need more of an explanation as to why these cuts are unreasonable!
Posted by martin on August 21, 2008 at 5:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)
why doesn't Governor make some specific recommendations about which programs in which agencies need to be cut or is he all mouth yet again?