While appearing on FOX News Channel's "At Large" with Geraldo Rivera last night, Gov. Mark Sanford said he doesn't believe that Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott should prosecute Michael Phelps for the Olympic champion's marijuana-related escapades in South Carolina last November.
At the end of a segment about the Obama Administration's $827 billion economic spending plan, Rivera ambushed Sanford by asking, "What's going on with Phelps and the sheriff in your state capital saying that he's going to let loose his detectives to investigate whether or not to prosecute this fine young man?"
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Charleston, SC Mayor Joe Riley Calls Out Governor Mark Sanford of South Carolina on Stimulus Bill
ReplyDeleteCharleston Mayor Joe Riley said South Carolina’s governor should “energetically” support President Obama’s stimulus plan in light of the state’s dismal employment numbers.
Gov. Mark Sanford has been a high-profile opponent of the jobs plan, claiming it will only grow the nation’s deficit. But Riley said Tuesday that, in light of the state’s unemployement rate nearing 10 percent, Sanford’s first priority should be in securing pay checks for South Carolinians.
“The governor needs to feel responsible for the economic health of his state and the people of his state,” Riley said.
The White House says the stimulus will create 53,000 jobs in South Carolina, and increase tax cuts, tuition tax credits, and unemployment benefits.
http://news.ccpblogs.com/2009/02/09/mayor-riley-calls-out-sanford-on-stimulus-bill/