News and Press Releases for August 2007

August 3, 2007

Columbia, S.C. – Gov. Mark Sanford today issued the following statement on the General Assembly’s mockery of an election for Treasurer, and its complete lack of diligence and careful consideration of the candidates and issues before them:

“To hold this election in just over a week after the Treasurer resigned makes a mockery of the electoral process and gives South Carolina the appearance of a banana republic,” Gov. Sanford said. “The General Assembly owed it to the people who elected it to not rush into this decision, and instead to make this a more transparent and deliberative process. Unfortunately, they chose a path that guaranteed one of its own being installed as the next Treasurer, in a process that puts the interests of Columbia powerbrokers ahead of the interests of average South Carolinians who’ve spoken loud and clear on the need for reform. We believe this was a decision that should have been contemplated further, and we think the legislature’s vote today was a real dereliction of duty in that regard.”