Press Releases
October 2008
Columbia, S.C. - October 31, 2008 - Governor Mark Sanford today signed the pledge to join T. Boone Pickens’ campaign to reduce America’s addiction to foreign oil.
Columbia, S.C. - October 30, 2008 - While expressing “serious reservations” about a number of a flexibility-limiting provisions in the legislature’s targeted spending cuts plan, Governor Mark Sanford today announced he would allow the plan to become law and withhold any budget vetoes.
Columbia, S.C. - October 28, 2008 - Governor Mark Sanford and S.C. NAACP President Dr. Lonnie Randolph today called on the S.C. General Assembly to reconsider its veto override of a new bill that mandates DNA storage in a national database upon arrest without the benefit of a trial.
Columbia, S.C. - October 23, 2008 - Governor Mark Sanford today issued the following statement on the Senate’s passage of its targeted budget cut plan:
Columbia, S.C. - October 22, 2008 - Governor Mark Sanford today issued the following statement on the budget plan passed by the House yesterday, and set to be taken up by the Senate tomorrow:
Columbia, S.C. - October 20, 2008 - Governor Mark Sanford today issued the following statement on Senator Darrell Jackson’s proposal to shorten next year’s legislative session in response to the state’s budget situation:
Columbia, S.C. - October 17, 2008 - Governor Mark Sanford today issued the following statement on the budget plans being worked on by the House and Senate to cover a nearly $500 million budget hole:
Columbia, S.C. - October 15, 2008 - Governor Mark Sanford embarked on a two-day, ten-city tour today with Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom, S.C. Policy Council President Ashley Landess and legislators to call for conservative reforms aimed at increasing accountability in state government. The group highlighted the need for reforming the way the state spends, the way government is structured, and increasing government transparency. The need for reform has never been more evident, as the state faces a $400 million shortfall due to overspending when state revenues were growing faster than the economy and made worse by an inefficient and unaccountable government structure.
Columbia, S.C. - October 8, 2008 - Governor Mark Sanford issued the following statement on the state Board of Economic Advisors’ decision to cut state revenue estimates by six percent, necessitating $420 million dollars in spending cuts: