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| Sanford Issues Vetoes |
| (Columbia-AP) -- Governor Mark Sanford says
his first state budget vetoes are meant to send a message to
lawmakers. He wants them to tighten and restructure state
government. Sanford announced his 22 vetoes on Wednesday. They include returning money taken from environmental funds to balance the budget. The freshman governor says lawmakers improperly transferred money from trust funds or other restricted accounts to the general fund. Sanford says he vetoed items that lawmakers set aside to get funding only if the state's revenues exceeded estimates. Sanford says such "wish list" funding is a bad way to budget money. House Speaker David Wilkins says lawmakers had to deal with the worse state budget year in half-a-century and had to use desperate measures. But overall, Wilkins says the minimal vetoes shows the governor was satisfied with the budget. Read the Vetoes Click Here |