(Columbia-AP) Nov. 15, 2003 - Some Republican leaders are criticizing an e-mail sent out by party chairman Katon Dawson in support of Gov. Mark Sanford's plan to lower the income tax.

House Majority Leader Rick Quinn says there are many tax proposals and the party should not have endorsed one proposal over another. Quinn has proposed a tax plan that would raise the state sales tax, lower the income tax, and eliminate most property taxes that go to fund education.

Dawson says he sees nothing wrong with a Republican party chair endorsing a Republican governor. Dawson says the party is in favor of easing taxes on South Carolinians.

Sanford's plan would lower the state income tax while increasing the tax on a pack of cigarettes and applying the state sales tax to lottery tickets.

Posted 6:50pm by Eva Pilgrim