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Posted on February 12, 2003
Supporter sets up relief fund for mansion
The Associated
Press
A key supporter of Gov. Mark Sanford
set up a relief fund to help keep the Gov.'s Mansion open amid a budget
crisis.
Sanford said earlier this week that the mansion was costing
too much to operate and would be in the red by the end of the budget
year.
To keep the mansion open, Sanford supporter John Rainey
launched The Mansion Fund. Rainey was among those who urged Sanford, a
former U.S. House member, to run for governor. Rainey also helped raise
money for the campaign, ran his inaugural and was tapped by Sanford last
week as chairman of the state Board of Economic Advisors.
But the
relief fund is not the only help the first family is getting.
Local
miller Adluh Flour company is donating grits, flour and corn meal to tide
the mansion over until the new budget year begins July 1. "We may not know
exactly what's going to happen at the mansion at this point but at least
we've got breakfast covered," Sanford said of the donation.
"I
figured it was a way to take some of the pressure off of them," said Adluh
president, Jack Edgerton.
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The Mansion Fund, P.O. Box
2626, Columbia, S.C., 29202. Or contact Christine Yates,
803-737-4772.
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