(Columbia-AP) -- Some lawmakers are questioning a plan to include $700,000 in the state budget for the coming year to help start a college football bowl game in South Carolina.
House Minority Leader James Smith of Columbia says he's shocked that a contribution to the proposed Palmetto Bowl is in the $5.3 billion dollar budget. The Democrat says the
state should be focus on fundamentals during a tight budget year.
The plan has the support of Republican leaders, including Ways and Means Chairman Bobby Harrell of Charleston and Majority Leader Rick Quinn of Columbia.
Charleston Representative Chip Limehouse says the $700,000 would help the state's tourism industry.
The bowl game would be played at The Citadel and feature an Atlantic Coast Conference team and a Conference USA team. |
