(Columbia) -
Gov. Mark Sanford spoke to the people of South Carolina in his
fifth State of the State address Wednesday night.
Click here to read the full
speech.Click here to read the full Democratic
response from Vince Sheheen.Sanford asked for help
from lawmakers to restructure state government in his
Wednesday speech.
Sanford says he's learned that he can
only propose ideas. He says change is in the hands of state
lawmakers.
In his 22-page speech, the governor also hit
on themes he had been talking about in his four previous State
of the State speeches, including restructuring and controlling
spending.
The governor invited key lawmakers to a
preview of the speech at a breakfast Wednesday
morning.
The speech was Sanford's first State of the
State speech of his second term.
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