(Florence-AP) June 9, 2005 - State Senator Hugh Leatherman and others in the Pee Dee are angry after Governor Mark Sanford vetoed a bill to create a commission to study if a trail should be established to honor Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion.

The Republican from Florence says he's disappointed that the governor is picking on the Pee Dee area.

The bill created a commission to collect private and public money to evaluate the trail. Sanford says such a commission would be unnecessary and create "a new avenue for regional political favoritism." Sanford wrote in his veto message that other groups in the state have established tourism trails by seeking state and federal grants with the help of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism.

Leatherman has vowed to fight to get the veto overturned.

Posted 9:12pm by BrettWitt