WORKING WITH LEGISLATORS

What He Said -- "I will hold regular office hours and visits with the Legislature -- members, caucuses and leadership alike."

Where it stands -- Sanford has had meetings with lawmakers and caucus groups, but some say they are sporadic, not regular.

AGENCY COOPERATION

What he said -- "I am proposing an executive order directing my agencies to end the practice of stonewalling the Legislature as you do your job of gathering information from them."

Where it stands -- Sanford issued an executive order Feb. 4 doing just that.

CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM

What he said -- "Let's sign the campaign finance reform bill that has been gathering dust in Columbia. If given the chance, I'll sign it."

Where it stands -- Different campaign finance reform bills have passed in the House and the Senate. The differences will have to be worked out, but supporters of both expect a compromise will be reached.

COMMERCE REFORM

What he said -- "We should no longer hide expenditures at the Department of Commerce, but we should also go one step further by passing the Speaker's bill that will require the disclosure of all special fund accounts at Commerce."

Where it stands -- The bill from House Speaker David Wilkins, R-Greenville, has passed the House and the Senate Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee. It is now before the full Senate.

NO STATE-PAID LOBBYING

What he said -- "Last year S. C. government spent $1.9 million lobbying itself. Let's pass a bill similar to the one proposed by Rep. Merrill to fix this."

Where it stands -- The bill from state Rep. Jim Merrill, R-Berkeley, has been approved by the House Judiciary Committee.

OPEN DOOR AFTER 4

What he said -- "I'll also host an 'Open Door After 4' one evening each month in the governor's office so that folks who can't otherwise get off work can have personal access to me."

Where it stands -- The governor's "Open Door" program has been very popular -- with waiting lists for each session to date -- and Sanford plans to continue the events.

APPOINTED VS. ELECTED

What he said -- "Every constitutional officer, with the exception of the attorney general, should be appointed by the governor. Send me a proposal to reduce the number of statewide elected officials, and I'll accept it."

Where it stands -- Included in the government restructuring plan Sanford introduced last week was a proposal that would allow the governor to appoint every constitutional officer except lieutenant governor, attorney general and adjutant general.If the proposal is endorsed by the Legislature, voters would have to approve an amendment to the state constitution.

What he said -- "I'm troubled by the vagueness of authority in the governance of the five-member Budget and Control Board and the 1,100 or so employees that comprise that agency. Let's consolidate the bulk of these functions into a Department of Administration within the Governor's Cabinet."

Where it stands -- Sanford's government restructuring proposal would do that.

What he said -- "Send me a bill that caps the growth of government realistically, requires a public justification for the creation of every new program, and requires cost projections for these programs -- not just for the first year, but also for the first five years -- and I'll sign it."

Where it stands -- A bill calling for these changes has passed the House and is before the Senate Finance Committee. If the bill is endorsed by the Legislature, voters would have to approve an amendment to the state constitution.

ZERO-BASED BUDGETING

What he said -- "You've realized some limited success in getting a few agencies to move toward performance budgeting. I'll help you to continue and broaden this effort by requiring every Cabinet agency to adopt either zero-based or performance budgeting within the next four years."

Where it stands -- Two bills that would require the entire state budget to be done using zero-based budgeting principles have been introduced in the House. Both are before the Ways and Means Committee.

What he said -- "The state provides about $1 billion of your tax dollars to local districts through a confusing 80 or so spending categories. You could send the same dollars in a much more simplified system using just six different categories of block grants."

Where it stands -- The governor on Wednesday unveiled a plan that does just that.

What he said -- "Conduct grades, in-school suspensions and boot camps."

Where it stands -- Legislation introduced in March in the House and Senate deal with this. A House education subcommittee is studying the proposals.

What he said -- "About my proposals for increasing parents' choices for their children's education ... charter schools will be our first step, as there are currently only 14 in the state."

Where it stands -- Legislation making it easier to create charter schools has been introduced in the House and Senate. Both are before committees.

What he said -- "On the issue of higher education, we do not have the resources to allow every institution to be everything to everybody. I'm open to how this should be done, but I am committed to working with each one of you in seeing that it will be done."

Where it stands -- During the campaign, Sanford advocated creating a board of regents to oversee the state's public colleges and universities. A bill that would do that has been introduced in the House and is before the Education Committee.

FIXING THE DMV

What he said -- "To some, a better quality of life means not waiting in a line for hours at a DMV office. We propose extending the renewal period on licenses from five to 10 years, the licensing of new cars by the auto dealers who sell them, and people not having to make two trips -- to the DMV and the auditor's office -- when one trip would suffice."

Where it stands -- A DMV reform bill has passed the House and is now before the Senate Transportation Committee. A second bill introduced in the Senate has passed the Transportation Committee.

TAX PROPOSALS

What he said -- "Any specific tax increase should be accompanied by a plan for a corresponding decrease of our tax burden in other areas. I have specific thoughts on decreasing the income tax with any proposal to increase the cigarette tax to fund Medicaid."

Where it stands -- Sanford has proposed an increase in the state cigarette tax in conjunction with an eventual decrease in income taxes over a period of several years. Legislation doing this, however, has not been introduced and the idea has drawn fire from Republican legislative leaders.

What he said -- "We owe it to taxpayer, patient and provider alike to reform the (Medicaid) system. Concurrent with any proposal for more money, there must be reform. If we need waivers for more flexibility, I will go to the mat in Washington to get them."

Where it stands -- A bill reforming the state's health care systems, including Medicaid, has passed the House and is before the Senate.

What he said -- "Please help me to bring back smaller community-centered schools. Let's work with the state Department of Education to eliminate minimum acreage requirements so that school boards have greater flexibility in site selection."

Where it stands -- A bill removing minimum-acreage requirements has been introduced in the House and is before the House Education Committee.

SMALLER SCHOOLS

What he said -- "Let's enact legislation that caps student populations for our future facilities. Florida just did this, limiting elementary schools to 500 students, middle schools to 700 students, and high schools to 900 students. I ask that you send me similar legislation."

Where it stands -- The bill that would accomplish this is before a House education subcommittee.