Friday, April 3, 2009
SC Gov. Sanford will take stimulus money after all
Posted by Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman on Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:55 AM
Did anyone really think he wouldn't take the money?
Gov. Mark Sanford will comply with a midnight stimulus deadline tonight and become the last governor in the nation to seek millions of dollars in federal economic-recovery funds for his state, aides said late Thursday.Sanford will continue contesting $700 million in education and law enforcement money for South Carolina, but his 11th-hour move to meet the deadline buys time for schools fearing mass teacher layoffs and draconian cuts.
Read the rest of this Charlotte Observer article here.
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