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.
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This article appears in Mar 31 – Apr 7, 2009.
