This was not a good day for the taxpayer, of the votes cast:
Elimination of competitive grants lost 31-9
Elimination of National Green Bean museum lost 28-14
$320 million in tax relief tabled on voice vote
$81 million in tax relief lost 25-17
Total elimination of sales tax this year lost 24-18
This video is a perfect example of Tuesday’s (4/24) deliberations on the budget. Click here to see complete list
A short list of earmarks: $950,000 National Green Bean Museum in Lake City, $200,000 Randolph Cemetery in Columbia, $550,000 Johnsonville Library in Florence, $500,000 Weldon Auditorium in Clarendon, $500,000 Chapman Cultural Center in Spartanburg, $500,000 York Museum, $225,000 Abbeville Courthouse renovation, $100,000 Spartanburg Humane Society, $800,000 Anderson parks, $300,000 Horry parks, $500,000 Reedy River project, $990,000 Greenwood sewer line, $500,000 Camp Spearhead, $950,000 City of Easley, $3,900,000 Florence County Museum.
i see the resemblance
Why didn’t you guys give the wicca’s and scientologists new temples?
Looks like everyone else got something.
I commend you for having the fortitude to offer an amendment that deletes pork in your own district. Not many politicians will stand up and do that. You are a statesman, not a politician.
Senator, How can you justify comparing the higher chamber of the South Carolina Government to 3 hogs eating out of a tub?
members go through YOUR money like these hogs slop. Every pig for himself. As I said, we tried time and time again to get YOUR money back? Unfortunately, we could not get the votes to pass tax relief. I voted against this appropriations bill simply because of the reckless spending and nearly-nil tax relief.
SENATOR, THY NAME IS HYPOCRITE Views: 346
PAPPY
Registered: 03/19/06
Posts: 933 Tuesday, May 01 2007 @ 04:45 PM GMT+4
Well, I waited for someone else to do the dirty work. But since none wanted to or failed to note it, allow me.
I’m writing about the juxtaposition of hypocrisy in an op-ed column by our highly moral State Senator and an article by Alison Glass about said Senator. They were both in the 04/27/07 edition of AIM.
The Senator properly, in my opinion, complained about various earmarks in the State budget in his column.They included $800,000 for Anderson parks and recreation, so he appeared to be sincere in opposing any funding that doesn’t affect all State citizens.
The article then addressed a different kind of earmark, called a ’constituent reminder’ by the Senator, that charges taxpayers for a mailing in opposition to the District Five school referendum He says that it was only to explain the various tax increases involved in approval, an explanation that had already been made with private financing in the school district.
The Senator went on to say the mailing went to those over 55 who vote regularly, and he only spent a minor sum.
Well, first of all , my folks taught me that, ’ it isn’t the amount of money involved, it is the principle that counts ’. Spending State citizen‘s funds for something not involving all citizens was wrong according to Senator Bryant, but spending citizen’s funds for something affecting constituents of a school district is okay.
Worse than that hypocrisy is calling the mailing a CONSTITUENT reminder. Guess he forgot about the majority of his constituents under 55 because he only mailed to those old fogies over 55.
I believe it is obvious why he chose that voting group. They are ones most likely to vote against school funding, they have no children in school and have no memory of their own public school funding.
Come to think of it, I wonder if Senator Bryant’s children go to public school ?
“…and so it goes.”