May 13 2007
State Grants Make SCCFG’s “Lard List”
A number of local festivals are funded partially through competitive grants, Gross said, and those festivals have little lasting impact on the state.
“In my mind,” he said, “festivals are not legitimate economic development.”
After the Senate and House approved their proposed budgets, the S.C. Club for Growth released a “Lard List” of legislative pork that included museums in Lake City and Florence, as well as a pottery degree at Piedmont Technical College. Six festivals across the state that received money through the competitive grant program last year also were on the “Lard List.”
Sanford has been a critic of the budget as well, installing a “clock” outside his office to tabulate new Senate spending at $33 per second.
I guess this is why I have to pay a personal property tax on my car every year. Could you imagine the cotton candy shortages at the festivals and lack of culture at PTC from all the pottery hippies migrating away to pick mushrooms in Oregon?
Sanford has argued the state’s new income money could be used to cut income taxes, which would spur investment across the state.
Cooper said the House would push for its $81 million income tax cut, as well as the Senate’s $90 million reduction of the state grocery sales tax to 1 percent from 3 percent.
Mark Sanford is an F’ing rock star!
