From the daily archives:

Thursday, August 27, 2009

The Senator in charge of a subcommittee investigating Governor Sanford’s travel expenses says today was one of the most bizarre days of his life, when the Governor held a press conference across the street from his Greenville office on Wade Hampton Boulevard.

Senator David Thomas was taken aback by Sanford’s move.   “The Governor actually came to Greenville, help up the document that I had asked him to produce, the document I knew would help him, using that to attack the actions of my committee.  This is the strangest behavior I’ve seen from a governor and I’ve been in office for 20 years.”

Sanford defended himself against Thomas’s investigation, by siting the document that Thomas had requested and had already been sent, a report released by the governor’s office that shows 230 business class trips made in the past 25 years by former governors and South Carolina officials.

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Midlands may see year’s first case of West Nile virus

by Ashley Byrd 08/27/09 3:17 PM

(filed by SCRN affiliate WVOC in Columbia)
The city of Columbia is stepping up mosquito eradication efforts as a result of a probable human case of West Nile virus in a city resident.
Thom Berry, with the state Department of Health and Environmental Control, says if tests confirm the virus in Richland County, it would be the [...]

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Democrats observe Republican struggle over impeachment

by Susan Trautsch 08/27/09 3:07 PM

The House Republican Caucus is meeting in Myrtle Beach this weekend and one of the items on the agenda is possible impeachment proceedings for Governor Sanford.The Republicans hold the majority in the House,so Democrats can only sit back and observe.
Veteran Democrat Representative Grady Brown says that little if anything will be accomplished during the governor’s remaining term. [...]

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Gov. Sanford: We’re dealing with a “political circus”

by Michael Brown 08/27/09 2:34 PM

Governor Mark Sanford traveled to Greenville Thursday to hold a press conference across the street from Greenville Senator David Thomas’ office. On SCRN affiliate WTMA in Charleston, the governor spoke of the senator’s investigation on Sanford’s use of taxpayers dollars for travel expenses.
“What we are dealing with right now is something of a political circus in [...]

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House members hold meeting: Sanford not on agenda

by Michael Brown 08/27/09 12:46 PM

House Speaker Bobby Harrell and members of the House of Representatives will hold their 15th annual agenda planning meeting for the upcoming legislative year. The speaker’s communications spokesperson, Greg Foster, goes over the topics of discussion at the meeting.
“This is the 15th annual legislative agenda planning meeting for the House Republican Caucus. It’s where members [...]

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