Charleston Mayor Joe Riley says it’s outrageous that Governor Mark Sanford vetoed what’s called the Recidivism Reduction Act. Riley says the bill was designed to give law enforcement more tools to fight repeat offenders and career criminals.

“This is a reasonable and much needed measure that law enforcement in South Carolina has worked hard for. Every police department in our state would benefit from this. Every neighborhood would benefit from this. It simply means that if you are convicted and if you are sentenced to jail and are on probation or parole, that during that period of time you have the ability by law enforcement and reasonable circumstances to make sure you do not have guns and drugs on you,” says Riley. [Read more...]

Mark Sanford was one of 30 governors nationwide to receive a letter last week calling for their resignations or removal.

Law enforcement is not taking the letters lightly. Agents from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division say a group calling itself the Guardians of the Free Republics had mailed letters to the Governor’s office demanding Sanford’s resignation in the next three days. Governors from at least 29 other states also received similar letters.

The letters say if Sanford did not resign in that time, then he needs to be “removed.”

The FBI and Homeland Security are investigating the letters, with concerns about impending violence. However, Guardian members maintain their intentions are peaceful, not threatening. They have stated they just want Sanford and others to resign.