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| Senators resume writing SC budget |
| By Jim Davenport |
| Published: 04/15/2009 |
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Senators resumed drafting a budget Tuesday with $350 million in federal stimulus cash that Gov. Mark Sanford is refusing to request, even though they warn spending cuts for education, health care and other programs will leave "blood all over the floor." Senate Corrections Chairman Mike Fair, R-Greenville, is filing a bill this week that would release prisoners early as one cost savings. That bill would leave the decision to close three prisons and free up to 3,100 prisoners early in Sanford's hands as a way of grappling with more budget cuts. The closures are intended to help the Corrections Department come up with $21 million in savings to address an extra 7.4 percent in budget cuts - and those are on top of a deficit rising to $50 million in the current budget year, Fair said. "That's survival," Fair said. "Good luck to all of us." Separately, a handful of Sanford allies were wrapping up work on a compromise budget with help from Sanford staff, but weren't ready to provide details. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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