Joel Sawyer
Joel Sawyer
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We're absolutely in favor of tolls on I-73 if that's what it takes to get the road built as quickly as possible. I-73 is incredibly important to the future of the Grand Strand.
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We're always open at looking at ways to make health insurance more affordable for small business owners. But the governor has long been on the record as being against any kind of tax increase unless there is a corresponding tax decrease.
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Whether you have one bill that grows government at 10.9 percent or try to spread the spending over three different bills, this is still not consistent with the House's previous statement on the need for a true spending cap. We don't understand why some in the House now appear to not be willing to live within the cap they've already passed on themselves.
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We're going to have to go to some kind of Plan B. The funding we have for this is totally dependent on the federal government.
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The fact that the House is now talking about spending caps is certainly a step forward compared with what they were talking about last week. But the real question for us is always where does the money above and beyond the cap go?
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We are going to work with law enforcement in whatever way we can. This is an incredibly important safety and quality of life issue. In the process of assisting Katrina evacuees, we want to make sure the laws are followed in this state.
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To try and make this a fight between the governor and the General Assembly is to confuse night and day. This is really simple. It's about spending.
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When Dan Cooper puts together a budget that shatters state spending records, I can understand why he's sensitive about someone looking over his shoulder. But Gov. Sanford's job is to look out for the hard-working taxpayers of this state, and that's always going to be his top priority.
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Our state is spending more than it ever has before on higher education. At the same time, tuition is continuing to increase by double digits year after year.
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As we would like to appoint someone from every geographical region of the state, with only three appointments, we're not always going to be able to do that.
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That's going to be one of our priorities going into this session.
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That's great news. The governor welcomes his support. We hope and, ultimately, believe it's indicative of the level of support Gov. Sanford will receive from the larger business community.
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You don't get credit for doing what you have to do anyway.
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This is an enormous step forward for fiscal responsibility if the Senate does indeed carry this out.