Columbia, SC- South Carolina Democratic Party Chair Carol Fowler released the following statement in response to the call for an investigation into Gov. Mark Sanford’s role in the Port Royal deal.

“There should be an investigation into Mark Sanford’s shady deal. South Carolina residents don’t need politicians who use their power and influence for their own and their friends’ personal interests.

This type of cash-for-favors politics is better suited for mafia movies and crime dramas than real life. It hurts our state more than it helps,” said Fowler. “From John McCain’s ties to corporate lobbyists to Mark Sanford’s cash-for-favors scheme, Democrats are ready to change how business is done in Washington and Columbia.”

http://blogs.thestate.com/bradwarthensblog/files/fowler_release.htm

South Carolina Democratic Party
1529 Hampton St. Suite 200
Columbia, SC 29201

Phone 803-799-7798

info@scdp.org

The operative words are MAFIA and CRIME………….”cash-for-favors politics is better suited for MAFIA movies and CRIME dramas”

How about when Warren Lasch, the Hunley developer. used his legislative influence to lease a Charleston SPA port facility for FREE?? Then to get out of the deal, we, the dumb taxpayers, had to pay off Warren Lasch close to 5 million bucks .Why doesn’t the Legislature investigate that deal if they are so concerned about ethical foul play????

http://www.containtheport.com/grantham%20timeline.htm

John Land on Workers’ Comp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgkySCB5pSM

Workers’ Compensation | Sanford must tell judge his side
Governor directed to explain to federal justice why he tried to influence workers’ comp board

But during a Jan. 14 hearing, U.S. District Judge Ross Anderson said the case against Sanford and the commission raises “very serious federal constitutional issues.”

Anderson the next day extended a restraining order preventing the Workers’ Compensation Commission from obeying the governor’s orders on how to judge cases and whether to release certain case information. The federal restraining order is in place until Feb. 15.

Anderson also added Sanford as a defendant so the commissioners won’t be put in a position of having to defend Sanford’s actions.

The seven-member commission is appointed by the governor to hear disputes between people who claim they were injured on the job and their employers. While appointed by the governor, the commission is a judicial board that is supposed to issue orders without outside influence. The governor can fire members for cause.

http://www.thestate.com/politics/story/305476.html

Mark Sanford avoiding the topic of illegal immigration

VIDEO LINK:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHJohB8htGk

and here’s another one…

Senator Jake Knotts on Governor Sanford’s State of the State
VIDEO LINK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBa2xU54Nng

it’s Govdevelopnor Mark Sanford…I think I got it…Whew!

“I’ll stick this pen so far up Will’s arse, that the “Boys from Charlotte” will need a team of mules or “Pork and Barrel” to pull it out………”