By FITSNews || S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford – who flew the state plane to a prayer meeting in Washington D.C. earlier this month – is jetting off to the nation’s capital again this weekend (on your dime) to schmooze with the nation’s governors.
Sanford will attend the National Governors Association’s annual winter meeting in Washington, which is a complete and total waste of time – and a meeting that the governor should seriously rethink attending. Honestly, does anybody other than Sanford really believe that S.C. taxpayers should shell out $106,000 in annual dues so that the governor can charge two swanky weekend vacations to the taxpayer tab each year?
Of course not …
Oh, Sanford is also a member of the Republican Governors Association and the Southern Governors Association, and has traveled on the state dime to numerous meetings of both of those organizations – often bringing several staff members with him. In fact, Sanford was chairman of the RGA until last summer, when he resigned from that role in the wake of admitting an affair with his Argentine lover, Maria Belen Chapur.
The governor obviously isn’t alone when it comes to attending these “educational” conferences, though.
Who can forget the four state lawmakers who flew to North Carolina – that’s right, flew to North Carolina – on the state plane to attend a “legislative conference.”
S.C. Speaker Bobby Harrell also regularly attends “Speakers conferences.”
Frankly, every single one of these meetings is a waste of taxpayer money, which Texas Gov. Rick Perry acknowledged in 2002 when he stopped paying NGA dues.
Has that decision hurt Texas?
Well, it’s unemployment rate is about 4.3 percentage points lower than ours, so you tell us …
By Cancerman February 19, 2010 at 12:58 am
Fucking Sanfraud and his crooked enabling lawmakers have fucked this state up so bad it will take years to recover. He will never have to answer to anyone for his crimes against this state. We need to vote all of these crooked motherfuckers out of office in 2010. Well one good thing after next week when Jenny Sanfraud divorces his sorry ass we want have to pay the $600,000 a year for her staff anymore. If only we could boot Sanfrauds sorry ass out of this state and out of the tax payer funded governors mansion. Goddamn use both sides of a post it dickhead while spening $ 106,000 of my money to go to washington to chase pussy and look for his next job sonofbitch!!
By barney fife February 19, 2010 at 7:39 am
That was mature. Do you eat with that mouth, too?
By Ynotfirst February 19, 2010 at 7:59 am
Sanfraud is in DC covering his proverbial *ss. He is not doing any business for the people of this state only his buddies and secret friends.
By south mauldin February 19, 2010 at 8:44 am
I agree 100% with Cancerman. And I have no problem with his language. I would even add more colorful verbiage.
By Zack February 19, 2010 at 8:45 am
Cancerman: Dude. We are already at the bottom of the educational barrell. Don’t expose it so blatantly to the entire world.
By SnakeMD February 19, 2010 at 8:58 am
Cancerman, next time you post please tell us how you really feel.
Barney Fife: “A dog can’t get struck by lightning. you know why? ‘Cause he’s too close to the ground. See, lightning strikes tall things. Now if they were giraffes out there in the field, now then we’d have trouble.”
By Old Yeller February 19, 2010 at 9:42 am
We should applaud Mark at least for his honesty. He has no re-election to worry about, he is newly single. He’s going to DC to nail chicks.
I don’t live in SC, so the fact that he is using your money to do it is hilarious. He may as well give you folks the finger as he boards SC Air 1.
By They call me Mr. Sinister February 19, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Old Yeller, its a little hard for Sanford to give us the finger when it’s between Maria’s legs…
By Judy February 19, 2010 at 12:23 pm
ver sad for the state of carolina and again, the legacy for his sons. I hope he departs for the soul mate soon so he will soon realize what he has done.
By Cancerman February 19, 2010 at 12:38 pm
Hey barnie fife if you want the usual water down comments that are controlled by your wonderfull governor and his lawmakers stay off this site, oh yeah one last thing fuck you!
By anonymous February 19, 2010 at 2:30 pm
Thank you cancerman.
Thank you.
By godzilla February 19, 2010 at 5:15 pm
$106,000 in taxpayer money for his dues? are you f-ing kidding me? the fact is the vast majority of SC conservatives and republicans viewed him as a god and a shining light up until the very moment of his initial pathetic blubbering disgrace of a press conference when he got back from argentina. once again, the fact that this m@#$*r f@#$%r is still governor just proves that the citizens of SC are nothing more than serfs and peons who either still believe in this rigged system (ater all evidence to the contrary) or are just self deluders of the highest level. my only question is why is he spending big bucks on a hotel when he can stay in the C-street house?
By Mrs. Ethel Krabitz February 19, 2010 at 7:20 pm
Sure he is looking out for a job. he’ll have his cake and eat it too when he’s chasing the poononny in DC ….. then flying to BA to admire Maria’s tan lines and love orbs. or whatever he so douchedly referred to them as.
By Dr Manhattan February 19, 2010 at 9:04 pm
http://www.thestate.com/breaking/story/1165616.html?mi_pluck_action=comment_submitted&qwxq=6647545#Comments_Container
Family Court Judge Jocelyn Cate of Charleston was assigned Friday to preside over the hearing ending the marriage of Gov. Mark Sanford and his wife Jenny – the first time a sitting South Carolina governor has divorced.
A court roster published Friday shows Cate, who has served on the family court bench for eight years, will preside over the final divorce hearing set for Feb. 26.
By alaindelon February 20, 2010 at 12:43 am
Maria Chapur is more city than country…He probably wants to nest in DC.
To they call me Mr Sinister…Hilarious ! The title of his book will be
“Staying true to my Johnson” or “Straying true to my Johnson”
By Huhhh??? February 20, 2010 at 9:36 am
This is his 3rd trip to Washington in a month, does Mark want to be a lobbyist when he grows up?
By anonymous February 20, 2010 at 10:24 am
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By redneck1 February 20, 2010 at 12:27 pm
Our Lawmakers are a bunch on evil bastards who have fucked this state up so bad that it will never recover, if you want more of same vote any Incumbant, like Harrison, Harrell, Davis and if you want more of Sanfraud vote for Haley, McMaster the clown who makes his employees clock out if they eat lunch at their desk. The GOP has nothing to offer in 2010 but more corruption. Oh and I am not leaving out any Democrates that voted to leave that whore Sanfraud in office as well they need to go too for endorcing corruption in our state.
By James T Kirk February 21, 2010 at 1:08 pm
I hope when the new governor comes in, he removes all of Sanfrauds appointees from his cabinet agencies. Otherwise they will continue to cover for his ass statring with Reggie Loyd.