Having seen nothing on the Web about the big budget showdown, and seeing that the House had quit for the day, I called James Smith back to see what was up; how did it go on the budget vetoes.
They didn’t get to any today. Good thing I didn’t go over and watch.
They’ll be back tomorrow morning at 9 a.m.
OK, so that means there’s still time to set the record straight on something. As midlandsbiz points out:
“The State” Newspaper Prints Incorrect Budget Amount for Museum
COLUMBIA, SC – June 15, 2010 – The State Newspaper printed an article today about the Governor’s budget vetos. This story has an incorrect figure for the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum’s budget. The museum’s general fund budget of $765,000 is a part of the Budget and Control Board’s total general fund budget of $25 million. Governor Sanford’s Veto #52 would eliminate the entire $25 million, including the museum’s much smaller budget, and will be voted on as a single line item by the General Assembly beginning today.
Yeah, I saw that when I was reading the paper this morning, but by the time I had gotten to my laptop I had forgotten about it.
For days, I’ve been moaning about how the MSM wasn’t doing enough on the vetoes, and then I saw that huge error. Twenty-five million instead of 765,000. I saw where the confusion came from, but still. Man-oh-man, if THAT was what was budgeted for the museum even I might vote to sustain.
I’m happy to report that the figure has been corrected on thestate.com. But you know, there are some people out there who still rely on the dead-tree version…
At least Cindi had that good column on the subject today.
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