Arts Funding Fosters Bi-partisanship in South Carolina
Submitted by Steve on August 3, 2011
From Robin Pogebrin in The New York Times:
Who knew that government funding for the arts would represent the kind of common ground where Republicans and Democrats could meet?
But when Governor Nikki Haley of South Carolina tried to zero out money for the arts in her state budget last month, both parties said no. The House and the Senate, both controlled by Republicans, voted to override the Republican governor’s veto of $1.9 million in funding for the South Carolina Arts Commission. The House vote was 105-8; the Senate 32-6.