Friday, April 19, 2024
Gov. Nikki Haley told listeners of her dreams in her second inaugural speech yesterday with no idea of how to make them reality.
Haley quoted Henry David Thoreau – “If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”
Haley’s enunciated dreams are certainly in the air. Unfortunately, her performance as governor, to date, lacks any attempt at foundations.
The battle to save South Carolina’s transportation infrastructure, especially roads and bridges, seems to be joined in the state government this year.
A bill to do away with the State Infrastructure Bank and roll its responsibilities into the Department of Transportation appears to have a chance of success as does one that would require prioritizing road projects with maintenance and repair of existing roads as the top priority.
In her State of the State address, Gov. Nikki Haley urged state lawmakers to fix crumbling roads and bridges.
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