Wednesday, Aug. 05, 2009

Sanford back on S.C. soil today

Gov. Mark Sanford returns to Columbia this afternoon after a two-week European vacation with his family.

Sanford will likely have no public events this week, according to his office, but said before he left he intends to create a team to work on state job creation and employment issues.

Since June 18, when he flew to Argentina and later admitted an extramarital affair, Sanford has been on the job less than half of the state’s business days.

Some of that time Sanford has spent out-of-state trying to work on his relationship with his family.

Sanford has asked the state for forgiveness and urged the state to move on, but his critics say Sanford will not be able to mend his family and deal with state issues — such as a 12.1 percent unemployment rate — at the same time.

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