GOP Senator Using Almost $100M In Tax Payer Money To Preserve Confederate Submarine...

Submarine H.L. Hunley (1863-1864)

Submarine H.L. Hunley (1863-1864) -- Recovery, 8 August 2000

The State JOHN MONK May 16, 2006 at 12:19 PM
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The cost of preserving and promoting the Hunley submarine has soared to nearly $100 million -- thanks largely to a powerful politician's behind-the-scenes work to steer public money toward his pet project.

The Hunley is one of South Carolina's biggest financial undertakings in modern times. Not counting university expansion projects, the Hunley ranks behind only a few large road and bridge projects. It even exceeds the $62 million State House renovation in the 1990s.

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