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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 2001
Page
4
The piece criticizes the slow pace and ongoing amendments delaying the lottery bill. It urges leaders to finalize the framework promptly to fund education programs, teacher training, and K-12 tech support, warning that delaying harms voter promises and budget timing. The editorial calls for a unified vote this week.
A listing shows staff roles for the Aiken Standard including publisher Scott B. Hunter editor Jeffrey B. Wallace business manager Ellen C. Priest accuranees Garth R. Groshans pressroom supervisor Timothy E. O Briant and systems manager J David Boyd with James R. Bennett Jr. in a leadership capacity.
Washington analyst groups condemn the $1.8 billion Colombian campaign as worsening conditions for peasants. The chemical war destroys crops and food, sickens children, and harms groundwater while driving farmers deeper into conflict.
The piece argues against Plan Colombia citing US funding and military aid to Colombia, noting billions in helicopter contracts to United Technologies and Textron, paramilitary violence, and a call to end US involvement echoing Vietnam era lessons. It urges withdrawal and pursuing peace and reconstruction instead.
Colombia faces a deadly mix of Marxist guerrillas, right wing paramilitaries, and a thriving narcotics trade. President Andres Pastrana pursues Plan Colombia to restore government control, curb drug trafficking, and revive development amid corruption and war.
Policy outline defends Colombia as a key source of oil supplies and a frontline against drug trafficking. It warns of regional destabilization from belligerent states and notes US aid, training, and development help to curb coca farming, support peace, and legitimize trade while stressing human rights and environmental concerns.
A reader argues ABC News underreported the 1999 Arkansas murder of 13 year old Jesse Dirkhising by two gay men, comparing it to Matthew Shepard coverage. The letter accuses media of liberal bias and selective reporting, urging equal time and more responsible reporting on hate crime cases.
The Aiken Standard invites letters to the editor brief in length and signed with a mailing address and daytime numbers for verification. Letters may be edited and condensed and should be sent to Letters to the Editor at RO Box 456 Aiken South Carolina 29802. Email and fax options are provided.
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