City council weighs first step traffic ordinance in Aiken
Editorial urges approval of an Aiken traffic ordinance to require traffic impact studies and builder funded improvements such as turning lanes and signals. It notes Mount Pleasant’s use of impact fees and calls for future consideration of fees to sustain city services alongside Woodside Plantation Phase III plan revisions and Silver Bluff Road impacts.
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Aiken Standard Staff Directory Patchwork
A list of names and roles appears in a scattered contact roster for the Aiken Standard with editors producers and managers. The text includes Scott B Hunter Jeffrey B Wallace Arthur T Zappa Ellen C Priest Timothy E O Briant and others linked to the publication.
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Hip hop imagery under fire from Spelman Morehouse students
Stanley Crouch reports that women from Spelman College and men from Morehouse College challenged hip hop depictions of black women in Atlanta. The confrontation led Nelly to skip a bone marrow fundraiser, as supporters and critics debate dehumanizing portrayals and calls for change in popular culture.
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Disagreeable conduct in debate and its causes
A reader analyzes Scott Hunter's critique of disagreeable behavior during disagreements. The letter argues the piece blurs who is truly disagreeable and suggests the admonition applies to both sides, urging civility when presenting or opposing views.
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Loss shared by Aiken resident for Dundey and Dunstan family
Coleman Hatfield of Aiken expresses sympathy to the Dundey and Dunstan families over the death of a daughter and wife. He recalls his brother William Stephen Hatfield, murdered in Columbia County Georgia in 1988, noting the killer has not been brought to justice and asserting future accountability.
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Aiken Standard Seeks Reader Letters to the Editor
The Aiken Standard invites readers to share viewpoints on topics of interest for the Letters to the Editor column. Submissions may be sent by mail to Letters to the Editor PO Box 456 Aiken SC 29802 or by email to swallace at aikenstandard com or by fax to 803 648 6052.
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Unnecessary War critique cites missed coalition and aims
Kansas City Star columnist Rhonda Chriss Lakeman argues the United States could have started Iraq action with a broad allied coalition through the United Nations. The piece contends civilian leadership misjudged the war on terror, causing heavy troop burdens and avoidable deaths.
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