Editorial calls for courage in state budget decisions
A column urges lawmakers to act boldly as the General Assembly debates the budget. It warns that deep cuts threaten education health care and law enforcement and suggests considering tax increases or other revenue options rather than pledges to no tax. It argues responsible leadership is needed despite political risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
House
Senate
Tommy Moore
Aiken Standard Staff Roll Call
A list of newspaper staff positions at the Aiken Standard includes Publisher Scott B. Hunter Editor Jeffrey B. Wallace Advertising Director Art Zappa Business Manager Ellen C. Priest Managing Editor Timothy E. O Briane Production Director Phillip Yates Greulation Director Scot Newcom Systems Manager J David Boyd Customer Service Manager Letitia Jefferson.
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Scott B. Hunter
Jeffrey B. Wallace
Art Zappa
Ellen C. Priest
Timothy E. O'Briane
Phillip Yates
Road map to Israel’s oblivion outlined in opinion piece
The piece argues President Bush will press a regional map toward Palestine while risking Israel’s existence. It criticizes Abbas and Arafat as unreformed, calls the road map a political theater, and warns the plan would undermine security, likening it to Vietnam and decrying calls for concessions without denouncing violence.
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Bush
Israel
Colin Powell
United States
European Union
Russia
United Nations
Mahmoud Abbas
Middle East
Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Paris
South Vietnam
Yasser Arafat
Abbas
Saddam Hussein
Ritish
Tony Blair
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Arafat
Abu Mazen
Fatah
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade
Richard
Sere
Chicago
IRA
Iraq
Company
Dixie Chicks attack triggers debate on free speech rights
The piece condemns threats and boycotts against the Dixie Chicks after their anti Bush wartime remarks. It argues free speech protections are eroding under the Patriot Act and calls government surveillance and censorship dangerous to American rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie Chicks
Texas Ickies
Martie Maguire
Natalie Maines
Emily Robison
Bush
Maines
London
Lone Star
Cuba
China
Iran
Justice Department
FBI
Associated Press
Philippines
AP Coleague
Washington
World Trade Center
New York
Congress
Bush Administration
Aiken North Side Demolition Debate and Petition
In a letter to the editor residents urge stopping Demo 200 demolitions in Old Aiken. They cite loss of 50 plus homes and 200-signature petition demanding citizen review, noting state archives urging preservation and questioning city criteria and impact on the community.
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Aiken Northside
Old
Aiken
City of
State Department of Archives and History
Northside
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