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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 2011
Page
15
Hundreds attend an Aiken County Council Administrative Committee meeting amid protests over rising property assessments. Officials explain state rules and millage rollback while residents demand access to sales data and methodology to verify values.
The page shows staff credits for roles including Publisher Editor Executive Editor Production Director Advertising Director Business Manager Managing Editor Classified Advertising Manager Delivery Manager and associated email handles. It details names and positions for several departments at Aiken Standard.
Leonard Pitts Jr reflects on Kathryn Stockett The Help and the fraught reception of its 1963 Jackson Mississippi setting. He recalls a white mother’s cruel lesson about skin color, questions reviews by black historians, and argues the memoirlike tale has imperfect yet meaningful aims.
A letter from Anthony J. DiStefano in Aiken accuses the tea party of fixating on deficits, opposing tax cuts for the wealthy, and harming the unemployed. It cites biblical handwriting on the wall and urges the president to pull troops back and support Israel, urging readers to read Daniel 5.
A report in the Aiken Standard cites O Connell Center economists showing the Recovery Act funded 0.86 dollars of additional activity per dollar and created 4 600 jobs locally. The letter accuses Rep Joe Wilson of misinformation while praising local job gains attributed to the act and criticizing the newspaper's endorsement.
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