Editorial GOP pledge on primary costs questioned
A South Carolina editorial condemns the GOP for pulling private primary funding as counties sue over who should pay. It notes the setback to taxpayers, cites $850,000 budget, later $180,000 offer, and claims the party reneged on promises while Gov. Nikki Haley and lawmakers oppose public funding for a private primary.
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Republican Party
General Assembly
Nikki Haley
GOP
Beaufort
Chester
Greenville
Spartanburg
S.C. Supreme Court
South Carolina
Scott Marshall
Beaufort County Board of Elections
Barria questions Noriega prisoner viewing in Panama return
Aurelio Barria, an old opposition member, criticized the heavy security that prevented seeing the prisoner after Manuel Noriega's return to Panama. He questioned what authorities were hiding and demanded to see Noriega handcuffed in a cell.
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Aurelio Barria
Noriega
Manuel Noriega
Panama
U.S
Publisher and editors listed for Aiken Standard
The document lists staff roles including Publisher Editor Scott B. Hunter Executive Editor Timothy E O Briant Production Director Phillip Yates Advertising Director Dee Taylor Managing Editor Michael W Gibbons Jefferson Delivery Manager Laura Niedman with emails in a web address style.
What real education reform looks like in 2011
A year end column argues real reform rejects crisis rhetoric and pri vatization myths. It blames poverty and funding formulas, not unions, for unequal resources and student outcomes, urging tax based funding shifts to reduce inequality and boost funds for all schools. It calls for changing attitudes toward resource hoarding and focusing on public education equity.
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New York Times
Stanford University
America
Lee DeLeon
Achiev
Tabann
Robbie’s pick in GOP race and Harsh Bowlseason note
The letter questions Robbie Horton’s preferred GOP candidate amid a crowded field, ranking Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, and Jon Huntsman, and ends by noting 35 major college football games planned this year and asking which team misses a bowl.
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Robbie Horton
Newt Gingrich
Robbie
Herman Cain
Rick Perry
United States
Texas
Mitt Romney
Michele Bachmann
Aiken
Aiken Year Ends with Thanks and Welcomes
As the year ends, the piece thanks Mayor Cavanaugh and the City Council for keeping Aiken lively. It welcomes Gail Bush Diggs as the new council member and thanks sanitation, street and grounds crews, police and firefighters, and behind the scenes workers. The piece highlights Hitchcock Woods, summer concerts, the train station project, local shops, and visible horse grazing as the city’s charm. It speculates on President Obama’s possible Christmas troop exit timing.
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Cavanaugh
Aiken
Gail Bush Diggs
Mau
Hitchcock Woods
Obama
America
Afghanistan
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