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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1994
Page
6
Voters Langford Heaton Rankin urge lawmakers to scrap outdated laws and curb over regulation. They blame ineffective enforcement for crime and call for tax relief and decisive action on welfare and education. They note voter disillusionment and desire for genuine fixes over more laws.
The year featured the hospital fight saga continuing from Page 1A and New Ellenton as a top story. Mayoral fallout from a failed sewer project and bond misuse led to Randy W. Shaw's mail fraud conviction and a two year federal sentence. The DSS foster care failures amid two child deaths spurred a major restructuring of the agency.
Aiken County and state politics dominated by Republican gains, with the GOP seizing control of the South Carolina House and U.S. Congress, while Democrats lost ground. The year also featured major environmental battles around Langley Pond and a planned lead battery plant near Montmorenci, plus local redevelopment in Aiken and North Augusta, rising crime, and the deaths of two county leaders.
The article reports lawmakers debating five year retirement plans and a push for property tax relief, including a state takeover of school financing. Rep James Roland Smith backs doubling home stead exemption and Ways and Means chair duties to push school funding changes. Other officials seek death row reforms and tighter regulations to curb rising local costs. Aiken County faces near revolt over state mandates consuming about half the budget.
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