New Ellenton Could Use An External Arbitrator
Editorial argues the town should hire an impartial arbitrator from outside New Ellenton to end the feud between the City and the Water Commission. It calls for halting legal theatrics, restoring cooperation, and shared costs to restore effective governance for residents.
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New Ellenton
Water Commission
Water Commissioners
Cone Entity
Starr Campaign Attacks Leaks in Clinton Lewinsky Row
The White House campaign avoids the Lewinsky issue by alleging Kenneth Starr leaks to discredit Clinton. Officials cite grand jury secrecy violations and accuse Starr of a scorched earth tactic while offering no proof. Witnesses may leak for various reasons, and the public distraction grows as Hill Clinton’s image sharpens.
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Monica Lewinsky
Clinton
Kenneth Starr
Starr
White House
Independent Counsel
Hill Clinton
Chicago Tribune
Education Bill Prompts Debate in South Carolina House
The South Carolina House debates the PASS Act as a major education reform. It imposes performance standards for K 12, shifts promotion to testing results, subjects schools to annual report cards, and introduces Palmetto awards while offering intervention for low performers. Proponents push a business like model. opponents warn against penalties for students and schools. The writer is the House District 82 representative.
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General Assembly
South Carolina
House
ESA
Pass Commission
Palmetto
State Department of Education
S.C
District 82
S.C. House
S.C. Senate
Nursing home praised and local letters highlight city issues
A reader commends Pepper Hill Nursing Center for compassionate care of a dying father and thanks staff. In Aiken, letters urge action on a hazardous truck junk yard near the Augusta Highway and support the Aiken Ultradistance Classic, an annual 50 km ultra marathon at Aiken State Park with thanks to organizers, runners, volunteers, and sponsors.
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Nursing Home
Daddy
Pepper Hill Nursing Center
Pepper Hill
Bennie Mae Amick
Eysore
Aiken
Aiken-Augusta
Aiken City
Mike Buchanan
Aiken State Park
Starr Trials and Lapses in White House Legal Drama
In the ongoing White House scandal lawyers dominate the scene with Kendall and Ginsburg attacking the independent counsel Kenneth Starr while Starr himself maintains professional restraint. The piece questions whether Starr can preserve integrity amid a media frenzy and calls for potential redemption of the profession.
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Henry VI
White House
David Kendall
Ofense
Kenneth Starr
Kendall
Johnnie Cochran
Simpson
Bill Clinton
William Ginsburg
Los Angeles
Monica Lewinsky
Ginsburg
Monica
Defense Committee
Starr
Lewinsky
Washington Post
Plato
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Jeffrey B. Wallace
Clyburn
Ran
Aiken Standard
Linda Chavez
Creators Syndicate