City Council Chooses Cash Over Character in Aiken Tax Vote
An editorial condemns Aiken City Council for keeping the 3 percent Accommodations Tax despite pledges to end it once funded. It argues the move undermines the city’s “Community of Character,” noting Hospitality Tax ends May 1 and Local Option Sales Tax funds the projects instead. The piece lauds councilors as honest but criticizes the majority for breaking a promise.
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City of Aiken
Aiken
Bill
Hillary Clinton
White House
New York
Clintons
Allen Standard-Scott Staff Listing
A reader notice lists editorial and management personnel including editors Jeffrey B. Wallace and Garth R. Groshans, business manager Ellen C. Priest, managing editor Timothy B. OBriant, pressroom supervisor James R. Bennett Jr., and systems manager David Boyd.
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Scott B. Hunter
Jeffrey B. Wallace
Ellen C. Priest
Garth R. Groshans
Timothy B. Obriant
James R. Bennett Jr
David Boyd
Aiken Letters Highlight Animal Abuse Help and City Vision
A reader urges action on animal cruelty reporting, praising the Animal Cruelty Actionline and urging use of toll free and email contacts to aid prosecutors. The piece also imagines transforming Newberry Street’s Iron Trellis into a yearned farmer’s market with a butcher, dairy and housing, plus low crime. It includes a tribute to Bill Johnston, founder of ACTS in Aiken, noting ACTS services since 1986 and the 15 year legacy with 73 churches involved and a free clinic.
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Aiken County
Aiken
Animal Cruelty Actionline
Actionline
Action
Aldforg
Newberry Street
Bill Johnston
William Ross Johnston
First Presbyterian Church
Bill
Together Serving Inc
ACTS
Acts of Caring Clinic, Inc
Linda
Aiken Standard Seeks Brief Letters to the Editor
The Aiken Standard invites letters to the editor limited in length and requiring the writer’s signature mailing address and daytime and home phone numbers for verification. All letters are subject to editing and condensing and should be addressed to Letters to the Editor at the Aiken Standard RO Box 456.
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Aiken Standard
Aiken
What makes excellent churches
Kansas City opinion piece discusses a faith based initiative and what makes churches vibrant. It cites Paul Wilkes research on 300 best churches and notes community roles, risks, and concerns about government funding. It argues churches must remain free to speak prophetic truth without losing integrity.
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Kansas City
Bush
Paul Wilkes
University of North Carolina
Wilmington
Church of the Presentation
Upper Saddle River
Wilkes
Lilly Endowment
Paulist Press
Westminster John Knox
United States
Congress
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Allen Standard
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Animal Cruelty
Bissenop
Area Churches Together Serving, Inc
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