No room for secret meetings in government
Editorial urges Nikki Haley and budget advisers to reveal plans to address the state's deficit and pressure open meetings. It criticizes a task force for lacking public notice and meeting since January, arguing budget decisions affect millions and must be transparent.
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Fiscal Crisis Task Force
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George Schroeder
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Editor roles listed for Aiken Standard staff
Publisher and editors named with email links identify Scott B. Hunter Timothy O Briant Phillip Yates D Taylor T Cheek and Michael W Gibbons as executive and managing editors and production staff at the Aiken Standard. The listing includes delivery and distribution contacts and site domain references.
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Phillip Yates Byates
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Toon Town News Sparks Debate on Hard Core Women
Columnist Kathleen Parker examines a new feminine archetype, the hard core woman, blending toughness with femininity. She highlights Michelle Obama and Michele Bachmann, CPAC, and a rising figure Regis Giles who advocates armed self defense while pursuing media visibility.
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Kathleen Parker
Competing Ideologies Rise Amid New Communication Tools
The piece argues political divisions have long existed and that 24/7 cable news and the Internet expose and intensify them. It suggests the root cause lies in our social fabric, not calls for civility, and contemplates the idea that technology accelerates factionalism.
Two Sides Polarized Yet Interdependent
Lester C. Welch of Aiken argues that entrenched ideological camps will escalate if each side responds with greater exaggeration. He suggests recognizing equal strength, pursuing compromise as a path forward, and tempering language to reduce doom. He cites middle-ground influence as crucial to progress.
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Lester C, Welch Aiken
Editor letter clashes over local control and school funding
A reader challenges the Friday Aiken Standard editorial arguing that state governments are bankrupt and critiques calls for local control, Act 388, and teacher benefits. The writer accuses editors of opposing competition from nonpublic schools and alleges South Carolina public schools rank poorly. Jet Beckum.
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Wisconsin teachers strike rhetoric sparks budget debate
An opinion letter attacks Wisconsin teachers over sickouts and protests at the state capital. The author claims union demands worsen a $3.6 billion deficit, cites proposed 8 percent benefit funding increases, and argues fired teachers should be replaced by unemployed youths.
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