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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1997
Page
4
A compilation of public figures including North Augusta Mayor Tom Greene and Rev. John Powell offering strong opinions on state video poker bans, Confederate flag dispute, and regional development. Other voices include Aiken officials commenting on Commerce Park, and national figures like Falwell Thurmond and Albright weighing education and government roles.
Local notes provide subscription and delivery hours and contact numbers. Readers are advised to call 5 4 9 5 3 1 5 for subscriptions and 6 4 9 5 3 1 5 for delivery issues. Publisher Scott B. Hunter can be reached at 648 2811.
A letter from an elderly Social Security recipient argues that the system is not the problem but the politicians who created and sustain it. The writer calls Social Security a pyramid scheme, notes long term funding fears with the baby boom generation, and proposes letting workers invest retirement funds in real wealth rather than government promises.
The Black Caucus of the South Carolina General Assembly endorsed Gov. Beasley's plan to move the Confederate flag from the Capitol dome to a memorial on the Statehouse grounds. The decision, while debated, signals a broader push toward validating the flag as heritage and opens space for a monument on state grounds. The Associated Press notes limited district incidents while supporting the governor's compromise and related education funding analyses.
Readers discuss the Commerce Business Park, urging restraint and noting ample space in current parks for growth. Letters praise honesty at a car shop and question state laws on poker machines blue laws and liquor. Dorene Richardson and Gertrude Saunders weigh in on confederate symbol debates.
The Aiken Standard invites brief letters to the editor signed by the writer with a mailing address and daytime and home telephone numbers for verification. Addresses should be sent to Letters to the Editor, Aiken Standard, PO Box 456, Aiken SC 29802 or via email to editorial scescape.net.
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