Editorial rejects drug tests and mandatory community service for the unemployed
The piece argues against a Columbia state proposal requiring laid off workers to pass a drug test to qualify for benefits and to perform 16 hours of weekly community service after five months. It criticizes the plan as punitive, bureaucratic, and harmful to job seekers, proposing voluntary service and better support instead.
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State House
Columbia
Nikki Haley
Savannah River
South Carolina
United Way
Paul Campbell
Berkeley County
Publisher and editors list at Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard masthead provides names and roles for leadership and staff including Scott B. Hunter as Publisher Editor Timothy E O Briant Executive Editor Dee Taylor Advertising Director Terri Cheek Business Manager Michael W Gibbons Managing Editor Letitia Jefferson Classified Advertising Manager Delivery Manager Laura Tiedman Tiedman.
Tebow option play for GOP in media joust
Column argues liberals dominate news coverage and proposes Republicans stage a Tebow style alternative by creating their own mixed panels with conservative voices like Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity to deliver substantive questioning. It suggests this would reveal real issues beyond gotcha moments and boost public understanding.
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ABC
NBC
George Stephanopoulos
Diane Sawyer
Obama
John Boehner
Grover Norquist
Repub
MSNBC
Pat Buchanan
Rush Limbaugh
Sean Hannity
Limbaugh
Hannity
Assad vows iron hand against uprising in Syria
Syrian President Bashar Assad pledges a harsh response to what he calls terrorists and saboteurs in a ten month uprising that has killed thousands. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney campaigns in New Hampshire during his GOP bid.
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Bashar Assad
Syria
Massachusetts
Mitt Romney
New Hampshire
Retirement facility plan sparks kitchen definition dispute
A reader accuses the Planning Commission and local press of mischaracterizing a proposed retirement facility. The issue centers on whether a room with cabinets and appliances constitutes a kitchen without a stove, affecting unit count and setback compliance.
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Planning Commission
Commission
Ralph DiSibio Aiker
Planning Commission approves retirement complex on Silver Bluff
Complex took a planned site on Silver Bluff faced opposition from about 40 residents including Woodside Property Owners Association. The Planning Commission approved a Pentagon shaped high density project, with critics saying it bypassed zoning rules. Only Grobbe and Doherty voted no and opponents urge City Council to overturn at the Jan. 23 meeting. Preston and Jerry Ann Rahe Aiken
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Silver Bluff
Woodside Property Owners Association
Silver Bluff Road
Grobbe and Doherty
South Side
Whiskey Road
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