South Carolina probes conservation easement abuses
Revenue Department director Burnet Maybank says audits show sham land trusts, improper accounting and inflated appraisals in conservation easement donations. The probe, covering 55 trusts, highlights potential tax break abuse with values surpassing $100 million in 2001 2003 and totals near $244 million statewide.
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Charleston
Revenue Department
Burnet Maybank
Maybank
South Carolina
Coastal Conservation League
Columbia
Principal criticizes deputy notice of nearby meth lab
Mountain View Elementary Principal Tommy Hughes says sheriff deputies failed to warn staff about the meth lab next door. Deputies arrested two at the home about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday and removed hazardous chemicals after students and staff had left. Rory and Amy Lister charged with methamphetamine crimes near a school.
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Greenville
Mountain View Elementary
Shea Smith
Smith
Tommy Hughes
Hughes
Rory
Amy Lister
Trail to Palmetto Trail stretched by legal battles
Ten years into plans for the 425 mile Palmetto Trail observers say completion slipping past 2010. Seventeen segments open while nine face landowner disputes and bridge delays as workers progress from Upstate hills to the Lowcountry.
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Charleston
Kit Smith
South Carolina
Upstate
Midlands
Oliver Buckles
Palmetto Conservation Foundation
Jack’s Creek
Lake Marion
Clarendon County
Billups Landing
Buckles
H.D. “Smitty
Congress
Wateree
U.S
Henry M. Herrong
Norfolk Southern
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Prudential
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Prudentialwrirealty.com
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