Editorial: Redistricting failures repeat in South Carolina
The piece blasts South Carolina leaders for repeating a reapportionment fiasco after the 1990 Census. It condemns the House for self serving maps, cites Gov Hodges veto, calls for a fair demographer driven process, and warns taxpayers about $1 million costs while federal judges will settle the dispute. The editorial urges avoiding political games and stresses state control over district boundaries.
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House of Representatives
House
Darwin
U.S. District Court
Jim Hodges
Senate
Treasury
South Carolina
Aitken Standard Masthead Read by Readers
The notice lists staff positions at the Aitken Standard with Scott B. Hunter as publisher and Jeffrey B. Wallace as editor along with key roles including advertising director production manager and customer service staff.
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Scott B
Hunter Aiken Standard
Special sections expand focus for readers and advertisers
The Aiken Standard outlines January February and March 2002 special sections aimed at readers and advertisers. Highlights include New Horizons Weddings 2002 Aiken County on the Move 2002 The Battle of Aiken Spring Home and Garden Triple Crown Aiken County s Churches Today s Woman and a February Bridal Guide. Staff will publish dates in late January through March with some copies available at events.
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Aiken County
New Horizons
Aiken
Aiken Standard
Ex Cabinet Members Pursue Governors and Senate Seats
The piece surveys former Cabinet officials including Bill Richardson Janet Reno Andrew Cuomo Robert Reich and Elizabeth Dole seeking gubernatorial or Senate posts. It notes patterns of prior elected office aiding later campaigns and cites historical examples such as Taft Hoover and Cheney while highlighting uncertainty about success in 2002 races.
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Energy
Bill Richardson
New Mexico
Richardson
United Nations
Texas
Lloyd Bentsen
Bill Clinton
Treasury
Clinton
Janet Reno
Miami
Florida
Andrew Cuomo
New York
Mario Cuomo
Robert Reich
Massachusetts
Elizabeth Dole
Labor and Transportation
U.S. Senate
North Carolina
Clinton White House
Erskine Bowles
Senate
Robert F Kennedy
William Howard Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Commerce
Roosevelt
Franklin
Agriculture
Henry Wallace
Wallace
White House
Alexander Haig
John Connally
Lamar Alexander
Jack Kemp
Dole
Clinton Anderson
Carter Glass
Virginia
James Byrnes
South Carolina
Abraham Ribicoff
Connecticut
Neil Goldschmidt
Oregon
Cecil Andrus
Idaho
Brock Adams
Washington
Walter Hickel
Alaska
Dick Cheney
Wyoming
Richard Thornburgh
Pennsylvania
Negative option offers warning from consumer advocate
A South Carolina consumer advocate warns about negative option offers where a sale continues unless canceled. The article cites FTC rules on clear information and mentions potential charges from trial periods, urging vigilance and reporting to the Department of Consumer Affairs and FTC. It lists contact details for state and federal agencies and local representatives.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Department of Consumer Affairs
S.C. Department of Consumer Affairs
S.C
Federal Trade Commission
Strom Thurmond
Ernest F. Hollings
Lindsey Graham
Clearwater
Alisa W. Painter
Grossette Building
Aiken Standard Seeks Brief Letters to Editor
The Aiken Standard invites readers to submit brief letters with signature mailing address and daytime and home phone numbers for verification. Letters may be edited and condensed. Address to Letters to the Editor P O Box 456 Aiken SC 29802, email swallace aikenstandard com, fax 803 648 6052.
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Aiken Standard
Aiken, S.C
Shunter
Aikenstandard.com
P.O
Aiken
S.C
Swallace
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Art Zappa
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Timothy E. O’briant
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Letitia Jefferson
Carl P. Leabsdorf
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