Aiken County sets tone as teaching vacancies look limited
Editorial notes teaching slots are filling with 25 to 30 openings as students near return. It highlights filled special education posts, praises interim leadership under Dr. Bill Gallman, and urges a strong search for a new superintendent to guide the 2008-09 plan.
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Aiken County
Joyce Stanley
Aikens County
Stanley
Bill Gallman
Open Senate race looms with familiar faces named
Jeffrey Wallace notes potential candidates in the open Senate seat left by Tommy Moore. Bill Clyburn and Ronnie Young bring local government experience while Strom Thurmond Jr. could spark interest if he moves into the district. Analysts say election dynamics hinge on getting voters to polls.
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Tommy “Moore
Bill Clyburn
County Council
Ronnie Young
Strom Thurmond Jr
Thurmond
Jokes About Obamas Middle Name Lose Their Edge
Leonard Garvey Pitts Jr defends focusing on policies over names. He recalls college taunts about Turkey Ehrke and contrasts with critics fixating on Barack Husse in Obama’s middle name while urging voters to weigh health care, war, and environment proposals.
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College
Dave Ehrke
Wwe Fresh
Turkey Ehrke
Dave
Pits
Arm
Cherry
Prune
The
Ehrke
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama
United Church, of Christ
Ann Coulter
Fox News
B. Hussein Obama
Obama
Coulter
Africa
Middle East
Hussein
Johnson
Smith
Jones
Barack Hussein Obama Jr
Saddam Hussein
George Walker Bush
Barack ‘Obama
Ignatz
Shirley
Hillary Diane Clinton
John Sidney McCain III
Fred Dalton Thompson
America
Ann Hart Coulter
Albert Arnold Gore Jr
Leonard Garvey Pitts Jr
Surgeon General Carmona Says Bush Muzzled Health Officials
In a pointed critique, Surgeon General Richard Carmona accuses the Bush administration of marginalizing the national doctor and silencing independent medical voices with political supervision and a lack of budget autonomy. He warns that medical advice is being subordinated to partisan agendas.
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Nations
Rehard Carmona
Bush Administration
Taxpayers question Aiken County budget and salaries
A letter from Vicki L. Simons of New Ellenton urges taxpayer advocates to monitor Aiken County Council spending which rose by 4.45 million. It cites a 2003 founded Aiken County Taxpayers Association and FOIA requests for superintendent salary history from 1989 to 2007, showing steady increases.
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Aiken County
Aiken
Aiken County Taxpayers Association
Aiken County Board of Education
Freedom of Information Act
Aiken County Public
Mrsimons.com
Vicki L. Simons
Ellenton
Alternate sources and media bias mix in public discourse
The text argues that liberal media preserve the status quo and that fair reporting is elusive. It urges independent verification through sites like JBS and NewsWithViews, claiming every reporter has an agenda and urging readers to seek original sources to decide for themselves.
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Jbs
NewswithViews
New American
NEA
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