Local Option Tax debate stirs in South Carolina
In a contentious discussion Rep Tom Huff and Sen Thomas Moore joined by local leaders debate reviving a local option sales tax. Critics warn it could shift burden to poor residents while supporters say it funds services without raising property taxes. Officials from Aiken North Augusta and surrounding chambers back it though some council members remain cautious.
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Thomas L. Come Moore
Clearwater
Thomas E
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Augusta
Irene K. Rudnick
D-Aiken
Rudnick Rudnick
Misty Lakes
Chambers of Commerce
Charleston
Joe Riley
North Augusta
Warner
Alte Mnene Aici
Moore
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Huff
Sen
Senate
Tax Levy Shifts Time to Cut City Mills in FY 1998
Tax projections show a total levy of 67 mills for FY 1998 with a 19.82 mill shift. Aiken would save 24.03 mills under a 100 percent formula, while 67 percent of new money for property tax cuts would bring substantial sums to county and local governments. The county gains about $1.57 million, Aiken $637,000, and North Augusta $292,000, with school millage protected from local option taxes.
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Aiken
Northarg
North Augusta
Man Dies After Fall From Truck
Isiah Williams, 39, of Chester, died after reportedly falling from the left side of a white pickup truck in Chester County. Authorities searched for the truck and driver. other fatalities in the region include Jerry Montgomery, Richard Streeter, Lonnie Price, and Kenny Tyler in separate county accidents.
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Columbia
Isiah Williams
Chester
Chester County Hospital
Williams
Chester County
Watson Wright
Jerry Montgomery
Lumbia
Richland County
Richard Streeter
Hartsville
Darlington County
Lonnie Wayne Price
Fort Mills
Kenny Tyler
Loris
Lorry County
Abortion Protests Resume Amid Clinic Tensions
About 1,000 abortion rights protesters peacefully gathered near a Wichita health clinic as police removed a bomb threat device with powder and a fuse, while 800 anti abortion demonstrators were warned not to cross newly erected fences. In Boston, roughly 200 pro choice activists taunted about half as many anti abortion protesters outside Gynecare. No arrests were made.
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Wichita
Jack Leon
U.S
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Operation Rescue
Boston
Gynecare
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Jury Awards 1.3 Million in Cancer Case in Louisiana
In Metairie Louisiana jurors awarded 1.3 million to Janice Turner a 46 year old woman who developed cancer after a November 1984 breast implant. The jury found plastic surgeon Hamid Massiha responsible for 60 percent of damages and obstetrician gynecologist Simon Ward 40 percent for negligent care including lack of a mammogram or biopsy. Turner testified she faced delays in care for nearly three years.
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Janice Turner
Turner
Hamid Massiha
Simon Ward
Massiha
Ward
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