General Assembly to Return for Short Special Session
The South Carolina General Assembly begins a rare three day special session in Columbia to finalize a roughly seven billion dollar general fund budget for FY July 1 and decide how to use a surplus of over four hundred million. Lawmakers aim to resolve differences from conference committees, push surplus spending plans, and potentially address road repairs and incentives for Volvo while facing pressure from Gov. Nikki Haley and critics who say the session must deliver results.
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Glantz
James H
Jay” Lucas
House
Columbia
South Carolina
Nikki Haley
Senate
Hugh Leatherman
Florence
Senate Finance Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Brian White
Anderson
Leatherman
Jay Lucas
Darlington
Lucas
Volvo
Aiken County
General Assembly
Hospitality tax vent becomes a prayerful rally call
A reader denounces the hospitality tax on cooked food in Aiken and urges residents to protest at City Hall. He mocks officials, cites charity groups aiding food needs, and ribbing the tax with a spoof Our Father prayer. The letter ends with the writer signing Chandler S. Vincent of Aiken.
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St. Vincent de Paul
Golden Harvest Food Bank
Arkenites
Pontius Pilates
God
Kroger
Bile
WalMart
Chandler S. Vincent Aiken
Benchmarking report questions Aiken County economy
A regional economic benchmarking update highlights grim overall trends in Aiken County through 2014 with rising housing prices and improving education yet rising government share and job losses in high wage sectors. The report notes unemployment drop due to labor force withdrawal, shift to lower wage service jobs, and declining real wages and per capita income. Gary Bunker, former county councilman, critiques tax and development approaches and urges tax reductions and deregulation.
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Aiken County
Clifton T. Jones
Sanela Porca
Greater
Savannah River
Gary Bunker
Letters policy at Aiken Standard outlines submission rules
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters not exceeding 500 words with writer address and daytime phone for verification. Letters may be edited for length and taste, and anonymous or organized-campaign letters will not be published. Address to Letters to the Editor or email, with contact for Opinions Page editor Michael Ulmer.
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Aiken
P.O. Box
Aikenstandard
Michael Ulmer
Mulmer
Aikenstandard.com
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