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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 2004
Page
2
A letter argues against tattoo parlors in Aiken and questions the value of a mounted Hitchcock Woods patrol and the presence of 70,000 U S troops in Germany. The writer urges troops home to boost the local economy and criticizes foreign defense involvement.
Reader opinion submitted to the Aiken Standard urging more religion in schools. Call or email the Talkback line with brief comments. readers’ names are not required and comments may be edited for space and content.
The Tuesday Aiken Standard corrects the coordinator of the Carolina Beach Blast to Lynn Sullivan for the Saturday event in Jackson. It also fixes the misspelled cutline for Bob Patterson of Flagsource Southeast Inc.
Federal funding totaling 432000 will be distributed to South Carolina to aid housing for incarcerated illegal aliens with Aiken County receiving 1969. The program, SCAAP, supports local jails and counties alongside 10 counties including Berkeley Charleston Cherokee Colleton Dorch ester Florence Georgetown Horry York.
Aiken County narcotics deputies arrested Jason Jordan and Carey Branham on charges of manufacturing methamphetamine and trafficking illegal drugs. The suspects, ages 23 and 20, were found with a mobile meth lab operating from Branham’s address after a week long investigation and surveillance observed people taking lab equipment from the residence.
Green Party presidential hopeful David Cobb spoke at the University of South Carolina Aiken detailing his plan to reform campaign funding he calls a civil rights issue. He argued big money drives policy, urged public funding, and advocated withdrawing consent from the current government. He supported affirmative action and reparations study, and said the U.S. should end wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, leaving international duties to UN peacekeepers. He asserted support for troops by bringing them home.
In Iraq, two prototype bomb disposal robots named MoPED, developed at Savannah River National Laboratory and funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, are deployed to assist U S troops. MoPED operates from a Humvee base with multiple tools, including on board cameras and a precise dearming device, to render devices safe while protecting soldiers and civilians.
The commission approved an ordinance to confine tattoo parlors to Industrial zones and require a 1000 foot buffer from churches schools or playgrounds. The measure moves to the City Council for first reading on July 12. Six commissioners voted yes with one absent.
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