Aiken Council Revokes Marlboro Station Nightclub License
Aiken City Council voted to revoke the Marlboro Station nightclub license after repeated gun violence calls and disruptive activity. Public Safety notes 82 calls since January 2014, with many incidents after midnight, and residents urge closure to restore neighborhood safety and value.
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Michael Ulmer
Aiken
Lessie Price
Center
Marlboro Station
Philip Merry
Aiken Public Safety
City of Aiken
Paige Tiffany
Tiffany
Bruce Pitts
Pitts
Council
Fred Cavanaugh
Marlboro Street
Dexter Price
Price
Fear-mongering calls over Iran nuclear deal criticized
David Matos Aiken argues that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has long used fear to derail negotiations with Iran. He says the P5 1 group and President Obama achieved real progress with tougher inspections and lower enriched uranium. Netanyahu’s demand for a better deal ignores IAEA and NPT constraints and seeks to undermine diplomacy.
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Congress
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Iraq
Barack Obama
International Atomic Energy Agency
David Matos Aiken
Tax hikes and funding fears stir local budget fury
A reader decries a 1 percent sales tax hike and 10 percent property tax cut as unfair to different groups, questions a proposed hospitality levy, cites a $700000 revenue shortfall in the Aiken Standard editorial, and calls for spending cuts over new taxes and broader elections for local officials.
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Republicans rescue Obama's best idea in trade pact
George Will argues the Trans-Pacific Partnership hinges on Republican backing amid Democratic protectionist shifts. Froman seeks fast track and bipartisan votes to complete a pact with 11 Asia-Pacific nations, reshaping labor and environmental rules while balancing U S manufacturing and imports.
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Harvard Law School
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Congress
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Vietnam
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U.S
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Dconn
America
NAFTA
Canada
Mexico
Robert Bartley
Wall Street Journal
Clinton
Aiken Standard Seeks Signed Letters to the Editor
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