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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 2013
Page
15
Publisher Scott B. Hunter leads the Aiken Standard with Melissa Hanna as executive editor and Dee Taylor as advertising director. The page lists Terri Cheek as business manager Laura Tideman as circulation manager Letitia Jefferson as classified ad manager and Ronnie Butler as production director.
Kathleen Parker analyzes Obama’s dinner with Republican senators at the Jefferson Hotel, the optics of a possible grand bargain, and the political calculus of tax fights and entitlement reform. She questions whether the olive branch signals real policy shift or a costly PR move.
Readers criticize funding cuts and political rhetoric while debating welfare, minimum wage, and government regulation. The letters cite examples from California wine trips to Legos streets, Morocco pottery funding, and a Alaska bridge, contrasting with calls for sensible cuts and economic principles.
Lawmakers in Columbia debate solutions for South Carolina’s failing roads and bridges. A 5 cent initial gasoline tax rise with annual CPI based increases could help bridge a $29 billion funding gap over 20 years, part of a broader plan alongside new state revenue earmarks.
The Aiken Standard accepts signed letters with writer address and daytime phone for verification. Letters must stay under 300 words and may be edited for length clarity libel and taste. Anonymous or pen name letters are not published and publication is discretionary.
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