Bonding bill gains new life in South Carolina Senate
South Carolina Senate leader Hugh Leatherman revives a reduced bonding plan aimed at higher education construction including 3.2 million for Aiken Technical College equipment and 1.3 million for USC Aiken pedestrian bridge, despite Governor Nikki Haley’s veto threats and credit card rhetoric. The proposal seeks to fund campus infrastructure within a tightened 7 billion general fund budget, arguing long term savings and growth.
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Kelley Paul book portraits the women who shape Rand Paul
Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker reviews Kelley Paul’s True and Constant Friends. The book gathers vignettes and quotes about Kelley Paul’s mother and grandmother and a circle of trusted women. Proceeds from paintings used in the book were donated to a New Jersey shelter. Rand Paul writes the foreword and the piece notes how women offer support beyond politics.
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Aiken readers praise half marathon and critique tax plan
A letter lauds the Aiken Electric Co op Half Marathon course as diverse and well organized with rain did not dampen finish times while volunteers cheered. Another letter questions gas tax increases and proposes cutting other budgets, arguing net revenue would not rise and that higher taxes hit the poor hardest. A third letter warns a proposed 9 percent dining tax would burden seniors and low income residents, suggesting publishing local tax rates to compare options.
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