Aiken Residents Split Over Property Tax Plan Proposals
Aiken residents doubt a state sales tax boost will substantially ease property taxes. Critics fear higher sales taxes raise revenue with uncertain permanence, while supporters note relief for homeowners. lawmakers in House and Senate push competing plans and a conference committee aims to reconcile them.
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Aiken
South Carolina
Jesse Good
Aiken Drug
General Assembly
Senate
Jason Goings
Graniteville
Goings
Jimmy Watson
Lowe's
Aiken County
Augusta
Ron Brenneman
del Haislip
House
Greg Ryberg
Copper thieves hit Sumter cemeteries
Copper prices spur thefts in Sumter County targeting cemeteries and power sites. Vases weighing 9 to 13 pounds and 37 percent copper are worth up to 20 dollars each, with two suspects charged for vandalism. A man nearly died after an attempted copper theft from power equipment.
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Sumter
Sumter County
Albert Cade Jr
Evergreen
Hillside Memorial Parks
Cade
International Copper Study Group
Michael Hammie Truesdale
Louise Mayte Follin
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