Editorials ponder Aiken’s future look amid zoning clash
The Aiken debate over property rights versus city planning resurfaces as Liz Victor’s Chesterfield Street home faces rezoning obstacles. Council votes 3 to 2 to deny selling the house for professional offices, arguing spot zoning and neighborhood character. The piece notes ongoing downtown growth aims and asks when a street’s identity becomes official. The Victors seek a buyer while officials weigh hard choices shaping the city’s path.
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Aiken Standard Personnel Listing
The Aiken Standard staff includes publisher Scott B. Hunter editor Jeffrey B. Wallace business manager Ellen C. Priest managing editor Garth R. Groshans pressroom supervisor James R. Bennett Jr. systems manager J. David Boyd Tim OBriant.
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Scott B. Hunter
Jeffrey B. Wallace
Ellen C. Priest
Garth R. Groshans
Timothy E. Obriant
James R. Bennett Jr
J. David Boyd
Controversy over Aiken area development plans and PACT testing
Residents express concern about a hotel convention center and a new Paramor Hills subdivision near Hunter's Glen. They claim planning variances were granted without traffic studies, risking property values and traffic on Whiskey Road. A reader also critiques the PACT testing and calls for a Take-the-Test Day for fourth grade across South Carolina.
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Aiken County
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Paramor Hills
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Carolina Bay
Whiskey Road
Chukker Creek Road
College Acres
Exeter
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Diane M. Giddings
Atrrisk
State Department of Education
South Carolina
Texas
Senate Education Oversight Committee
Letters to the editor on Whiskey Road traffic signals and intersection safety
James M. Wetzel of Alken urges City Council input on traffic problems at Whiskey Road and Pine Log Road. He notes signals fail intermittently and requests traffic impact analysis for major developments to improve north south visibility and arterial intersection safety.
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James M. Wetzel Alken
Letters to the Editor Contact Details
All letters are subject to editing and condensing. Letters should be addressed to Letters to the Editor Aiken Standard PO Box 456 Aiken SC 29802 Send email to swallace aikenstandard.com Fax letters to 803 618 6052
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Language rules clash with civil rights in federal help
Linda Chavez critiques an executive order mandating services for non English speakers in federal programs and argues the disparate impact theory risks penalizing businesses that serve English speakers. She warns of broader implications for minorities and politics.
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
House Appropriations Committee
Ernest Istook
Rokia
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Mitch Daniels
Bush Administration
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