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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1990
Page
1
The unofficial county results show Theodore McMaster leading for Lt Governor and Derrick Haskett for the U S House race with several vote totals listed. The figures are unofficial and may not reflect the final winners.
Aiken County voters rejected a penny sales tax overnight, defeating the local option measure by about 13,000 votes with 28,300 of 49,600 casting ballots. Rep. Thomas Huff called the defeat a setback for counties and cities and urged legislative action. Voters also blocked permission to enter the water and sewer utilities business in unincorporated areas.
Hilton Head Town Council weighs a two acre site for public beach access. Plans by town engineer Jack O'Hanlon include 116 metered parking spaces and restrooms. The project could cost about 300000 for land parking bathrooms and a boardwalk to the beach.
The notice lists obituaries for William L. Bailey Ralph Furman Bedenbaugh Samuel Colosimo Laura Dobss George B. Elliott Claudia Fleming Fortson Thomesina Hynes Rufus E. Miller James R. Price Mary Kate Rogers Meriweather Boyd Thomas and Margaret A. Williams with locations Aiken North Augusta Edgefield Elberton Ga Rincon Ga Augusta and Gloverville. Readers are directed to Page 10A for full details.
A look at races for the South Carolina House Aiken County Council and Aiken County Board of Education with charts on pages 5A through 9A. Local turnout feature notes Strom Thurmond’s daughter casting her first vote. Page 1B previews national races on Page 14A and tomorrow’s analysis.
Republican Governor Carroll A. Campbell Jr repeats a strong statewide win with about 70 percent of the vote, defeating Theo Mitchell and expanding GOP success in constitutional offices while Strom Thurmond and Nick Theodore also post solid margins. Senator Mitchell concedes after a statewide loss across 43 of 46 counties.
Aiken County Council switches from a 5-4 Democratic majority to a 6-3 Republican edge as two Democratic incumbents lose re election. District 2 Democrat Medwell Hill and District 6 Democrat Rosemary English fall to Dr. James Bland and Ronnie Young. District 1 Democrat Kathy Rawls secures re election with a large margin.
Three new members were elected to the Aiken County Board of Education. Charles E. Reames won District 3, Kay Posey Chriswell won District 6, and Glover M. Hickson III won District 7. Incumbents Slay and Proctor retained District 2 and 5 seats. Reames defeated incumbent Powell 1208 to 714.
In South Carolina, six incumbents retained their seats after yesterday’s balloting though one race remains undecided. Democrat Larry Gentry edged past challengers while Rep. James Roland Smith faces an ethics probe by Robert Boswell. Carter seeks recount in House 39 over Saluda Precinct 2.
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