Voices in education funding and crime quotes emerge
The passage collects remarks from diverse figures: Aiken School Board member Art Hadden on funding shortages for public education. Italian artist Livio Valentini addressing the Aiken International Club. Walter Wilmerding recalling his father’s narrow escape in a 1991 Princeton bank heist. a distraught New York mother speaking to Mayor Giuliani. Bath Baptist minister Rev. Herb Sons criticizing a video games and alcohol venue nearby. Shirley LaBorde about beer and wine permits for her Mac's Video and Grill. San Francisco DA spokesman John Shanley on a gang killing elderly men. US attorney Dean Eichelberger on Nigerian scam letters. and Todd Michael Volpe admitting he misled investors to save his business in New York.
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Tim
Bath
Herb Sons
UConn stadium push stirs mixed voter caution in 1999 bid
Connecticut officials push for a 35,000 seat football stadium at Storrs to join the Big East, amid voter referendums against public sports funding in Pennsylvania Wisconsin and New Jersey. University leaders warn potential losses and TV market limits but Governor Rowland backs the plan as lawmakers hold a late November session.
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Twins
Vikings
New Jersey
Hasbrouck Heights
Woodland Park
University of Connecticut
Lew Perkins
John Rowland
State University
Storrs
Uconn
Perkins
Roy F Kramer
Southeastern Conference
Birmingham
Ala
Kpmg Peat Marwick
Alabama
Connecticut
Philip E. Austin
Pears
Boston
New York
Big East
Villanova
Sion
Georgetown
St. John’s
Providence
Seton Hall
Boston University
Gov
Rowland
Tax system hopes slashed by partisan committee clash
A Columbia editorial criticizes the joint legislative tax study committee for a partisan overthrow of its chair Senator John Drummond, calling the move egregious and demanding a nonpartisan, honest review of South Carolina’s entire tax system. It notes DOT audit savings, court food-relief initiatives, and cautions against politicizing governance during an election year.
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Joint
Legislative Tax Study Committee
Senate Finance
John Drummond
Greenwood
Columbia
State Budget and Control Board
Charleston
Post and Courier
Simpsonville
Don Hensley
Fountain Inn Relief Agency
Hensley
Greenville County
South Carolina Supreme Court
Board of Commissioners
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Greenville News
Censorship row and NOW debate in Aiken letters
Sam responds to Melanie Nowlin and Tam on NOW notional aims and behavior. He critiques feminist positions, rape shield laws, and perceived media bias, arguing NOW exaggerated differences and seeks apologies while citing membership dips and media favoritism.
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Sam
Melanie ‘Nowlin
Aiken
Melanie Nowlin
Tam
Mr. Leininger
N.O.W
Ms. Nowlin
National Organization For Woman
National Organization For ‘Woman
Leininger
NO. W
No.w
Washington
Lss
Sarah Brady
Gun Control, Inc
Will Tinney Aiken
Area standard welcomes Letters to the Editor
Readers are invited to send Letters to the Editor addressed to Letters to the Editor Aiken Standard PO Box 456 Aiken SC 29802 Or email editorial scescape net Letters may be edited and condensed for publication
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Aiken Standard
Aiken, S.C
Scescape.net
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Livio Orazio
Valentini
Aiken International Club
Walter Wilmerding
Lucius Wilmerding
Princeton
Rudolph Giuliani
Shirley LaBorde
Mac’s Video and Grill
John Shanley
San Francisco
Dean Eichelberger
Todd Michael Volpe
Jack Nicholson
Scott B. Hunter
Stephen N. Ranzer
Ellen C. Priest
Jeffrey B. Wallace
Steinbrenner
Austin
Saa
USC Aiken
William N. Wallace
New York City
Sen. Drummond
South Carolina
Transportation Department
DOT
Elizabeth Mabry
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