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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 2015
Page
13
The Aiken Standard editorial features Ellen Priest as publisher Tim O Briant as editor and director of audience Michael Ulmer as editorial page editor. It presents a Think About It line quoting Alfred Lord Tennyson describing sin as too stupid to see beyond itself.
After record rainfall caused widespread flooding across South Carolina, emergency responders conducted rescues and residents are urged to stay home as sandbags and supplies are deployed. Aiken County seeks bottled water donations for Columbia area first responders while water shortages loom for hundreds of thousands. Government and volunteers warn the road to normal will be long as power, bridges, and businesses recover.
South Carolina’s Department of Social Services faces pressure to fix long standing failures as advocacy groups and a court case push for real change. New director Susan Alford has hired hundreds of staff, raised salaries, and aims to limit caseloads, end placement of young children in group homes, and ensure medical care and oversight.
Kathleen Parker rails at House Republicans for McCarthyism after Kevin McCarthy's Benghazi remarks. She argues the Benghazi inquiry shapes Clinton's image, stresses leadership turmoil, and warns the party risks further damage amid debt ceiling tensions.
A letter to the editor laments daily dangers in schools, grieving lost students and the toll on families. The author, Joan M. Lacombe of Aiken, urges guardians to demand safety as a core duty of educators and administrators. She pleads for divine protection and a peaceful learning environment.
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters up to 500 words for publication. Include writer address and daytime phone for verification. Anonymous or organized-campaign letters will not be published. Submit to Letters to the Editor P.O. Box 456 or via email.
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