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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1996
Page
3
Paul Parker age 59 runs as a Democrat with a background as an enforcement officer in Aiken County Tax Collector's office and five years leading New Ellen ton Police Department. He pledges to improve the town and move forward past disputes.
Norman Strader, 62, Republican, retired town police officer since 1980, seeks city council. He highlights a council he says ignores ordinary residents and promises to focus on people’s concerns. He lists two children and single status.
Joe Gleaton, 44, a Savannah River Site truck driver and family man, runs for city office saying the city offers little for children and he wants programs to keep kids away from drugs and on safe streets. He cites his experience and desire for community investment.
Gleaton, running open on honesty, pledges open meetings and child programs, aims to improve sewer, curb drug use, and ensure transparent town dealings. Griffith faces write-in ONeal for public works seat with vows to evaluate problems and deliver fair service, lower sewer rates, and unity.
A road safety advocate proposes broadening road death analysis from birth to age eighteen and developing public defensive driving programs. She notes drivers lack tire blowout response training and often overcorrects, suggesting cooperation among law enforcement and high school instructors to raise awareness and reduce teen crashes.
Thompson states the city has improved the facility since buying it in 1988 with much of the budget spent on operations and minor maintenance. He notes development prices were paid for land as the property had been optioned to developers.
The defense contends a state trial prejudice from juror references to the defendant's criminal record. The judge refused to admit polygraph evidence and ruled a police file remark had no juror impact. Council spoke briefly, apologized, and urged mercy, while prosecutors hailed a meticulously built case with extensive witnesses. The defense drew on a mother's plea for revival of mercy as witnesses portrayed a pattern of criminal behavior starting at age nine.
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