Aiken York Counties talk local option road tax plan
A proposed one cent local option tax would stay in Aiken County for roads and capital projects with no donor mechanism. York County officials note funds go to local road paving and city projects, while critics warn of cross county allocations and potential property tax shifts.
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Carl Gullick
Ronnie Young
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Hodges vows to veto lottery bills directing proceeds to education
Hodges refuses to guarantee maintaining $1 tickets or banning advertising while pledging to veto any lottery legislation that relays proceeds away from education. Secretary Jim Miles leads anti lottery push and compares lottery revenue to video gambling, as Hodges rebuts the analogy between scratch offs and video poker.
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Jim Miles
Miles
South Carolina
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