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Bauer
receives little support in Chapin. The
State
Police memorial
held Wednesday
The lives of fallen officers in 2002 were honored Wednesday
during the annual South Carolina Police Memorial at the state Criminal Justice
Academy in Columbia. About 500 relatives, friends, colleagues and law enforcement
officials were in attendance. The
State, WIS-TV,
Beaufort
Gazette, WLTX-TV,
* Orangburg
Times and Democrat, * Manning
Times S.C. man suing federal government
A South Carolina man
is suing the federal government because he says the Secret Service is treating
him and other anti-Bush protesters unfairly. WIS-TV/AP
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Lawmakers move to withhold $14 million
After the council decided Tuesday
against spending $142,000 on an office for the local delegation, Charleston lawmakers
retaliated Wednesday by introducing legislation to withhold $14 million the state
usually contributes to the county's operating budget. Post
and Courier
Sanford warns Senate of sales tax increase
The
possibility of the Senate adopting a 2-cent sales tax increase drew hesitation
Wednesday from Gov. Mark Sanford, who said he would oppose any proposal that would
be a burden to small business. Greenville
News Senate
focuses on education in budget battle
Senators disagreed and stalled Wednesday
in their second day of talks on the state budget, frustrating each other and pushing
at least one key Republican supporter away from a tax increase for education.
The
State Graham pushes 'unborn victims'
bill
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham is in favor of a law that charges the killer
of a pregnant woman twice: once for the mother and again for the fetus. The
State, Spartanburg
Herald-Journal * Unknown candidate participates
in Democratic debate
Of the nine contenders competing for the Democratic
slot in the 2004 presidential race, Dennis Kucinich is probably one of the least
known though arguably he is the most outspoken. Charleston
City Paper * Study unneeded for Clyburn
Connector
The U.S. Transportation Secretary announced that a detailed,
cost-benefit study is not needed for a proposed bridge over Lake Marion between
Calhoun and Clarendon counties, U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn said. Orangeburg
Times and Democrat
Senate
makes way for PSD election
A bill focused on making the Hilton Head No.
1 Public Service District's commissioners elected was approved by the state Senate
on Wednesday. Hilton
Head Island Packet
Carolina
Investors president and CEO receives death threat
The Pickens County Sheriff's
office is currently investigating a death threat received by Larry C. Owen, president
and chief executive officer of Carolina Investors Inc. Greenville
News
SCETV
to cut 40 jobs
South Carolina Educational Television plans to eliminate
40 jobs later this month to compensate for three million dollars in budget cuts.
WCIV-TV/AP *
Offices on Navy Base may be for rent
North Charleston is considering
renting out office space at the former Charleston Naval Base as it waits for the
federal government's approval to sell land to the Noisette Co. Post
and Courier Lower
gas prices to linger
As expected, the price of gas since the war has been
falling in South Carolina and across the nation. The
State Denny's
reports $9.1 million loss
Denny's, which id based out of Spartanburg, announced
a $9.1 million loss for the first quarter, citing the war in Iraq, the bad economy
and terrible winter weather for reducing the number of customers at its restaurants.
The
State/AP
Greenville
Manufacturing Expo ends today Today is the last day that nearly 150 executives
and managers will examine an approach as part of the Automated Manufacturing Exposition
and Conference at the Palmetto Expo Center. Greenville
News
BMW
clocks satisfaction BMW Manufacturing Corp. has chosen WebSurveyor's online
survey solutions to conduct internal employee satisfaction surveys. Spartanburg
Herald-Journal
Grand
Stand's International Club gets the OKD.R. Horton has closed a deal that
will allow the home builder finish a Murrells Inlet project left unfinished by
developers who ran into financial trouble years ago. Myrtle
Beach Sun News
USC
grads, families should be prepared to wait
USC officials are asking thousands
of graduates and their guests not to tarry Friday as Bush gives the commencement
address to nearly half of the school's 3,000 graduates. The other half will hear
Jack Valenti, head of the Motion Picture Association of America, at Saturday's
graduation. Greenville
News
Students,
faculty plan alternate graduation to protest Bush. The
State - Students react to ticket requirement.
WIS-TV
- Security tight for Bush's address. WIS-TV
Former
Lt. Governor Bob Peeler elected to Clemson Board of Trustees. Greenville
News 300
buses to be repaired
Over 300 school buses were taken off S.C. roadways
Wednesday after the state Education Department discovered welding defects in the
vehicles' roofs. The
State, Beaufort
Gazette CCU considers tuition increase
In-state students could
pay almost 20 percent more for tuition to Coastal Carolina University next fall.
Myrtle
Beach Sun News Pickens plans
to cut teachers' jobs Teachers' jobs and school programs are in limbo
in Pickens County due to state budget cuts, according to the district's superintendent.
WYFF-TV
Beaufort
fights for northern school location
Beaufort County Board of Education
members are standing firm, saying a new high school should be erected north of
the Whale Branch River. Beaufort
Gazette
* Uranium oxide exits SRS
Approximately
35,000 drums of low-level radioactive waste, each containing 55 gallons of depleted
uranium oxide, will be removed from the Savannah River Site's F-Area. Augusta
Chronicle
* Birds to be protected
More
intense protection efforts are under way as thousands of seabirds are pairing
off and building nests on isolated sandy sites, like Shem Creek in Mt. Pleasant,
that lure people each spring and summer. Post
and Courier * Lakes received a month's
worth of rain
The Anderson area will probably see between 1.25 inches and
2 inches of rain over the next week, but the total could be higher in some areas
as a result of thunderstorms expected to continue through Saturday, according
to Neil Dixon, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Greer. Anderson
Independent-Mail Greenville parks to receive makeovers
Eight
Greenville County parks will reap the benefits of a total of $1.8 million in renovations
and additions in an effort to ease the wear and tear caused by their popularity.
WYFF-TV,
Greenville
News  HealthSouth
closes Columbia diagnostic center. The
State S.C. universities not too concerned with SARS
South
Carolina universities are keeping an eye on the spread of SARS but haven't yet
decided if they will change their policies of admitting students from Asian countries,
where the disease is most prominent. Greenville
News
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Bridge plan should protect neighborhoods
Two Charleston City Council
members and a small group of neighborhood association presidents met with S.C.
Transportation Department officials to discuss effects of the new bridge. Post
and Courier
Marines return to Beaufort
Twelve fighter
pilots are slated to return today to Marine Corps Air Station in Beaufort from
the war in Iraq. Greenville
News * Charleston City Councilman cracking
down on bikinis
Two weeks ago Charleston City Councilman Wendell Gilliard
said he was going to war against scantily clad coeds from the College of Charleston
who sunbathe nearly nude on the lawn of the city’s downtown park, Marion
Square. Charleston
City Paper
Columbia to pay $ 1 million for waterline
Columbia City Council will pay $1 million to run a waterline 10 miles into rural
Richland County. It will serve a National Guard facility. The
State Store near Fort Mill sell $88 million Powerball ticket. The
State/AP
Simpsonville narrows search for administrator
The
list of potential candidates for Simpsonville's administrator's position is down
to two men, and a decision could come as early as today. Greenville
News * York County considers raising
taxes
York County residents might be in for another tax hike this year
as the county prepares its 2003-2004 budget. Rock
Hill Herald Lowcountry Development Center to receive help
A
few Beaufort County agencies have coordinated a partnership to address the wary
future of the Lowcountry Human Development Center. Beaufort
Gazette Bike vendors cause budget crunch
One day before the
kickoff of the Grand Strand's annual Harley-Davidson rally, only half the vendors
who came last year have turned out this year. Myrtle
Beach Sun News Beaufort County salaries to increase
Nearly
500 Beaufort County employees not included in a plan to raise the salaries of
half of the county's 1,100 person workforce might still see a pay raise next year.
Beaufort
Gazette Beaufort property tax bills delayed
Beaufort
County taxpayers may have less than a month to pay their property taxes this year,
according to interim County Administrator Tom Henrikson. Hilton
Head Island Packet
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needs a lot of help
"The Senate's proposal to add $7 million in new
funding and give the state Department of Juvenile Justice new sources of revenue
has a realistic chance of ending federal oversight of the agency. It is shameful
that DJJ, 13 years removed from the landmark lawsuit that determined the agency
was unconstitutionally overcrowded and dangerous, has not been adequately reformed."
Greenville
News
S.C.
may lose some of its better educators "A cloud hangs over teachers
and would-be educators in South Carolina. Thousands of teaching positions may
be eliminated if state lawmakers follow through with plans to reduce basic funding
to schools." Greenville
News PSC
due for reform
"The utilities say the way the PSC lets them calculate
rates results in lower costs for consumers, and their explanation for that argument
sounds logical. But the law doesn't allow it, and if they don't like the law,
they should convince the Legislature to change it. The PSC is supposed to obey
whatever law legislators pass. Legislators should recognize that the commissioners
don't seem to understand that -- and respond accordingly." The
StateLegislative immunity should be revoked "Lt. Gov.
Andre Bauer showed a remarkable lack of responsibility as he broke traffic laws
hurrying to a Senate session, but he is showing an appropriate sense of accountability
in how he is handling the aftermath of the incident." Spartanburg
Herald-JournalWinter beach nourishment a good idea "As
the Town of Hilton Head Island begins planning its next major nourishment project,
considerations for tourists should remain a high priority. After all, it is the
tourists who pay the freight for the expensive nourishment projects that benefit
everyone in the Lowcountry by keeping the community's primary asset in good shape."
Hilton
Head Island Packet Make room for heroes
in budget "There have been no breadlines nor runs on the bank, but
every family in the Lowcountry has been impacted by month after month of depressing
economic news. Add the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina to the long list of businesses
that are cutting back, trying to save money." Carolina
Morning News Tourism
may be too limited a focus, Sanford worries
"In warning Grand Strand
business and professional leaders to "be careful about sending conflicting
signals" about the community's mission last week, Gov. Mark Sanford made
a good point. It is true, as he said, that tourism is what the Strand does well,
and that it must continue to be known for that." Myrtle
Beach Sun News * Charleston schools
are in a bind
"Here's the SOS: Some 540 at-risk Charleston County
elementary and middle school pupils have signed up for summer school help. They
won't get it unless at least 200 citizens volunteer to make an emergency, community-based
effort work in 21 schools across the county. The plea for help deserves an overwhelming
response." Post
and Courier * Slow down Bauer
"Certainly
Mr. Bauer should understand that obeying traffic laws does not require him to
meet "a higher standard of conduct" than any other S.C. motorist. Even
those of us who haven't been elected to statewide office aren't allowed to drive
60 mph and run red lights while ignoring police orders to pull over." Post
and Courier * Good luck to Teacher of
the Year finalists
"The five finalists for South Carolina’s Teacher
of the Year represent thousands of teachers, past and present. Most of those teachers,
even those who made major impacts on students’ lives, spend their entire
careers without public recognition from a national or state or even local organization."
Anderson
Independent-Mail
* Education takes
priority
"The education establishment in South Carolina has done a
good job of crying about impending funding cutbacks. They've used headlines about
teacher layoffs and major cuts in funding per pupil to focus public attention
on education and the state's budget crisis." Orangeburg
Times and Democrat * Bauer reckless
on, off road
"State Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer publicly apologized Wednesday
for his behavior in regard to a reckless driving charge. Too bad, he didn't use
the opportunity to apologize as well for his reckless behavior a day earlier in
the state Senate." Rock
Hill Herald
West: Enforce noise ordinance
"In a meeting
with the city manager about a year ago, I was told that issuing noise citations
made parents, who financed their children's trips to Myrtle Beach, angry. I suggested
that several signs with flashing lights saying, "Noise ordinance strictly
enforced - loud bass music not allowed," needed to be placed in certain locations.
After much pleading, the city manager promised me a sign would be installed calling
attention to the enforcement of the city's noise ordinance." Myrtle
Beach Sun News
Knott, Jr.: Schools should be considered community
centers
"South Carolina is facing a crossroads in public education.
As the state grapples with its worst fiscal crisis in a half-century, the General
Assembly is looking to cut state allocations for public schools. Predictions abound
that as many as 6,000 teachers could be laid off statewide with a new round of
cuts. For a state that ranks near the bottom of national SAT scores, an even lower
teacher-to-student ratio would inevitably lower academic performance in our schools."
The
State
Bolton: S.C.'s poor not being heard"Nothing
illustrated that more than the sight of the overwhelming number of lobbyists wooing
lawmakers on behalf of high-powered, deep-pocketed lenders in an effort to water
down legislation meant to protect this state's elderly and poor borrowers."
The
State
Hyde: Democrats
continue to face long odds "On the state level, however, Democrats
couldn't ask for a better agenda. The state is in crisis and Republicans have
the misfortune of being the party in control. Lawmakers are cutting basic funding
for education and health care, driving up private health insurance premiums. The
state has some of the deadliest roads and the highest rate of domestic violence
in the nation. Jobs are being lost and college tuition is soaring. The state prison
system is dangerously understaffed — and little attempt is being made to
give prisoners workplace skills." Greenville
NewsLeap: Babysitters are a blessing
"So, because
we want time together, and because we can only effectively do this when we leave
our offspring behind, we require the services of a baby sitter. It may not be
the most glamorous of jobs. And it may not be the most lucrative. But it is certainly
one of the most important jobs in America today." Greenville
News
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