Recession will end with jobs
Published Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009
Any pretense that this recession will be over soon should have been washed away with Friday’s unemployment report.
One in every 10 Americans capable of working is without a job this month. It’s the worst national unemployment rate in 26 years. Read More |
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Barbs and bouquets
Published Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009
The Journal uses this space today to issue words of praise or criticism to local and state groups or people in the news. Bouquets go to those we feel have done something right, and barbs to those who, in our view, have erred. Read More |
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City of Clemson right to question penalty
Published Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
The City of Clemson and Pickens County are going at it again, this time over a proposed penalty to be placed on Clemson and other municipalities if county-established goals for recycling are not met. Read More |
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Locals can benefit from video
Published Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
Clearly, Oconee County hopes to attract more visitors — including business interests — with its recently produced “Experience Oconee” video, but that’s not the only market local promoters have in mind. If you live here, you are also in their sights. Read More |
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Tell Council how you feel
Published Friday, Oct. 30, 2009
Members of Oconee County Council meet in regular session Tuesday night to conduct the taxpayers’ business, and they would really like to know what you think. Read More |
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Be sure to vote Tuesday
Published Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009
Municipal elections will be held next Tuesday, Nov. 3, in the towns of Central, Walhalla, Westminster and Salem, with a mixture of tightly fought and uncontested races on the ballots. Read More |
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Spend wisely on new jail
Published Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009
Oconee County Council is doing the right thing in putting all options on the table as it begins deliberations on how best to solve the county’s jail overcrowding crisis. Read More |
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Council must live up to its promises
Published Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009
Jan. 6, 2009 marked an auspicious beginning for the three new members of Oconee County Council, sworn in that evening and one of their number, Reg Dexter, elected chairman.
Dexter, Joel Thrift, selected as vice chairman, and Wayne McCall had been elected on a reformist vote by an overwhelming majority of Oconee voters. Read More |
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Equal justice under the law
Published Friday, Oct. 23, 2009
ou can’t blame a jailhouse prisoner for not coming forward to press charges against someone who may have beaten him. All he is doing is risking another beating or worse.
However, we believe that the law is the law and it should be enforced in jail as rigorously as it is enforced on our streets and in our neighborhoods. Read More |
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McCall and Nowell need some help
Published Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009
here are two elected leaders in Oconee County government who are standing up for local taxpayers – Councilman Wayne McCall and Treasurer Greg Nowell. As far as the rest of County Council goes, we can’t give the same passing grade. Read More |
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Industry, businesses and schools unified
Published Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009
Two recent events showcasing local industry have served to point out the necessity of close relationships between schools, commercial, retail and industrial groups in the effort to move Oconee County forward. Read More |
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The beatings must stop
Published Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009
For the second time in five months, a prisoner in the Oconee County Detention Facility has been badly beaten. The first incident was in May, and the second took place this past week.
The only thing more alarming than the fact that this keeps happening is that no one who should care seems to, or at least not enough to see that it stops. Read More |
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Equal enforcement of sign law is required
Published Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009
If you have ever driven down the strip in Las Vegas, you know it can be dangerous. People are crossing the street wherever they feel like it, traffic is often bumper to bumper and the distractions drivers face … well, it’s Vegas … they are everywhere Read More |
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DNR needs to do its job
Published Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009
A federal judge in Anderson may not be able to order the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to remove a third dam from Twelve Mile River but, then again, he shouldn’t have. Read More |
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