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by Don MoniakDecember 18, 2024 Tuesday night's Aiken County Council meeting featured an unusual vote of 5-4, the only su...
18/12/2024

by Don MoniakDecember 18, 2024 Tuesday night's Aiken County Council meeting featured an unusual vote of 5-4, the only such vote for all of 2024. At issue was the Second Reading of the proposed Fee in Lieu of Taxes* agreement and an associated Industrial/Business Park designation for Project Wisteria (pages 42-91). Project Wisteria is a planned $23 million data storage center to be constructed by an unidentified company and located on…...

by Don MoniakDecember 18, 2024 Tuesday night’s Aiken County Council meeting featured an unusual vote of 5-4, the only such vote for all of 2024. At issue was the Second Reading of the pr…

“Should Aiken cater to developers and rely on them to define Aiken’s vision, or should developers adhere to Aiken’s requ...
15/12/2024

“Should Aiken cater to developers and rely on them to define Aiken’s vision, or should developers adhere to Aiken’s requirements?”

Should Aiken cater to developers and rely on them to define Aiken’s vision, or should developers adhere to Aiken’s requirements?

An Update to: City of Aiken Ordered to Produce Project Pascalis Records and Former AMDC Commissioners Seek Full Disclosu...
27/11/2024

An Update to: City of Aiken Ordered to Produce Project Pascalis Records and Former AMDC Commissioners Seek Full Disclosure of Project Pascalis Records. by Don MoniakNovember 26, 2024 This past week, the Aiken Standard published an article titled “Aiken’s Got Nothing to Hide About Project Pascalis, City Council Members Say.” The story centered on comments made by Aiken resident Luis Rinaldini at…...

An Update to: City of Aiken Ordered to Produce Project Pascalis Records and Former AMDC Commissioners Seek Full Disclosure of Project Pascalis Records. by Don MoniakNovember 26, 2024This past week,…

by Douglas HigbeeNovember 26, 2024 The Aiken County Animal Shelter is among the various Aiken County agencies designated...
26/11/2024

by Douglas HigbeeNovember 26, 2024 The Aiken County Animal Shelter is among the various Aiken County agencies designated for funding through the recently renewed Capital Project Sales Tax (CPST). Passed by voters on the recent November 5th ballot, the tax will contribute hundreds of millions of dollars to fund infrastructure improvements for various county and municipal programs. $1.7 million is earmarked for “Aiken County Animal Shelter upgrades, expansions, and new equipment.”...

by Douglas HigbeeNovember 26, 2024The Aiken County Animal Shelter is among the various Aiken County agencies designated for funding through the recently renewed Capital Project Sales Tax (CPST). Pa…

According to information obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the South Carolina Department o...
16/11/2024

According to information obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the South Carolina Department of Agriculture (SCDA), Aiken County was awarded a $6 million grant by SCDA for the purpose of helping to develop the proposed House of Raeford chicken slaughterhouse and processing plant. Had it been finalized, the grant would have supplemented a probable $10 million grant from the federal government to House of Raeford....

According to information obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the South Carolina Department of Agriculture (SCDA), Aiken County was awarded a $6 million grant by SCDA for…

Aiken City Council created a new Farmers Market Committee in August 2024 to advise city staff on the its operations. The...
16/11/2024

Aiken City Council created a new Farmers Market Committee in August 2024 to advise city staff on the its operations. The committee will consist of “registered vendors,” and only “registered vendors” are allowed to vote for the committee members. Since Aiken City Council opted not to define a “registered vendor,” City staff has since defined it as one who “has submitted an application, has been approved to sell at the market, and does so at least 18 times in 6 months.” The origin of the definition is unknown....

Aiken City Council created a new Farmers Market Committee in August 2024 to advise city staff on the its operations. The committee will consist of “registered vendors,” and only “registered vendors…

by Don MoniakNovember 12, 2024 The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Savannah River Site (SRS) has two major milestones to ac...
11/11/2024

by Don MoniakNovember 12, 2024 The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Savannah River Site (SRS) has two major milestones to achieve by 2037. One is legally binding, the other is a commitment that remains negotiable. Surplus Weapons Plutonium DOE is legally bound to removing 9.5 metric tons of surplus military plutonium to another state. While any state will do, the plan is to ship the plutonium in a diluted waste form to the underground transuranic waste dump in New Mexico known as the…...

by Don MoniakNovember 12, 2024 The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Savannah River Site (SRS) has two major milestones to achieve by 2037. One is legally binding, the other is a commitment that remains…

A Circuit Court Judge has ordered the City of Aiken to comply with the rules of discovery and produce all documents rela...
08/11/2024

A Circuit Court Judge has ordered the City of Aiken to comply with the rules of discovery and produce all documents related to Project Pascalis. (see previous, related story Former AMDC Commissioners Seek Full Disclosure of Pascalis Documents.) by Don MoniakNovember 8, 2024 In early May of this year, Plaintiffs in the Blake et al vs City of Aiken et al lawsuit…...

A Circuit Court Judge has ordered the City of Aiken to comply with the rules of discovery and produce all documents related to Project Pascalis. (see previous, related story Former AMDC Commissione…

A slide presentation by Mandy Nicoli-Drumming.
05/11/2024

A slide presentation by Mandy Nicoli-Drumming.

A slide presentation by Mandy Nicoli-Drumming

Empowering voters to make better informed decisions on the Aiken County Capital Project Sales Tax (CPST) questions on th...
30/10/2024

Empowering voters to make better informed decisions on the Aiken County Capital Project Sales Tax (CPST) questions on the 2024 General Election ballot. By Vicki SimonsOctober 29, 2024 On the General Election 2024 ballot in Aiken County, South Carolina — and possibly other places around our state — voters will have the option to vote for or against a 1% sales tax to be used for listed capital projects....

Empowering voters to make better informed decisions on the Aiken County Capital Project Sales Tax (CPST) questions on the 2024 General Election ballot. By Vicki SimonsOctober 29, 2024 On the Genera…

The Aiken County Comprehensive Plan, disasters, and near-disasters. by Don MoniakOctober 18, 2024 This year, Aiken Count...
21/10/2024

The Aiken County Comprehensive Plan, disasters, and near-disasters. by Don MoniakOctober 18, 2024 This year, Aiken County is required by law to develop a Comprehensive Plan that serves as a guiding document for development and redevelopment. Such plans are mandated by Section 6-29-510 of the South Carolina Local Government Comprehensive Planning Enabling Act of 1994, which states that local Planning Commissions are “...

The Aiken County Comprehensive Plan, disasters, and near-disasters. by Don MoniakOctober 18, 2024 This year, Aiken County is required by law to develop a Comprehensive Plan that serves as a guiding…

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