Editorials
Upgrade bus system
The priorities of our state lawmakers are hard to fathom in many aspects of the budgeting process. But it is especially alarming that they don’t care enough about the welfare of our children to provide them with safe school buses.
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Records seizure intrusive
After the attacks of 9 / 11, the nation has been engaged in something of a tug of war between the interests of national security and First Amendment rights. And too often our constitutional rights have been subverted in the name of security.
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Ban texting while driving
Your teenager’s cell phone is more dangerous to him or her than a bottle of booze.
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IRS probe necessary
If the Internal Revenue Service targeted groups for extra scrutiny because of their political beliefs, that not only is inappropriate, it’s also illegal.
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Charging sales taxes online
Fairness is the key. If businesses on the ground are charging sales taxes, those in the ether should too.
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Share mental health data
An unsuccessful attack by a person with mental problems had a silver lining. It prompted state lawmakers to enact legislation that would share mental health data with federal authorities to help curb gun violence.
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York Tech acted responsibly
York Technical College could teach the state something about how to react to a breach of computer security.
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Make kindergarten available to all S.C. 4-year-olds from poor families
The plan in the S.C. Senate to extend full-day kindergarten to more of the state’s poor 4-year-olds is a step in the right direction. But we question why it is such a timid step.
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Enforce the driver’s license law
There’s nothing wrong with South Carolina’s current requirements regarding vision tests for drivers. The problem is that the law isn’t enforced.
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Park is a good idea
We think York County Councilman Bruce Henderson’s proposal to build a 50-acre park in Lake Wylie is worth considering. But we stop short of endorsing his call to allocate county hospitality tax money according to where it’s collected.
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Budget board overstepped
We think the S.C. Supreme Court was correct in ruling that Gov. Nikki Haley and members of the state Budget and Control Board had exceeded their authority in trying to overrule the Legislature and increase health-insurance premiums for state workers. Too bad the ruling also ratifies a bad decision...
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