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Audio: Aiken County Council Hearing on Project Sabal (April 18, 2023)

Audio of the Aiken County Council’s April 18, 2023 hearing on Project Sabal data center at Sage Mill Industrial Park in Graniteville, SC.

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  • City of Aiken
    • Holiday Shopping in Downtown Aiken
    • City Council
      • “Not Subject” to Ethics Laws
      • Election Night: Teddy Milner is Next Mayor of Aiken, No Party at Democratic Party HQ, and the Future of Aiken Brown Water
      • The Arboretum, Development Road, Lab Project Meetings, and Project Unicorn.
      • Citizens Speak: Tom Clements, Vicki Simons, Mary Camlet-Agresta
      • Waves of Protest
      • Much More than a Figurehead, Far Less than a King
      • Aiken City Council Rules of Order
      • “Order of City Council Agenda”
      • A Brief Primer on 2023 City of Aiken Elections
      • The First and Last City Council/AMDC Meeting?
      • The Local Politics of No-Bid, Pu $ Culture
      • A Postponement, Repeal, Park Lease, Official Response, and Behind the Closed Door
      • The Aiken City Attorney: No contract
      • Aiken City Council Reimplements Citizen Input Rules
      • The City of Aiken’s Mattie C. Hall Property: Another Curious, Questionable Aiken City Property Deal
      • The Cleaners: How Aiken City Council Got Taken to the Cleaners by the Wyatt Family
    • City Parks and Recreation
      • Fencing After the Fact
      • Resident Input Requested For Smith-Hazel Park
      • More Overlooked Absenteeism
      • Daily Youth Recreation Fees Waived
      • Aiken’s Disappearing Parks
      • Aiken City Parks to Remain Open
      • Divesting of Parks and Privatizing Open Space
      • “Taking $2 from a child to play a game.”
    • Elections
      • The Ins and Outs of Aiken Mayoral Campaign Finances
      • Right Now, Aiken Needs Teddy Milner
      • Online Forum for City Council District 1
      • Cast Your Votes for Aiken Mayor and City Council Seats: What You Need to Know
      • ELECTION DAY LETTERS OF SUPPORT: TEDDY MILNER FOR MAYOR OF AIKEN
      • Teddy Milner on the Issues: 12 Questions, 12 Answers
      • The Campaign Flyer 
      • More Letters of Support: Teddy Milner for Mayor of Aiken
      • Teddy Milner for Mayor
      • The People’s Choice: Teddy Milner for Mayor of Aiken
      • Local Endorsements for Teddy Milner for Mayor of Aiken
      • What Went Wrong in the Primary (and How to Get it Right in the Runoff Election)
      • Online Mayoral Forum
      • Cast Your Vote for Mayor! Here’s What You Need to Know
    • Letters
      • Decisions First, Criteria Second?
    • Miscellaneous
      • News Release: Aiken Corporation Issued Notice of Violation
      • Aiken Chronicles Update: August 11, 2023
      • A Hearing on Business License Taxes
      • Aiken Corporation Registration Expired
      • Aiken Chronicles Update: Week of January 23, 2023
      • Ed Woltz’s Business License Citation
      • The City of Aiken’s Information Games. Part One.
      • The City of Aiken’s Labor Day Lawsuit, 2001
  • Horse Creek Valley
    • Horse Creek Valley: Aiken County’s Waste Receptacle 
    • Christi Koelker Film: Horse Creek Valley – A Tale Worth the Telling
    • Labor Day Reflection: 120 Years Ago in Aiken County
  • Aiken County
    • Aiken County Government
      • New Shopping Opportunity and Tiny Lots.
      • More Than Pennies: The 2024 Confluence of One-Percent Sales Tax Referendums.
      • Another Verdict of Gross Negligence
      • Aiken County Council
      • Obscuring the Present
      • Rumblestripe
      • “Gun Violence Survivors Awareness Week”
      • A Verdict of Gross Negligence
    • Elections
      • Cast Your Vote in the County Council District 8 Special Election this October: What You Need to Know
      • Online Forum: County Council District 8 Candidates
      • Cast Your Vote for County Council Seat 8! Here’s What You Need to Know
    • Miscellaneous
      • The Fireworks Forecast
    • Parks & Recreation
      • Introducing Misty Lake State Park
  • South Carolina
    • South Carolina Government
      • Don’t Mess With Carolina Gas, Oil, or Coal
  • Planning & Development
    • New Developments
      • The Realtors Association’s Unreality
      • Who Determines What Goes in Our Backyard?
      • Dust Storm in an Incentive Zone 
      • Question: Is Google Coming to Aiken County? Answer: Aiken County Council Can’t Say.
      • Introducing: Parker’s Kitchen Convenience Store, and “Whiskey Road Apartments.”
      • Introducing: Powderhouse Crossing and The Parker at Aiken Apartments. 
    • Development Issues
      • Blight & Neglect
        • Two Attractive Nuisances, Two Standards
        • A Shrub Grows In Aiken
        • The Old Aiken County Hospital: Demolition by Neglect?
      • Deforestation and Clear-cutting
        • Four Well Lit Trees
        • Changes in Urban Forest Conditions at Farmer’s Market
        • Farmer’s Market-Williamsburg Street Parkway Revitalization Underway
        • Dust Storm in an Incentive Zone 
      • Demolitions
        • DEMO 200 Profiteering
        • Homes Demolished under DEMO 200
        • City of Aiken Demolition Index
      • Legal and Money Trails
        • “The Zoning Has Been In Place Forever”
        • Who Bought This Property?
      • Over-development
        • “Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus“
      • Stormwater and Flooding
        • Information Release: The Woodside Plantation “Ravine” on Hollow Creek.
        • Waves of Protest
        • Proposed Southside Development Raising Concerns of Flooding
      • Traffic & Safety
        • Gas Stations, Vice Stores, and Public Safety
        • From Fuel Tanker Fires to an Overdue Report
        • Development First, Public Safety Second?
      • Water Usage
        • Shaw Creek: Aiken’s Limited Surface Water Source.
        • Aiken Takes on Exit 18
      • Wastewater
        • Sewage Capacity Makes the News
    • “This is Wrong for That Property.”
    • Development First, Public Safety Second?
    • Aiken Planning Commission Asks Developer for More Pavement,
    • Self-Stored Regrets
  • Project Pascalis 2022
    • Project Pascalis Lawsuit
      • Read: Full Text of Lawsuit
      • Read: Answer of Defendant Gary Smith
      • Moot or Not Moot
      • Read: Answer of Defendants Osbon, Brohl, Diggs, Girardeau, Gregory, Price & Woltz
      • Read: Notice of Motion and Motion for Protective Order on Behalf of Defendants Osbon, Brohl, Diggs, Girardeau, Gregory, Price and Woltz
    • The Alley Series
      • Project Pascalis Includes the Alley (A Three Part Series): Part One
      • Project Pascalis Includes The Alley (A Four Part Series): Part Two
      • Project Pascalis Includes The Alley (A Four-Part Series): Part Three
    • In the Demolition Zone
      • Aiken City Council Revises AMDC Membership Ordinance
      • Aiken City Council Stumbles on AMDC
      • Pascalis Properties on Aiken City Council’s Closed-Door Agenda?
      • Acts of Neglect
      • Demolition by Neglect Back on Agenda
      • The $9.6 Million AMDC “Land Bank,” One Year Later
      • “This is the first time I’ve seen it.”
      • What is the Status on the Pascalis Developers?
      • Overlooked Opportunities: Looking Back at the May/June 2021 Project Pascalis Request for Proposals
      • A Tree Disappears in Aiken, and a Work Description Reappears
      • The Project Pascalis Evictees 
      • The Chairman’s Bias
      • When No Info is Good Info: A City Not Listening, the Antique Mall, and Newberry Hall
      • Project Pascalis Demolition Applications Withdrawn (Not Postponed)
    • Hotel Aiken
      • The City’s Management of the Hotel Aiken:  All “Reasonable Measures” taken to ensure safety, except inspections and alarms. 
      • Barely Insured: The City of Aiken’s Management of the Historic Hotel Aiken
    • Laws & Rules of Order
      • The City of Aiken’s Information Games, Part 3
      • Chamber President Blames State Law for AMDC Failings
      • AMDC Resignations
      • The City of Aiken’s Information Games: Part II
      • State Ethics Law Makes Three Appearances
      • Cancelled, Stopped, On Hold, Terminated, or Ongoing?
      • “Portions Rescinded,” But No Cancellation.
      • The Project Pascalis “RFP”
      • Demolition is not part of the legally approved downtown redevelopment plan 
      • A Vote Without a Decision: A Transcript
      • The Aiken City Attorney: No contract
      • “The AECOM Plan”
      • The Gary Smith Defense: An Admission, Inconsistencies, and More New Questions Than Answers
      • The Pascalis Attorneys
      • The Aiken Planning Commission and Project Pascalis: More Ethical Dilemmas on the Horizon?
      • No Evidence of Intent: The City of Aiken’s Proposal to Change the Law to Fit the AMDC’s Bylaws. 
      • Project Pascalis Lawsuit Alleges an Abundance of Violations of State and Local Law. 
      • Project Pascalis Transparency Index
      • Reminder of the Day: The AMDC Cites the Law, Then Sets its Own Rules
      • Letter from Don Moniak to the City of Aiken Design and Review Board, June 28, 2022
      • Reminder of the Day: Project Pascals is arguably proceeding in violation of South Carolina municipal redevelopment laws. 
    • Meeting Law Violations
      • The Project Pascalis “Influencers” Meetings: Yes, the AMDC Violated Open Meeting Laws
      • Update to: “Did the AMDC Violate Open Meeting Laws?” (1) 
      • Toast of the Town: The January 4th ”Social Business Gathering” at Prime Steakhouse
      • Citizens Release Project Pascalis Meeting Transcripts  
      • Correspondence To/From the City of Aiken Design and Review Board (DRB)
      • Did the AMDC Violate Open Meetings Laws?
    • Money Trails
      • Downtown Aiken Half Price Sale
      • Project Pascalis Has Exposed Aiken City Officials as Lousy Real Estate Investors
      • The Cleaners: How Aiken City Council Got Taken to the Cleaners by the Wyatt Family
      • Is TIF Still an Option for Project Pascalis?
      • How Much Project Pascalis Can Aiken Taxpayers Stand?
      • Reminder of the Day: Project Pascalis and the Wyatt Factor
    • Municipal Building
      • Pascalis Properties on Aiken City Council’s Closed-Door Agenda?
      • Letter to Aiken City Council: Public Meetings and Misinformation from the AMDC
      • Why is the City of Aiken Toying with 113 Downtown Jobs?
    • Parking Garage
      • “It doesn’t look like Aiken”
      • “Structured Parking Solution” for The Lab
    • A Project Pascalis Timeline
      • Timeline: Feb 2019-June 2022
      • Timeline Updates: June 2022-August 2022
      • The Changing Views of Project Pascalis
    • Letters to/from Local Officials

      • Questions to the AMDC Regarding WTC Investments, Newberry Street, and the Aiken Chamber of Commerce. 
    • A Citizen’s Statement on Project Pascalis
  • Plutonium Settlement
    • FOIA’ed Again: A $65,000 Question
    • Pu Funds Con Game?
    • Letter to the Joint Bond Review Committee
    • “Off-Site Infrastructure”
    • “There’s a Joke in There Somewhere.”
    • Project Pascalis and the Plutonium Settlement
  • Pascalis 2023 – SRNL Lab
    • City of Aiken to Move Forward on Pascalis Properties. 
    • Information Release: Hotel Aiken Stabilization Study and Other Downtown Pascalis Project Buildings Analytical Documents and Reports now Available.
    • Gathering on the Rooftop Terrace
    • Editorial: Project Pascalis 2.0 – The Bomb Plant Lab Reveal …Bombs
    • Letter to Battelle Regarding the Proposed Downtown Savannah River National Laboratory Office Building
    • In the Demolition Zone
      • 45,000 Square Feet Without a Tenant?
      • The Future of Warneke Cleaners
      • The First and Last City Council/AMDC Meeting?
      • The Local Politics of No-Bid, Pu $ Culture
      • “Off-Site Infrastructure”
      • Competing Headlines, Competing Errors
    • Laws & Bylaws
      • Spirit of Anti-Corruption Law “Under Siege”
      • Keeping Up Appearances: City Attorney Gary Smith’s $9,600,000 Project Pascalis Bond Opinion
      • In the Courts: Pascalis and the Regional Dump
      • The Pascalis Attorneys Part 2: The Petition.
      • Rebranding Project Pascalis
      • The AMDC’s Most Inane Legal Bill?
    • Money Trails
      • Project Pascalis Legal Costs
      • $148,000 for What? And Other Pascalis Properties Management Cost Findings
      • Three Missing Pages
      • The Agenda-Setting Aiken Corporation
      • Project Labscalis* Annual Operating Costs
      • Project Pascalis Conference Center Costs
    • Parking Garage
      • “It doesn’t look like Aiken”
      • “Structured Parking Solution” for The Lab
    • Security Issues
      • A Question on Security
    • What is the status of the Savannah River National Lab building downtown?
    • Aiken Chronicles Update: Week of January 23, 2023
  • Farmers Market – Williamsburg St. Project
    • Whose Project is it again? …. Bueller?
    • June 26, 2023 Citizen Statement to City Council
    • Plan A and Amended Plan A: Seventy Percent Tree Removal Was the Plan.
    • The Williamsburg 10
    • Poised for the Next Phase of the Farmers Market-Williamsburg Street Demolition
    • Four Well Lit Trees
    • Farmer’s Market-Williamsburg Street Parkway Revitalization Underway
  • Aiken Corporation
    • The Aiken Corporation-City of Aiken Relationship: Partners, Not Cousins.
    • The Aiken Corporation’s Amentum Model: An Afterword
    • Aiken’s Cousin Problem – The Aiken Corporation Targets Newberry Street for SRNL Spec Project
    • The Monkey in the Room
    • $148,000 for What? And Other Pascalis Properties Management Cost Findings
    • The Amentum Model: “Loosey Goosey”
    • The Amentum Model: A Corporate Coup
    • The Aiken Corporation’s Amentum Model: From Corporate Coup to Loosey Goosey
    • “The Devil is in the Details” – The Aiken Corporation Study Missed the Most Essential Detail of All
    • Editorial: Thoughts on the Aiken Corporation
  • Savannah River Site
    • Humana or Humana?
    • No Fear of Plutonium Shavings. 
    • Offsite Insights 2023-4: The DOE-DHEC-EPA Radioactive Waste Public Relations Collaboration
    • “Plutonium is not for Amateurs.” Part 2:
    • “Plutonium is Not For Amateurs” Pt 1.
    • Feds Propose ~27 to 34 More Tons of Plutonium for Processing at Savannah River Site
    • SRS Watch News Release: October 27, 2022: Delay at SRS Plutonium Bomb Plant
    • How Safe were “Millions of Safe Hours?”
    • Offsite Insights 2022-2: SRS CAB Might Quit Snubbing Barnwell and Allendale Counties
    • Offsite Insights (2022:1)
  • Equine
    • Horse Sense: Safety
    • Performance Equine Delivers an Early Christmas Present by Providing Access to Life Saving Colic Surgery in Aiken
  • Nature News
    • The Ways of the Waxwings
    • Snowbirds
    • Trick or Treat! It’s the Bradford Pear
    • The Ants at Our Feet
    • The Mystery of the Painted Buntings
    • In Celebration of the Sand Pear
    • Aiken’s Yellow-Billed Cuckoos
    • Webs of Life
    • Last Days of Summer, with Mantis
    • Yonder in the Pawpaw patch
    • Blue Jay Ways
    • Fireflies: Nature’s Own Fireworks
    • The Cats Among Us
    • Feral Cats
    • People Watching
    • Passionflower: A Summertime Soporific
    • A Few Butterfly Mysteries Solved
    • Kudzu: The Gift that Keeps on Giving
    • Plantain: Good for What Ails You
    • The Return of the Chimney Swifts
    • It’s Smilax Season — Grab a Fork!
    • From Howard’s Pond to Misty Lake
    • The Year of the Wasps
    • The Eastern Box Turtle
    • Pokeweed
    • The Carolina Wren
    • The Return of the Hummingbirds: A Rite of Spring
    • It’s in the Stars
    • Florida Betony: An Enigma Wrapped in a Weed
    • Pondering Pollen
    • One Sweet Tree
    • Yard Weeds
    • Love Amongst the Branches
    • From Mighty Oaks
    • Midwinter Blues
    • About Those Joro Spiders
    • No Fear of Plutonium Shavings. 
  • Editorial & Opinion
    • Letters to the Editor
      • ELECTION DAY LETTERS OF SUPPORT: TEDDY MILNER FOR MAYOR OF AIKEN
      • More Letters of Support: Teddy Milner for Mayor of Aiken
      • The People’s Choice: Teddy Milner for Mayor of Aiken
      • Proposed Southside Development Raising Concerns of Flooding
      • Letter to the Editor: An opportunity to take back our beloved city
      • Local Residents Speak Out On Parker’s Kitchen
      • Letter to the Editor: Hoping for Better City Leadership After 2023 Elections
      • Letter to the Editor: Regarding Parker’s Kitchen and Stratford Drive
      • Downtown Aiken: What are the Priorities?
      • Letter to the Editor: A Citizen’s Views on Civility and City Council
      • “Mr. Mayor: Answer Our Letter”
      • Pascalis or SRS Downtown: Following a Snake Through Brush
      • Letter to the Editor: The Aiken Land Conservancy: Profit over Protection
      • Letter: Silver Bluff Joins Whiskey Road
    • Editorials
      • Guest Editorial: West-Side Development Has Created Traffic Hazards and Stormwater Issues
      • “What is Reasonable?”
      • Editorial: Thoughts on the Aiken Corporation
      • Citizens Speak: Tom Clements, Vicki Simons, Mary Camlet-Agresta
      • Trash Can, Please?
      • A Clinic in Civility – Aiken’s Mayor, Rick Osbon
      • Failed Project Pascalis – A Mayor’s Legacy
      • Uncertainties Plague Downtown Lab
      • APRIL 10TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING RECAP
      • The Old Aiken County Hospital: Demolition by Neglect?
      • Editorial: My Letter to Aiken City Council About Aiken’s Parks and Northside
      • At What Cost Transparency?
      • An Argument for Funding Local Newspapers 
      • Aiken City Council Meeting
    • Historical Perspectives
      • Ninety-Seven Years Ago Today: The Lowman Lynchings
      • Editorial: When Citizens Were in the Driver’s Seat
      • Special Series of Five
        • The Virginia Acres Question: 1951-1962
        • Aiken’s Early Parks and Recreation: A Historical Perspective
      • A Northside Story
      • Labor Day Reflection: 120 Years Ago in Aiken County
      • The Rumors of Aiken’s Early Demise are Greatly Exaggerated
    • Humor
      • Aiken Memes
        • Monday News
      • Pigs of Pascalis Gallery #3
      • Pigs of Pascalis Gallery #2
      • Pigs of Pascalis Gallery #1
      • About that Brick Wall….
      • The Ballad of Rond Point
      • BREAKING NEWS! Failed Leadership Snuffs Out Public Opinion in the Commission on Blight and Morality’s Memorial Challenge
      • Councils Defense Handicap 2022
      • The Pascalis Cup
      • Working Overtime
      • Gull Talk
      • Plutonium Money
      • Lessons Learned: #1 in a Series
      • On Cronyism
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