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| Compromise Believed Reached |
| (Columbia-AP) -- A deal may have been
reached between supporters and opponents of a hotel affiliated with
USC. Bo Aughtry is the owner of the Hampton Inn in Columbia near USC, and he opposed the planned $12.5 million facility. He says the compromise reached is in the best interest of all those involved and both sides had to give up something. Aughtry and other Columbia hotel owners worried they would lose business when USC built the 117-room hotel on campus to house students at the U.S. Justice Department's National Advocacy Center. Gov. Mark Sanford tried for weeks to get the two sides to agree to some sort of compromise. There are still questions about whether the Advocacy Center followed federal rules when it entered the deal. Sanford has scheduled a news conference Tuesday morning with representatives from USC, the USC Development Foundation and the Greater Columbia Hotel and Motel Association to discuss the compromise plan. News 19 will have have a live report on the latest developments today at noon. |