These young men went west, but not
far
By DAVE HAMRICK
Editor-at-large
I can't say for sure that this
is truly unique, but I had an experience recently
that I'm willing to bet none of you readers has ever
had.
Anti-gun moms target wrong 'villain
By AMY RILEY
One Citizen's Perspective
Sunday's Million Mom March to
lobby for gun control and safety locks was a gesture
in good faith, but a misguided effort based on faulty
logic. Once again, a well-meaning group of people are
acting on emotion and rhetoric rather than fact and
reason.
Looking back at Classmates.com
BILLY MURPHY
Laugh Lines
I found the coolest website the
other day — http://classmates.com.
Inever, ever pay for anything on the web but this was
the first time I entered my credit card (within a few
numbers anyway) and forked over $25 to register. The
site is for people to register by state and city
where they went to school and to find former
classmates who have also registered. A stalker's
Xanadu, I'm sure.
Letters to
the Editor
On May 20, a salute to those who
serve us
Saturday, May 20, is the 50th
anniversary of Armed Forces Day. For the last 50
years, on the third Saturday in May, Americans have
come together to celebrate Armed Forces Day and pay
honor to those who so valiantly serve in the defense
of our nation.
America's defense forces are
dangerously depleted, unready
Citing the dramatic decline in
America's armed services, the board of directors of
the 2.8 million-member American Legion May 12
approved the launching of a national security
awareness campaign. The campaign will focus on
alerting the voting public about the potentially
catastrophic results the U.S. will face from a
weakened national defense.
McIntosh High School shorted on
sports coverage
As a student at Mcintosh High
School, I am deeply upset by the coverage, or lack
thereof, in your newspaper. With the outstanding
weekend Mcintosh and Starr's Mill had with the soccer
state championships, it was a disgrace to find only
pictures of Starr's Mill in your paper.
Breakfast is ruined by front page
photo of rescued starving dog
How dare you ruin my morning
with the picture of that poor starving dog [The
Citizen, May 10].
'Shameful' that PTC Council withheld
news of attorney's conflict of interest
At this
pivotal point in Peachtree City's history, I think
that it is fair to say that as we near the end of the
game (build-out), there is a sudden rush to cash in
all the chips. The onslaught of potent commercial
development and the final requests to assemble as
many houses as possible into a meager area is the
big, final payoff for some of our developer friends.
Compare Henry County school bond
with ours
A short local article in the May
11 AJC informs us that neighboring Henry County's
school board had just sold $32.7 million in bonds to
First Union Securities, which had submitted the
lowest among eight bids, at an interest rate of 5.21
percent. The issuance of bonds, for school
construction, had been approved by the Henry County
voters in March, when the vote could be held along
with the presidential primary, thus insuring a larger
turnout and saving the expense of a special election.
To Judge Caldwell, dads are just
walking wallets
I am glad The Citizen has had
the guts to jump into the fray regarding the
candidates for superior court judge.
Clinton escapes e-mail gate
What is this latest Clinton-Gore
Administration scandal called “e-mailgate”
all about? The government contractor responsible for
White House e-mail communications discovered a
“glitch” in late 1998 that would not allow
certain messages to be archived, or stored for
retrieval, as required by law. It is uncertain
whether this was done purposely to “hide”
certain material.
What about our heritage, our rights?
I recently read the comments
made by Jean Ward of Peachtree City and Jeff Ellis of
Fayetteville concerning the Confederate flag. I would
like to promise Mrs. Ward, that in no way could we
ever come up with a flag that would not offend
someone.
Thanks to a great Booth teacher
I have a teacher at J.C. Booth
Middle School in Peachtree City named Mr. O'Brien,
who teaches my seventh grade World Geography class.
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