You can't cut the fat if you can't
see it
By DAVE HAMRICK
Editor-at-large
We who travel under the
“conservative” label often are guilty of
tossing around catch phrases and just expecting our
listeners/readers to know what we're talking about.
You can't change the world until you
change
By CHRIS
EDWARDS
Superior Court Judge
[Editor's note: The following
speech was delivered May 24 at the Fayette County
High School baccalaureate service by Fayette Superior
Court Judge Chris Edwards. It is reprinted here with
his permission.]
Special ed rules put parents in
process
By AMY RILEY
One Citizen's Perspective
Recent efforts to revise the
special education rule at the state level to meet the
requirements of the 1997 federal Amendments to the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
have prompted a flurry of new discussions on a
relatively old theme — what is the best way to
meet the educational needs of children with special
needs, and who should carry the most weight in making
these decisions.
The Beauty and the Beast
BILLY MURPHY
Laugh Lines
First, the Beauty:
Letters to
the Editor
Middle-ground moms: Right, we're for
banning guns, but only from our kids
I have answers to some of the
very reasonable questions posed by Dave Hamrick (The
Citizen, May 24) regarding gun violence. Mr.
Hamrick's first question was, “What is it about
`gun violence' that makes it more abhorrent than
knife violence, baseball bat violence, and good
old-fashioned hands around the throat violence?”
Last week's letter distorted Sen.
Price's voting record on ARC, GRTA
I am writing to respond to the
letter last week that attacked Senator Rick Price on
some specific issues. Rick has said that he welcomes
any and all discussions concerning policies, voting
records, issues and philosophy. This applies to
discussions that are valid, honest and genuine. He
won't become involved in charges and countercharges
when the attack is false, misleading or personal. We
don't think that the voters are interested in that
kind of spectacle. The letter in last week's Citizen
fits into the latter category. So, the job of
replying to the letter falls to me.
Law made into sausage in Judge
Caldwell's court
We have an opportunity to remove
yet another of the “good old boys” from
power in our community. In his decision to give
seven-tenths of an acre of my land to the county,
[Fayette Superior Court Judge] Johnnie Caldwell
showed me and our community his true colors.
After complaint dismissed, does
anyone see a pattern here?
In connection with the news
inquiries of regarding the Webb suit/e-mail story, I
wanted to share a factual note.
What Gore calls 'risky' pension plan
already used by government workers
Why does Al Gore say that a plan
to invest part of our Social Security payment in the
stock market is “risky” when the federal
government does exactly that for its employees? The
arrangement is called the “Thrift Savings
Plan” and allows federal employees to select
government securities (G Fund), fixed income index (F
Fund), or common stocks (C Fund), and how much money
will be invested.
Paper was right to print photo of
starving dog
In response to the person whose
breakfast was disturbed by the photo of the starving
puppy, I agree, it is something that no one should
have to see.
All we can say is, 'Dough!'
Memorial Day is a bad time for
you to call “doughboys” World War II
soldiers [The Peachtree Citizen Review, May 28].
Smoking poll raises questions about
accuracy of results methods used
I am very concerned with the
figures arrived at by the poll taken regarding
smoking in Fayette County.
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