Federal tentacles slip into your
subdivision
By CAL
BEVERLY
Publisher
Want a building permit? Apply to
a federal bureaucrat at the Building Permit
Department of the local U.S. Government Land Use
office.
New Urbanism: Questions abound
By AMY RILEY
One Citizen's Perspective
The Atlanta Regional Commission
(ARC) wants our tax dollars to help fund road
improvements and public transit projects for the
Atlanta region to free up U.S. Department of
Transportation money which is currently being
withheld because of poor air quality in the metro
area.
Water, water everywhere? Not forever
By DAVE HAMRICK
Editor-at-large
Whenever water becomes scarce
and there are outdoor watering bans (and threats of
more severe restrictions on water use), such as now,
I'm reminded of a feature columnist I used to work
with, Lois Clendenen.
Hair: More to it than you think
BILLY MURPHY
Laugh Lines
There is much to be pondered
about hair. Hair is, one minute, beautiful, soft and
luscious, and the next minute, gross, disgusting and
limp. When we want to be specific we can “split
hairs.” When we upset or annoy someone, we are
said to be “in their hair.” I know I am be
stretching it here, but what the heck, I guess I'm
gonna “let my hair down.”
Biking for bucks: What a ride for
kids in need!
By CAROLYN
CARY
Our Fayette Heritage
Standing in the parking lot of a
mall at 5:30 in the morning was unique in itself.
Letters to
the Editor
Our own representatives are voting
for increased governmental power
Big Brother is alive and getting
bigger.
Changing rules: Curious case in
Tyrone
Sportsmanship or how to bend the
rules:
Daily newspapers jump on racism
stories – even when they're not true
In late April you probably saw
the headlines in your major newspaper to the effect
that “a black youth is six times more likely to
be locked up that a white peer, even when charged
with a similar crime and when neither has a
record.” The only problem is it wasn't true.
Smoking poll's accuracy: The
confidence is high
Mike Alger raises some important
issues in his May 24 letter to the editor
(“Smoking Poll Raises Questions about Accuracy
of Results, Methods Used”). As he correctly
notes, the article about the smoking poll conducted
by our firm (“Ban Smoking in Restaurants,
Majority Says”) does not give the reader enough
information to evaluate the results of the poll. Let
me explain how the poll was conducted and why we have
confidence in the results.
Mom of 8th grader: Let school field
trips continue
I just came back from
Washington, D.C., with my daughter and the other 148
seventh graders, parents and chaperones. I didn't go
to learn; I went to watch over my daughter and see
the sights, yet I returned with so much more.
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