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Wednesday, December 27, 2000

Here are my predictions for 2001
By DAVE HAMRICK
Editor-at-large

Nobody could have predicted the chain of events that unfolded after the polls closed Nov. 7.

A few happy post-Christmas returns
By AMY RILEY
One Citizen's Perspective

I can't imagine a job more difficult than being a customer service clerk at a retail center the first several days after Christmas.

Christmas at Disney World
By BILLY MURPHY
Laugh Lines

I write this column from Disney World. And it's one of the only things I have done in the last 6 days that hasn't cost money. I am not complaining; it has been great. One thing I have to say, though I have never seen so many elderly people wearing red sweatshirts with painted-on reindeer and holly bushes in all my life. Sometimes the crimson tide of holiday wear looks like a sea of blue-haired redcoats marching on Charleston, circa 1775.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

We all have choices

Here we go again. A political body saying they don't want to approve a project, but approving it anyway.

Response to Sumner Road letter

This is in response to Mr. Leue's editorial about Sumner Road. How dare you call us selfish? Maybe we should pave a road less than 90 feet from your back door and see how you feel about it. The thought of having constant traffic running thru my backyard is less than comforting and all to save a couple of miles? Did you ever think of what this will do to the value of our homes? Are you going to adhere to the speed limit if it is paved? How about the pollution that I will have to endure while sitting out on my back porch? Now who's being selfish? At least the PTC Council had sense enough to want to take the time to think this thru.

An 'America first' answer to our questions

Is a third political party viable in this day and age? Can it make a difference? More importantly, is it worth the time, effort, hassle and expense?

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