Get
ready for turbulent economic times
By DAVE HAMRICK
Editor-at-large
We in the Atlanta
area are fond of congratulating ourselves on the fact that our economy
is among the best in the nation.
Bill
threatens local taxation decisions
By AMY RILEY
One
Citizen's Perspective
One of this year's
important pieces of legislation, House Bill 656, is expected to hit
the floor of the Georgia House of Representatives this week. HB 656
extends the 2000 session Education Reform Act by restoring funding for
paraprofessionals in kindergarten, phasing in an end to social promotion,
and adding additional funding for new schools to meet the mandate of
smaller teacher to student ratios in last year's bill. But there something
hiding in HB 656 that may have a significant impact on Fayette county
if passed "as is" without amendment.
Who
is smarter, men or women?
By BILLY
MURPHY
Laugh Lines
There are large
questions in life, like, in the movies, if someone is carrying a bag
of groceries, why will there always be a loaf of french bread sticking
out? But, I am thinking a larger, more important a question here: Which
is the smarter gender? Are women smarter? Are men smarter?
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Lenox:
City taxpayers still being wronged
I appreciate the
letter you published last week from Commissioners Wells, Frady and VanLandingham.
It was factual, well-written and represents the only meaningful dialogue
in recent months from the commission. However, several key facts were
omitted.
School
bus riding: Set your alarm earlier, Kerry
Kerry FitzPatrick,
the Starr's Mill teen who would educate the rest of the world as to
whom should ride the school bus, is a classic model of a slow learner.
There are two glaring examples.
Kerry,
you have to pay the price of your choices
I am not surprised
that the letters from Kerry FitzPatrick have generated so many responses.
I suspect some readers have reacted as much to her sarcastic tone as
to her complaint itself.
Death
tax repeal not aimed at U.S. billionaires
The fight to keep
the death tax was strengthened last month by support from 120 of some
of the nation's wealthiest people. Warren E. Buffett, George Soros,
David Rockefeller, Jr., and the father of Bill Gates, among others,
began a petition to keep the death tax, citing that the tax prevents
an American "aristocracy of wealth."
Pet
killed with no notification from animal control
I would like the
pet owners that live in Weatherly subdivision to be aware the incident
that happened on Jan. 2. A neighbor (or should I even use the word "neighbor"?)
filed a complaint with the Fayette County animal control about a cat
(or animal) that was leaving dead animals in their yard, so animal control
set a "trap."
Complainers
shouldn't overturn voice-control leash law
A March 2001 "UPDATE
Peachtree City" article stated, "The City has received 'several
complaints' recently from path user who have encountered unleashed dogs,
'accompanied by the owner,' on the paths."
Dorsey
House razing upsets students at Fayette Middle School
I am writing to
inform you of my class's disappointment about what has happened to the
Dorsey House on Long Avenue.
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