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Of
signed and unsigned letters, strikes, pilots . . .
By
CAL BEVERLY
Publisher
I
enjoy a spirited public debate as much as anyone, so I have enjoyed
the give and take over the past few weeks about Delta pilots and their
potential strike against one of Atlanta's business giants.
Tax
cut gets buried; will it rise again?
By DAVE HAMRICK
Editor-at-large
I thought about
writing an Easter column, but you've probably seen about 15 of those
in our publications so far.
How
did the Easter bunny get into this?
By AMY RILEY
One
Citizen's Perspective
For most all of
my life, I have experienced Easter as the celebration of the resurrection
of Jesus Christ, as a Christian commemoration of victory over sin and
death through the blood sacrifice of God's Son. Easter was always a
family affair, with cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents all decked
out in their Easter finery gathering on the front lawn for Easter pictures
as our tummies called out for ham, potato salad, casseroles, and desserts.
There was an Easter egg hunt after dinner, and gobs and gobs of candy
from our Easter baskets that were filled in secret by a rabbit while
we slept the night before.
Lost:
1 more 'man thing'
By BILLY
MURPHY
Laugh Lines
I feel as though
I am in a meat market, being sized up and down. I shouldn't feel this
insecure, yet it is shocking as I walk past and all the women seem to
stare and secretly glance at what I have. I feel so cheap and disrespected
as a person as I wander my way through. Are we not human beings anymore?
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
If
letter is unsigned, it shouldn't be printed
Compare and contrast:
Workplace
risks not limited just to flying airplanes
With reference to
a recent letter from Timothy Parker who provided in great detail, a
list of 12 airplane fatalities. The loss of any life is terribly
sad and of course, irreversible, but may I remind Mr. Parker that occupational
hazard is not limited solely to the cockpit!
Ladies,
toss your bonnets in PTC mayoral campaign
Now that we are
soon to be voting again here in Peachtree City, I bring another thought
to you.
Next
PTC election will be decided on issues, not personalities
A neighbor of mine
has become very disheartened about our local governmental system after
being rejected for an appointment on the Peachtree City Development
Authority. This man was extremely qualified and has an excellent grasp
of the inner workings of Peachtree City. He has spoken out on some development
issues like annexation, land use planning, etc., so he does not meet
the criteria for the special interests.
Stop
tax subsidies to non-profits that lobby
Thirty-one nonprofit
organizations, or NGOs, have united to oppose a federal income tax cut.
Besides opposing a tax reduction, these organizations have something
else in common they are large recipients of our tax dollars.
Campaign
law fix may cause more problems
I'm an engineer.
When people want to do something I often get the task of finding a way
to do it. There are times when the implementation of the fix will be
obviously more costly than the "problem" it is to solve.
6th
grader gets civics lesson
On the evening of
March 6 I had the privilege to sit in on our city's council meeting.
Most of the meeting was the campaigning for a seat on the city board.
All 14 candidates were qualified for the job. The choice will be hard.
One of the candidates withdrew his request to run for board and decided
to run for mayor instead.
When
will pilots wake up?
Thanks for exposing
the pilot "babies" to reality ["Delta pilots: What's
fair wage for cry babies?" The Citizen, March 28].
Sheriff's
deputies do great job
I have lived in
Fayette County for seven years. I've always known that Fayette County
was a much cleaner, safer and more enjoyable place to live than many
of the metro Atlanta counties but I didn't fully appreciate why this
was true.
County
should remove grocery tax
Several years ago
the Georgia Legislature removed all sales taxes on groceries. However,
Fayette County still collects 1 per cent sales tax on food items purchased
as groceries.
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