Politics
and rain on a Friday morning
By DAVE HAMRICK
Editor-at-large
What a joyous thing
rain is!
El
Niños, Rhinos, and party loyalties
By AMY RILEY
One
Citizen's Perspective
So this is the week
that the U.S.S. Washington will list dramatically to the left. You can
almost hear the ship's furniture as it shifts slowly at first, but comes
crashing in the end to a big political heap to be sorted and righted
by Sen. Tom Daschle (D-South Dakota), the new Senate majority leader,
and his deck hands.
True
beauty: Niki Taylor's scar
By BILLY
MURPHY
Laugh Lines
I love scars. I
have always been infatuated with them. They speak much more about the
depth and soul of a person than some immense stock portfolio (is there
such a thing anymore?) or some miniature cell phone.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Ask
these questions of commission candidates
Will we have to
look (again) for the least bad of five candidates to elect to the Fayette
County Commission? Everyone of them has so far made sure we don't know
anything about what he knows or what he thinks about county government.
When my neighbors ask me who I suggest they vote for, I have no answer;
when I ask them the same thing, they have no answer. Look for a low
turnout on June 19. The message, I suspect, will be citizen disgust.
Doctor:
D.A. 'condones, enables false allegations' in child abuse cases
I am writing this
letter to appear in your Letters column. I must admit to being extremely
surprised to read in your Wednesday, May 23, 2001, edition that the
recent high-profile child molestation trial of the Wheelers ended in
a deadlocked jury and mistrial on all of the major charges and allegations
against these parents.
Tax
'cut' a farce; GOP lacks backbone to stop spending
Someone give Mr.
Charles G. James an award for realizing the truth behind this so-called
tax cut!
Open
letter to Peachtree City residents and businesses:
It just seems to
get better and better, doesn't it? The more you hear and read about
our community's problems and concerns, the more unbelievable it gets,
and the more ridiculous our situation becomes.
The
Mayor, the Developer and a big box bad dream
Since the Wal-Mart
proposal was only passed because of its supposed ability to pass the
traffic impact ordinance, the project should now be denied since RAM
is in violation of that ordinance. Perhaps Councilwoman Carol Fritz
will recall the vote since she was on the winning side of the Wal-Mart
approval.
Who
elected them to speak for us?
I find myself grasping
for the right words to write when I read some person presuming to speak
for me. I refer to last week's letter by Amy Riley.
Candidate
promises better communications with cities
One of the main
reasons I decided to run for the County Commission was because of my
desire to increase the level of cooperation and to lower the level of
rhetoric between the County Government and the City Government in the
county. I talked about this issue in the press release that announced
my candidacy and I have talked about it in the literature I have been
giving out.
School
dress code not unreasonable
We are a group of
middle school teachers who feel strongly that the letter from Ms. Greer
about the dress code needs to be addressed. Parents need to realize
the concerns we have toward the clothing choices a few of our students
make. As parents ourselves, we have shopped for girls and boys for many
years, and we know, for a fact, that proper attire is available at all
of the stores mentioned in her letter.
Prosecution
of father is ludicrous
Thank goodness the
[Fayette State Court] jurors stayed deadlocked in the ludicrous politically
correct case of Clayton Black. Since when does one "dope-slap"
deserve to land the father in court? I hope Mr. Black decides to counter-sue.
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