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All
tangled up in a technological web
By DAVE HAMRICK
Editor-at-large
I guess I'm going
to have to break down and get a cell phone.
The
things we learn from grandparents
By AMY RILEY
One
Citizen's Perspective
It is no secret
that grandparents are some of the most blessed people on the planet.
They carry with them an aura that gives light to the people around them.
It is no wonder, nor is it circumstance, that the distinction comes
in the autumn of one's life.
Secrets
revealed:
By BILLY
MURPHY
Laugh Lines
Diary of a shirt
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Extra
EMTs irrelevant to better response times
A few citizens have
expressed sincere concern to me because the Fayette County Board of
Commissioners did not fund seven additional firefighters/emergency medical
technicians in the county's 2002 fiscal year budget. I was able to alleviate
their concern when I shared the facts with them. I hope this letter
will do the same for those citizens who have that concern but have not
contacted us. Inaccurate letters to the editor, incomplete newspaper
articles and rumors "at the water cooler" serve only to distort
the real story.
Keep
Fayette Beautiful has moved beyond flower planting; we need help
I appreciate Dave
Hamrick's support of Keep Fayette Beautiful in his column, "Fayette,
do you want to be beautiful?"
What
happened to county money for recreation in PTC?
Last week, Dave
Hamrick reported that county commissioners were considering the 2002
budget which included over $1 million for recreation. He quoted county
Finance Director Mark Pullium, "What the results will be ... will
be a significant improvement to the playing surfaces of all the fields
throughout the county."
Questions
for candidates: Explain how any rezoning to higher density can help residents
of the county
Every candidate
says they are "for the land use plan." All of our former failed
elected officials like Price, Lakly, Burrell, Sprayberry, Gosa and many
city officials were "for the land use plan" [and yet] they
caused the congestion we are in now.
Pfeifer:
Some principles to govern by if I am elected
Anyone who moves
into a new job or starts with a new organization or gets married or
becomes a parent for the first time will need a period of on the job
training. We all know this. A candidate who wins an office for the first
time is no exception. If a candidate ever tells you different, don't
let them kid you.
Bost
stuck it to county citizens when he resigned after election
Unlike Mr. Steve
Brown, I do not know [resigned County Commissioner] Harold Bost either
personally or professionally. It seems to me that while in office Mr.
Bost did an outstanding job and is to be commended for that. However,
I find it hard to believe that Mr. Bost did not know of the time constraints
that would be asked of him when he chose to run for reelection in November
2000.
Letter
shows Brown will go to any length for notoriety
It is a sorry state
of life when a person like Steve Brown latches on to a personal tragedy
that happened to a family and bring further evidence that Mr. Brown
will go to any lengths to bring notoriety to his name.
'Cement
ladies' helped create All Children's Playground
I encourage everyone
to go take a look at the Luther T. Holt All Children's Playground at
Picnic Park behind City Hall. It took a lot of volunteers to make it
all happen. The flooring has yet to be installed, but it looks great.
Publisher's
column knocking attorneys wasn't very smart
Is elective office
best reserved for those who know the least, better to reflect, perhaps,
the mediocre elements within our society? Are we to tell our children
the study of law would make them less worthy and less desirable as elective
office holders? Your front page editorial musings of June 13, in your
last issue before the county commission special election, certainly
suggest that much.
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