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Why
do local officials so often choose secrecy, instead of openness?
By CAL BEVERLY
Publisher
You, the people,
won a big victory last week.
Is
this truly a wash 'n' wear president?
By DAVE HAMRICK
Editor-at-large
George W. Bush is
clearly trying to walk in some big shoes as he wages a war of words
with the so-called "axis of evil."
Spamming
the awards world
By
BILLY MURPHEY
Laugh Lines
Controversy, disappointment,
the silly outfits, this issue of Spamming the Globe salutes all the
awards won and yet to be won.
Campaign
finance reform may be death sentence for free speech
By DOUG PATTON
"We must remember
that a right lost to one is lost to all." William Reece Smith,
Jr.
LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR
NAACP
seeks trouble where there is none
Local NAACP declares
war against quality education in Fayette County.
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cable service that is never interrupted: the monthly bill
I guess I can forgive
AT&T Broadband for making the mistake of announcing that their upgrade
in Peachtree City was completed when it obviously was not, since my
cable has been out more times since that announcement than in all of
the past year.
Real
campaign reform: Limit vote to those who understand our government
Dave Hamrick's ideas
on campaign finance reform are a step in the right direction. However
I think we need a solution that is more radical yet is also more in
keeping with the ideals of limited democracy in which the founding fathers
believed.
Rancher
buffaloed by letter
I think Ms. Bertram
("Taxpayers foot buffalo bills," Jan. 23) had better get her
story straight.
Moratorium
misguided, damaged PTC reputation
Some weeks ago,
a gentleman wrote into your paper and asked, "Where is Gary Rower?"
As a former candidate for mayor of Peachtree City, I have spent the
last 90 days living under a self-imposed gag order. Being publicly silent
does not in any way mean I have been inactive or unaware. Now, I find
myself in a position of government watchdog. The gag order has been
rescinded.
Mayor
cuts off debate
The council meeting
on Feb. 21 is just one more example of the methods that Mayor Brown
uses to achieve his purpose. Once again it was brought out that the
workshops idea wasn't to be and by vote of the council it was tabled.
Let's
hope mayor never offends soccer voters
The Peachtree City
Council meeting of Feb. 7 was exemplary of the kind of nonthreatening
environment I think Mayor Steve Brown is trying to bring to our city.
McDonald's
ad portrays white people as stupid
At times I think
race relations have come a long way, and then something happens that
brings back the past. Example: Feb. 13, a commercial on the Bernie Mac
Show.
Exam
policy: More problems than solutions
I am writing in
regard to the current exam exemption policy for the seniors at Starr's
Mill High School. The exemption policy requires that seniors have at
least an 80, as well as only five absences in order to be able to exempt
their final exams.
High
school an adult idea that is outdated, flawed
I have been through
three years of high school, and despite the constant assurances that
"it is for our own good," I remain skeptical. Adults should
face the fact they don't like adolescents and that they have used high
school to isolate the pubescent and hormonally active adolescent away
from both their picture-book idealized innocence of childhood and the
harsher, rushed adult world of today.
Parents,
why can't you just chill about college?
Why do parents stress
the college issue so much? I understand that they want us as kids to
go to college and all, and most of us are more than willing to go, but
why can't they just let us decide?
Students
starting to mumble Pledge again
Directly following
the events of Sept. 11, Americans burst forth with a strong surge of
patriotic spirit. Flags were so sought after that retailers could hardly
keep them in stock. School-age students wore red, white, and blue to
show their support and pride and said the Pledge of Allegiance with
a better understanding of the words that were so familiar but never
completely appreciated.
NBC
spoiled Olympics by tape-delaying events
I'm a 15-year-old
student from Starr's Mill High School and ever since the Barcelona Winter
Olympics I can remember a pride about the games.
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