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What
the candidate really means is . . .
By
CAL BEVERLY
Editor@thecitizenews.com
Small talk
on issues of various importance:
A
home strike: owed to baseball
By BILLY
MURPHY
Laugh Lines
Baseball is big.
I don't know why, seeing that it's about as slow-moving as a city worker
on Monday. I guess it has been mandated forever, though, since it was
mentioned in the Bible, ("In the big-inning ..."). Personally
I gave up on the sport years ago when the Braves stopped selling general
admission tickets behind the left field wall.
For
many, why is homosexuality the unforgivable sin in America?
By JEFF ELLIS
Just for the record,
[The Citizen in this space in July published] the fifth disparaging
article toward gays in five months. William Maier is proficient at finding
any subject and twisting it in an effort to demonize all homosexuals
for the failings of a few.
LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR
Where
were politicians on Melear and race?
I feel compelled
to voice my opinion about the manner in which the majority of our elected
officials handled themselves when faced with a "not so popular"
issue, yet claim to stand by certain priorities. The issue involved
a judicial complaint filed with the Judicial Qualifications Commission
against the veteran Fayette County Chief Magistrate Judge A.K. Melear.
Melear allegedly used racial slurs when inquiring about the race of
suspects before he ruled on an arrest warrant.
Of
editors and slugs . . .
The recent opinion
column concerning the editor's view on the upcoming elections begs two
questions:
When
Samaritans go homeless, who will help needy?
Recently a letter
was published stating the plight of the Fayette Samaritans. I understand
the response in terms of donations has been extremely disappointing.
AARP
helping grandparents
The motto of AARP
is "To Serve and Not to be Served." In light of this, our
local chapter #2936 is seeking ways to help senior members of our community.
Spend
some money on maintaining PTC cart paths
The [Peachtree City
cart] paths are an accident waiting to happen. Maintenance of old paths
has been poor for years now. Developers were forced to put in more new
ones than we are maintaining.
ARC
population report fails to provide accurate picture
[The Citizen's]
John Munford correctly reported the raw data released by the Atlanta
Regional Commission, but the raw data does not provide an accurate picture
of growth rate because it fails to account for the differences in population
of each county.
Some
alternatives proposed for spending county taxes
In response to [Dennis]
Chase's letter in which he stated to the county commissioners he did
not want any of his tax monies going to Tyrone. Well, since the county
commissioners are allowing taxpayers this honor, this is my request:
Annexing
helped water quality and new hospital
I was quite disappointed
with your recent editorial concerning annexations and the city. Your
statements were totally inaccurate and without foundation in fact. In
the 15 years I have been involved with the city I have never seen you
at a Planning and Zoning Commission or City Council workshop or meeting.
This could explain your misconceptions.
Don't
expect cooperation from Development Auth.
As I have said on
these pages on one earlier occasion that before there was a Steve Brown,
there was a James Melvin Ewing. To date, I still hold the record for
controversial political news headlines, Mr. Mayor. That being said,
I'd like to express one man's (mine) lowly opinion, "you're my
hero, Charlie Brown" Oops, I mean, Steve Brown.
Taxpayers'
money going for graffiti is bad public policy
In response to John
Munford's report "Will 'legalized graffiti' fly in PTC?" (Aug.
14):
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teen decided to make a difference; council listened
I hadn't met Lauren
Davis until a recess had been called during the marathon city council
meeting last Thursday night, which ended at nearly 2 a.m. But if I had
to wait until then to have finally met Lauren, it would have been worth
the wait.
Rapson's
nondefense caused waste of taxpayers' money
Councilman Steve
Rapson, in your impassioned open letter in the Aug. 14 edition of The
Citizen you discuss two major items. You begin your letter by stating
that when first elected you had to "wonder why [elected officials]
chose to participate in undignified and unnecessary behavior."
You also state that the recent ethics violation for which you were found
guilty was "both frivolous and a waste of money." That all
you learned during this hearing was "who [your] true friends are."
Allen
incorrect about open meetings rulings
Eric Allen as self-appointed
head of the Tyrone Watch Community, continue to misrepresent innocent
Tyrone citizens by not providing them with all facts relating to issues
for consideration before the town of Tyrone.
Fayette
voters duped by misleading 'push poll'
am releasing this
statement before we know the results of this election. This should not
be perceived as sour grapes or being a poor loser or being a poor winner
and kicking the other guy when he's down. I don't know who's going to
win. This issue goes way beyond winning or losing a particular campaign.
It goes to the core of our values and our system of government.
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