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Ellises
tell of painful journey to acceptance
By
JOHN THOMPSON
jthompson@TheCitizenNews.com
As storms began
forming through the Atlanta region last Wednesday, Fayetteville's Jeff
and Patti Ellis took their message of inclusion to an ancient church
on a rapidly gentrifying corner of Peachtree Street in downtown Atlanta.
House-passed
bill accelerates tax cuts
[Congressman
Mac Collins issued the following statement on the markup of the Jobs
and Growth Tax Act of 2003 passed out of the Ways and Means Committee
last week.]
- LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
Article
misrepresented Wynnmeade subdivision
I sometimes see
articles in The Citizen headlines with "Wynnmeade" featured
prominently in the title line. Most such articles are very negative.
Wynnmeade's
many untold positive stories need telling
I am always saddened
when I see Wynnmeade subdivision as a headline in the newspaper when
it concerns incidents like what occurred recently with young people,
guns and violence.
County,
save the former Mitchell library building
To the Fayette County
Commission: We commend you for your hard work for Fayette County and
especially for the beautiful new Justice Center.
Credit
Rivers' family for holding on
The order of the
day for current journalism is ... to take a relatively benign story,
create a bad guy, and then tell people that he is responsible for making
their lives worse.
Let
America lead Iraq to democratic principles
In her brilliant
study of the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, historian Margaret MacMillan
concludes that flawed decisions had terrible consequences. In a halfhearted
effort to rebuild a defeated Germany, the victorious allies pursued
a policy of vengeance rather than a policy of justice. As Woodrow Wilson
so wisely noted, "The only lasting peace is a peace among equals."
Wilson, however, was outmaneuvered by Georges Clemenceau, the wily leader
of France.
Victim
had his good side
I am offended by
the statements that you wrote about a lifelong friend [The Citizen,
May 7]. I have known David Mangham my entire life; he watched me grow
up. I have only good memories of David. And it's really hard for me
to read what you have chosen to assume about this man when I've known
him for 23 years.
F'ville
Optimists: Thanks for Citizen's support
May we thank the
staff of The Fayette Citizen for the success of our 28th annual Respect
Program. We received outstanding support from the Fayette County Board
of Commissioners, Fayetteville Mayor and council, Fayetteville Police
Department and the Fayette County Sheriff's Department in making our
respect for this dinner and program a success. Your publicity has been
most helpful to this activity and other activities of the Fayetteville
Optimist Club. We will soon complete 27 years of service to Fayetteville
and Fayette County.
Thanks
for caring for grads
Once again it is
graduation time for our colleges and high schools. I am reminded that
McIntosh High School and other Fayette County schools have some of the
highest levels of students in Georgia who not just qualify to get the
Hope Scholarship but once receiving it maintain the grade level needed
to continue it.
Fayette
changing for worse
I have known Paul
Rivers [The Citizen, April 30] for years and I agree totally with him.
Fayette County is not what it used to be. I moved out five years ago
and I only return to visit my parents.
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