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So,
let's find a really good slogan for PTC
By J.
FRANK LYNCH
jflynch@theCitizenNews.com
Amid all the hullabaloo
that was the July 17 Peachtree City Council meeting, Councilman Murray
Weed finally was given consideration of his idea that Peachtree City
adopt an official motto. This, from the man whose campaign slogan in
2001 was "Win With Weed."
Endangered
species act: Growing question of whose ox is gored
By M.
DAVID STIRLING
Pacific Legal Foundation
Martin Luther observed
that most human affairs come down to whose ox is gored. On matters of
law and public policy, where government declares the dos and
don'ts that can directly and substantially impact our lives,
there are few better examples of Luther's "whose-ox-is-gored"
adage than the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA).
- LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
'Move
over' drivers usually are speeders
Having just read
your column on drivers in the left lane, I am reminded of those selfish
souls who only want the traffic laws enforced for their benefits. It
has been my observation over the years that those folks wanting others
to move over are in fact violating a far more dangerous law and that
is of speeding.
'I
don't care how many line up behind me; I'm in front ; I win'
The "tempest
in a teapot" debate over left lane drivers has finally drawn me
into the fray. Frequently I drive in the left lane at speed limit or
above speeds and I don't feel the least bit compelled to move over if
someone comes up behind me.
How
about those left-laners who militantly block access?
I agree with nearly
all that has been printed regarding the left-lane laggards, but one
facet of the problem has been overlooked. What about the militant left-lane
drivers who aggressively seek to block right-lane drivers from entering
the left lane to prepare for an upcoming left turn? They are part of
the reason why people stay in the left lane longer than they might ordinarily
do so.
Judge
was not trying to deceive anyone
I read the letter
to the editor that appeared in your paper recently from a reader who
suggested that [Fayette Superior Court] Judge [Tommy] Hankinson's appearance
in the Peachtree City Fourth of July Parade with the Republican elephant
was an attempt to deceive.
Judges
are nonpartisan offices
Last week, in a
letter to the editor, a Fayette County citizen called into question
the float that Superior Court Judge Tommy Hankinson rode on in the Peachtree
City parade. The comment seems to me to be more political than factual.
Who
really needs a license?
Everyone over the
age of 16 must have the opportunity to obtain a driver's license using
the medium for which the license is required, meaning golf cart, before
it can be required that they have one. Licensing is not available currently
for adults needing to drive a golf cart and everyone knows it. It is
not reasonable, nor will it ever hold, for the police to require a person
first to be able to drive a car and to obtain a license for an automobile
before they can drive a golf cart. The needed skills and knowledge are
not the same.
Golf
carts on roads=danger
[While] taking my
son and his friend to a movie [and] turning onto Redwine Road from Timberlake
subdivision, we came upon an interesting sight. About a quarter-mile
down Redwine going toward High Grove was a golf cart with a young girl
(probably a teenager) and an adult woman (could have been her mother)
driving down Redwine Road on the wrong side of the road. The young girl
was grinning excitedly. I suppose they were too put out to use the side
of the road as many from the neighborhoods of High Grove and Whitewater
do to reach Peachtree City cart paths.
I think I've finally
heard it all.
PTC
still suffering from 2000 vote to raise pay, cut tax rate
[Editor's note:
The following was a reply to a person seeking information on rumored
cuts in the Peachtree City personnel budget.]
Reporter
slanted trial story in favor of prosecutor's side
I was dismayed at
the bias in favor of the prosecutor presented in John Munford's July
23, 2003, article entitled, "Doctor's 'inappropriate' exam of woman
is on trial." I am a concerned citizen who has been present during
the trial of the Fayetteville physician accused of improperly performing
an exam. After reading how the facts were misrepresented in Mr. Munford's
article I felt compelled to write to you in hope that this paper would
print some of the critical aspects of the case which Mr. Munford omitted
in what appears to be favoritism towards the prosecution.
Maybe
editor is suffering from left-lane overload
Wow! Three big columns
in a row on "laggards"! The publisher must need a long vacation!?
It made more sense when you were taking on the "pavers." That's
the root cause of the traffic problems, along with traffic lights that
hold up the many so the few can cross the main road without waiting.
Policy
of naming minor crime defendants decried
In your reply to
my editorial ("Father asks, Why subject family to yet more pain?")
you reduce my complaint to the following: "This grieving father's
solution would be to ignore and thus cover up from public view all those
arrests and trials and thus deprive the taxpaying public of an account
of their law enforcement agencies." You then say, "The real
question is: Why should this case of admitted criminal activity be treated
differently than all others?" I confess that I am not sure which
"others" you have in mind. I was certainly not special pleading
in my daughter's case. My complaint is a general one: I challenge your
policy per se.
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