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Budget
crunch arrives: Some politicians are in fiscal denial
By CAL BEVERLY
editor@thecitizennews.com
Local governing
officials, city and county, are just now waking up to their own official
stock market crashes. The dot-com bubble that decimated millions of
private portfolios has now worked its way down to affecting taxes.
Bus
route fiasco lesson: Parents, get involved
By J. FRANK LYNCH
jflynch@theCitizenNews.com
Back in January,
the fine residents of Clayton County woke up one morning to find that
the new majority-black county school board had up and fired a well-liked
white superintendent, without warning or justification.
- LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
Saving
a gallon of gas vs. saving a child's life
We understand that
in an effort to cut fuel and other expenses, the Fayette County Board
of Education Transportation Department is limiting bus stops to neighborhood
entrances. We find this appalling. Apparently, the value of a gallon
of fuel is more precious than the safety of our children.
No
1st grader should have to wait on busy PT Parkway
There is no reason
a 6-year-old should have to walk by himself 0.3 mile to wait for a bus.
Six-year olds should not be anywhere near Peachtree Parkway! I have
an infant at home and I have to wake her up and put her in her car seat
and drive my son to the top of the subdivision. I might as well drive
him to school.
Can't
get through to school officials about bus safety
I read the article
[on school bus route changes] and I wanted to let you know that the
story is not only in Peachtree City. It's in Fayetteville also. I have
sent e-mails each day this week to Mr. Fred Oliver at the Board of Education
and Pam Holt at the transportation department asking for justification
and a change. From front to back of my subdivision is only 0.4 of a
mile [but] they are asking that [my child] be picked up and dropped
off at the entrance to our subdivision which is on Ga. Highway 54 in
Fayetteville.
BOE
made wise decision; parents, take responsibility
For nine years my
mother participated in a carpool to take my brother and me to and from
the bus stop which was at least a half mile from our home. She never
asked the school system to spend $1.25 million to make her life a little
more convenient. I doubt that thought even crossed her mind.
Making
7-year-olds walk in dark not bright idea
I am appalled at
the new policy of the school board as it concerns picking up children
from the Sandown Creek subdivision in Peachtree City. Last year, and
in previous years, children were always picked up on the street that
they lived. This year, it is my understanding that they must walk to
McIntosh Trail, and wait across the street for the school bus to pick
them up. This is dangerous and lacks any sensible thought-process in
making this decision.
Former
city officials' own words: Budget woe ahead
I picked up the
phone on Aug. 6 and someone was calling offering me a job. He told me
that Bob Lenox and my mayoral opponent Gary Rower wrote in the newspaper
that I was unemployed. The next day, two more offers. Although I was
flattered by the offers, I am not looking for a job. That was just Bob
and Gary trying to be mean.
Tennant:
Need to figure how to do more for less
I wanted to correct
an inaccurate report in last Wednesday's Citizen and expand on it, as
well.
McMenamin
should apologize for calling PTC citizens 'spoiled'
I would like to
respond to Peachtree City Council member Annie McMenamin's comments
as stated in the article titled "PTC considers $26M budget."
After reading what she had to say related to a way of saving money proposed
by Councilman Tennant, my hot breath almost scorched the paper. McMenamin
stated, "Look, the people who live here are spoiled, and they don't
mind paying to be spoiled." She was justifying a small tax increase.
God's
love and gay 'love' not synonymous terms
Last week, Mr. Jeff
Ellis expressed his concern about the intolerance of someone who doesn't
support gay marriage. He also affirmed the hypocrisy of rejecting homosexual
"love" in the name of God.
Should
Christians begrudge gays their right to happiness?
Sexual abuse in
the Catholic church, the possible division of the Episcopal Church and
the rapid corruption of many Protestant churches. Aren't these topics
more relevant and cancerous to the Christian religion today than the
personal choice of homosexuality?
Some
suggestions to make driving safer, better for us all
I have a follow-on
to the letter written by James Greer, published in The Citizen Aug.
13.
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