Wednesday, February 18, 2004

Why not let out-of-county students attend?

Has anyone given any thought as to whether the future of America is at stake? These are children who are seeking an education, and there would seem to me that there must be some sort of compromise that could be worked out.

If the child endures the obstacles of attending a school, it would seem to me legislators need to go to work for the people, and come up with a plan to transfer money from one county to the one where the child attends school.

If a parent is paying school taxes in one county, the child attends school in another, a charge to the parent is unjust. The county receiving the tax money should have to remit the tax money to where the child attends school. It is most likely that if the child looks forward to school, they may continue to go.

Frank R. Swords

farmfencing@btconline.net

The outrageous part of that is none of them were on the board of commissioners at the time. The commissioners that were on the board at the time are saying starting a police department was never their intention. They had no way of knowing that 15 years down the road another board would change the focus of the department they created just to keep the public from having a vote on the matter.

What is going on is wrong. If they want a new government agency, they should allow the voters to have a say in its creation (or redefinition). They are, after all, Republicans who by declaring so, are supposed to be seeking less government.

In a county with some of the best law enforcement in metro Atlanta, these politicians want to force upon us a police agency without our say. Why? Probably to generate more revenue which these same politicians can spend on their own pet projects. The harassment we will suffer while they generate those revenues will be intrusive and unnecessary.

Our sheriff is trying to force them to let us have a say in the matter by our vote. We should all be rallying behind his efforts to preserve our right to have a say in how OUR money is spent.

Thomas Williams

Fayetteville, Ga.