First I would like to say “Thank you!” to Kedron Kroger. I found it very disturbing to hear the comments made about the store. I have noticed over the past month or so a complete turnaround in the overall conditions of the store. As for the help I don’t know what store that person was shopping in but every time I go in I always get friendly service and the products I need. I have even went as far as to talk to the managers about getting special products and they always come through for me. I feel the only reason I have ever had to wait in line is because of the store being under-staffed but someone always opens a register and I have even been checked out by a store manager before. I love Kedron Kroger and I hate to know what we would do if it wasn’t there or if they had moved some over-priced retailer in like Publix.
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When is someone going to do something about cleaning up the shopping center around the dollar theater so that people can go to the theater or the restaurants without being robbed or killed. My daughter and granddaughter met friends at Stevie B’s last Friday night. When they came out, my daughter was terrified until she could get to her car and lock the doors. She had her cell in her hand programed for 911. She said between the thugs walking around the parking lot and the ones driving around, she couldn’t leave fast enough. We like to eat at Village Cafe but won’t go there on a Friday or Saturday night. I know Dollar General is leaving because they have been robbed so many times and the shoplifting is about to put them out of business. Of course Tinseltown and the Pavilion is also taking your life in your hands if you go there.
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Why do you, the people in the front center table at the B.B. King concert, have to jump up in front of everyone else at the concert? Do you really have the urge to dance that badly? And I mean dance that badly. You block the view of everyone else. We don’t come to the concerts to see your exhibition. Sit down!
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To the city of Fayetteville officers that sit on Booker Avenue everyday clocking traffic on Ga. Highway 54: Why don’t you all do something productive for a change, like go patrol the Pavilion or something? That stretch of 54 is not dangerous, but you guys are always right there in the shadows ready to ruin someone’s day with that speed trap. I hate to think tax dollars are paying you guys to pull cheap stunts like that everyday when you should be out patrolling looking to catch real criminals.
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I went shopping for school supplies for my three grandchildren. When the bill rang up $100, I went into shock. Not only do we have to buy pens, pencils, crayons, folders, paper, etc., for the kids, but we have to supply soap, hand sanitizer, paper towels and sandwich bags. Also some things so the teacher can have her supplies. Their parents have also spent money on supplies; I was just helping out. I was also told that these supplies are due the first day of school and that we will get another list after school starts. Also they demand name-brand items or they will send them back home. Each grade has a different list. It is very expensive for parents with more than one child. So please tell me what does my school taxes and the lottery pay for? Even though the school system in Fayette County is better than other counties, Georgia as a whole is terrible. I wouldn’t mind paying for supplies if I could be sure my grandchildren will get a good education. Do the schools supply anything? I know some can’t afford all these things and some won’t bother, but the rest of us shouldn’t have to foot the bill for those people.
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When a blank mind tries to read a blank sign, it is lacking cents to make a full dime.
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Did Fayette Idol follow their own rules this year? It appears they did not. The rules about singers having only one initial minute to perform was enforced on few, significantly disregarded for many others, due to apparent sound crew oversights. Could this have been an unfair advantage to those who were able to sing almost their entire song? The competition was supposed to be 75 percent based on appearance, stage presence, and star quality. That had to be on paper only, not practice. If they are really just looking for a certain type of act to open the next night’s show, then just state such. People make song choices and performance decisions based on the rules given. Lastly, and most importantly, the unwritten rule of impartial judges appeared to be lacking. Judges should not have connections to the performers or be in a position which may appear to be a conflict of interest. Fayette Idol should ensure the process will have integrity. Certainly, the winners were fine and talented singers. But, the process was flawed and should be corrected in the future to ensure fairness for all performers.
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I cannot believe that someone living in the South actually insulted the name of Ronda Rich, our heroine in Southern humor. You call her stupid? Not so. You say she is blonde? You, sir, are ignorant. Everyone knows she maintains a healthy shade of red. You did not have to tell us your knowledge about Scots-Irish. She had it correct. My money says you have an A-type personality. Ronda would have the grace to laugh at your correction.
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To all my Colonnade neighbors, can’t we all just get along? Sincerely, Rodney King.
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Fayette County citizens beware: Keep your eye on the current Fayette County Commissioners, namely Eric Maxwell, Herb Frady and Jack Smith. They might just bring down our local government as we have known it. The recklessness they have shown when they fired County Attorney Bill McNally and County Administrator Chris Venice is staggering. They have just thrown away years of experience, knowledge, integrity, and dedication when they fired these two. Some might say that this is just the changing of the guard, that change is good. Change is good when something needs fixing. In the case of Chris Venice and Bill McNally, they both did a stellar job. They both contributed to the high quality of life that Fayette County citizens have enjoyed for years. So why did the commissioners fire them? And, to make matters worse, we find out after the fact that the county will not even be saving any money by hiring an in-house attorney, as Eric Maxwell originally claimed. As a tax-paying citizen of this county for many years, I’d like to know what is really going on here.
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There you go again, Mayor Logsdon. The best budget the self-proclaimed financial genius can produce borrows funds from vacant police positions he can’t fill and flushing the city’s reserve funds away. For this he needs a double pay raise? Now that’s brilliant.
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Tyrone’s government doesn’t care who they harm with their rezonings. They rezoned property of a 90-year-old lady, taking away land uses that has caused her to lose income and property value. The elderly lady is an Alzheimer’s patient at Ashley Glen retirement home in Peachtree City, who suffers from total memory loss. The only notice she received was a tiny ad published in the Fayette News. Of course, due to her disability, she cannot read and comprehend. When questioned about this inadequate notification, Town Manager Barry Amos said, We follow minimum requirements of state law and act on the advice of our attorney. Mr. Amos was unconcerned as he later said, Let the people sue; we have insurance to protect our officials. (The yearly liability premium paid by taxpayers is over $200,000 per year). But who is going to protect the citizens? Our elected representatives take an oath to protect citizens’ rights. However, numerous letters sent to council members over the past six months about this immoral injustice done to this lady have gone unanswered. A claim letter for damages however, was quickly answered recently with a flat denial. When an individual wants a rezoning, they must send out notification letters and post signs on the property as well as advertise. But Tyrone doesn’t think the government should be held to the same standards imposed on the lowly citizens. When will Tyrone’s voters finally wake up to this unequal treatment and elect true representatives of the people? You never know whose disabled parent may be Tyrone’s next victim. Current councilmen Michael Smola and Paul Letourneau voted for the rezoning and were supported by Barry Amos and Assistant Manager Valerie Fowler with their recommendations.
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People who have not traveled to other countries do not realize what a rip-off country America has become. I just took my teenager to the dentist to have her wisdom teeth removed. The cost is going to be exactly two times what my high option insurance will pay. You don’t have to be a brain surgeon to see that they are collecting twice. Once from the insurance company and again from the patient. I pay exorbitant prices for insurance and then these greedy pigs still charge me out-of-pocket cost at more than the service was worth to begin with. This country is going to hell in a hand-basket if we don’t stop this greedy gouging by the medical profession and the oil industry. Of course it will never be stopped as long as the working Americans are willing to keep paying for free medical care and living expenses for the illegals that dominate our society.
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Please allow me to share with you what I know about government-run hospitals based on three Vietnam-related surgeries over a period of three months in two foreign hospitals. The military doctors that I encountered were like Attila the Hun with a stethoscope, especially the orthopedic surgeons. They were working for peanuts fulfilling their obligations to the government before chasing their fortunes in private practice. How do you think doctor’s attitudes will be affected when they have no hope of escaping the government and no hope of ever entering private practice? Would you spend 10 years of your life in intensive medical training for that? I sure wouldn’t. Well, then, where will most of our doctors come from in a socialized healthcare system? Third World countries, of course. After returning home, I spent many days from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Veteran’s (U.S. Government) Hospital in Atlanta waiting to see a doctor. This is exactly what you can expect from socialized healthcare in America. You will be a piece of meat with a number stamped on it. According to one brilliant man, we should be excited because our government healthcare will be better than the healthcare in France. How could any true American make such a degrading and insulting comparison? France is already a fallen country. It will be under Muslim control within a decade. Our wounded veterans returning home today are still being treated in veteran’s hospitals far better than those in Russia. How comforting is that? Should we accept such deplorable conditions just because they are the best the world has to offer? When you are forced to sit in a waiting room for eight hours to see the doctor that the government has assigned to you, will you be consoled knowing that America’s socialized medical system is better than the one in China? When you are in violation of the law because you visited the doctor of your choice instead of the one the government has assigned to you, will you be distraught? As long as our medical system is better than that of Canada’s and Ireland’s, will that ease your pain? Expect to hear this, “I’m sorry, but surgeries are rationed and you have already reached your limit; come back next year.” This commune-minded malarkey of take from each according to his means and give to each according to his needs is just another step toward enslaving us under a government ostensibly designed by Joseph Stalin, Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin. I have no problem whatsoever providing free healthcare for children. We are the most blessed nation on earth, yet over half of our population is obese and about 30 percent live the most self-destructive lifestyles imaginable. Socialized medicine might be inevitable, but if American taxpayers are going to provide free health for the masses, including the millions that have recently broken into our country illegally, we deserve a say as to how it is allocated. Stop smoking, getting drunk, taking drugs, overeating and living high-risk lifestyles. Once you reach a defined age of accountability, you will be tested on a regular basis. If you fail, you will have three chances to clean up you act. After three failures, your healthcare will be your own responsibility. The government will no longer pay for it. If you become a danger to society, free health care will be restored to you in a federal prison. This sounds harsh, but is it not fair? I implement every recommendation my doctor offers and then go a few steps above and beyond. Do you think that is easy? Is it right for some to work, sacrifice and deprive themselves to maintain their own health while being be forced to pay the bills for others so they can continue to be gluttons, whores, drunkards and dope addicts? Americans are compassionate, but we should not be obligated to take the whole world on to raise and not expect anything in return. There has to be accountability. When these one-world-under-the-U.N. minded liberals from the sixties find themselves living in chaos akin to 1969 Cambodia, who do you think they will blame? Certainly not themselves. They sprawl out on their fat loins in front of their strawberry-fields-forever computers puffing smoke rings and dreaming dreams of a perfect world at somebody else’s expense. And then they propagate their nonsensical lucidity that Americans, in order to be good Christians, should graciously lower their standard of living to that of a Third World country so we can all be equal. Oh, I forgot that the U.S. Constitution guarantees every human inside our borders the right to see a doctor at my expense while allowing them the freedom to indulge in whatever destructive lifestyles they wish. My dad has been gone 40 years, but one of his favorite sayings rings louder than ever, “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.”
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If you want to know about what universal health care will look like, just ask anyone that has anything to do with a V.A. hospital. They will tell you that it is a nightmare dealing with them. Just look at what a mess Walter Reed was in, and it was supposed to be the best that the government had. We need to go after the insurance and drug corporations; that’s where the real problems lie.
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I keep reading and hearing comments by numerous people who say they would vote for Hilliary Clinton just because she is a woman or for Obama just because he is black. What kind of idiots do we have in America now? Voting for someone “just because” of their race or gender is pure stupidity and it’s that kind of blind voting that has this country in the mess it is in now. How about educating yourself on the candidates and vote for the one best suited to lead America folks? Forget race, gender and party affiliation and vote like an American citizen interested in your country rather than some personal agenda.
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When is enough enough? Child murders, child killers, child pedophiles, etc., are walking out of America’s courts each day because of technicalities and it’s all because of “their rights.” What about the rights of that innocent baby that was cut from its mother’s womb (from the woman desperate to have a baby), or that sweet little girl snatched out of her bed while sleeping one night (from a neighborhood pedophile), or that sparky little baby boy that was shaken to death (from a daycare provider), or that 6-year-old girl that was brutally raped by a neighbor’s 16-year-old brother? Who is going to fight for for their right to a speedy trial for justice? Who is going to take a stand for them and say, Enough is enough?