As George W. Bush

continues his first week in the Oval Office and Bill Clinton moves into

his posh offices in Manhattan (far away from Hillary), many are wondering

and posturing on how history will view the Clinton era.

Parents,

teachers vote down 'Everyday Math,' except at 2 schools

One

Citizen's Perspective

On Jan. 22, the

Fayette County Board of Education was presented with recommendations

for math textbooks. New textbooks for elementary, middle, and high schools

are expected to be voted on during the February meeting of the Board

of Education after being tabled for 30 days for public comment.

Stressed

out, I recall my desk

MURPHY

Laugh Lines

Many years ago,

before the days of cellular phones and rolling blackouts, I was in school,

and I had a desk. I specifically remember my sixth grade desk because

it was the first one that had a storage area.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

State

flag foes base arguments on a lie

The problem with

[Monroe Kelly's] argument against the state flag is that it is based

on a lie the lie that the Confederate soldier fought to preserve slavery

and therefore anything that honors the Confederacy is racist.

Which

flag should we ban? How about Stars and Stripes?

In response to Monroe

Kelly's letter to The Citizen, it seems to me that before The Citizen

can "continue to educate people on this matter," you must

first educate yourself.

For

justice's sake, city courts ought not be profit centers

There is a statement

in a letter attributed to our county commissioners that I find so outrageous

I cannot leave it unchallenged.

Mayor

protects developers, not residents

[Mayor Bob Lenox,]

I just read your article in [Peachtree City government's newsletter]

January UPDATE 17 times, and it still doesn't make any sense to me at

all! It is, without a doubt, the most advanced example of convoluted,

disjointed, self-justifying, male bovine fundament-based logic I have

ever read in over 53 years of life! That was just to set the tone of

this communication. Now I will get specific.

Create

voting districts in PTC

Councilmembers,

unfortunately, I have another commitment and will not be able to attend

the discussions concerning chnages to the city charter. I would like

to pass on some thoughts on this issue for your consideration.

Ashcroft

frightens loony left

I am absolutely

flabbergasted and incredibly offended by the pompous piety of Democrats

in the U.S. Senate as they conduct an inquisition of Attorney General

Nominee John Ashcroft. He was attorney general, governor, and senator

from the great state of Missouri, the Show Me State, and home of Harry

Truman, likely the most blunt President in history. No one has ever

alleged that he did not enforce the law as written.

Story

of false child abuse allegations again disturbs local doctor

It was with some

degree of shock and disbelief that I read John Munford's article on

the front page of your Friday, Jan. 19 edition. I am asking for your

assistance in whatever way in clearing the record. As you know, I have

previously written to you, as well as to your reporter, Monroe Roark,

with regard to these false allegations which were made against me over

two years ago. I am at a loss to understand why at this time Mr. Munford

chose to reopen this story in a way that is so potentially damaging

to me and my family. In particular, I am unclear as to why Mr. Munford

chose to go to press with this without any sort of interview with myself.

Insistence

on 'witnessing' as means of evangelism is simplistic, often wrong-headed

and off-putting

Everytime I read

something like [Dr. John Hatcher's recent] column, which says that the

main purpose of Christians is to convert nonbelievers, I feel a mixture

of anger and frustration.

Fayette

is generous to seniors

I want to thank

all the people of Fayette County on behalf of the seniors who benefitted

from your generosity through Fayette Senior Services' "Project

Love." This is our seventh year for this project and you enabled

us to provide meals to our clients at Thanksgiving, Christmas and for

winter "Snow Days."

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