Amazingly, after

all the bitterness and division that occurred during the election, America

is uniting.

Challenges

loom as social promotion ends

One

Citizen's Perspective

The 2001 installment

in the ongoing process of education reform in Georgia's public schools

is making its way among Georgia legislators, educators and interested

parents.

Never-Ending

Story of Bill-Hill

MURPHY

Laugh Lines

We are in an infinite

cycle. Bill Clinton won't go away because the stories about Bill Clinton

not going away will not go away. And thus I am continuing the never-ending

circle of Bill.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Mayor

Lenox's premise is sincere, but wrong

You have asked for

a response to [Peachtree City Mayor Bob] Lenox's allegations of a tax

inequity and I have been trying to compose a brief, concise response.

The difficulty is not due to insufficient information or facts. Rather

the difficulty is that one cannot disprove the conclusion of one chart

simply by printing another one that has different numbers and a different

conclusion without supporting the chart with a narrative of information.

Unfortunately, this narrative currently runs six pages and quite frankly

most people do not want to wade through pages and pages. Instead they

want a clear, plain, and direct explanation.

Tax

inequity argument fails to withstand reasoned scrutiny

Local expert resolves

mysteries of tax inequity issue. This is a headline no one will ever

see anywhere, because an expert has been defined as a guy with a suit

and a briefcase who is at least 25 miles away from home. I'm already

home, in Fayette County, so I, and many others, don't have a prayer

of being considered an expert on anything in this county.

Slowing

growth, tax equity should be top PTC priorities

I read with great

interest Fred Wellman's letter about "one of PTC's crazies wants

to change status quo leadership" and thought I would add a few

comments of my own.

Why

has Lenox let tax inequity slide for so long without action?

The recent Peachtree

City Update has a long letter from Mayor Bob Lenox. He describes, as

he has in several previous letters, how Peachtree City is being unfairly

taxed by the county for services it provides. He complains his letters

are being ignored.

Tyrone

Council is acting on a mandate from town's majority

Without trying to

"beat a dead horse," I would like to respond to Mr. Bartlett's

letter in the Feb. 21 issue of The Citizen.

DOT

should realize Wal-Mart traffic plan has changed

Some recent developments

with the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) have caused me

to make this urgent appeal for your assistance. I will attempt to lay

the argument before you in short form and ask that you take the 15 minutes

necessary to make a difference in our community. These recent events

are significant so please act immediately.

'Crazy'

throws his hat in the ring for PTC Council seat

Time for a rookie?

Flag

change is an outrage

I don't think anyone

who is a native of Georgia will ever forget Hecht, Cox or Barnes and

the others that sold all the people of Georgia to the highest bidder,

and that was the NAACP.

Buses

revisited: Kerry lines up to take another shot

It's me again, here

to clear up obvious misinterpretations of my letter printed Feb 14.

The point of my letter was not to state that I am the "center of

the universe," nor was it to cause such ((mostly)) uncalled for

responses as I received. I expected angry responses, but I was quite

shocked at the firestorm of reactions I sparked. Granted, I may have

written the letter in a moment of anger, and some things may have been

misinterpreted, and if that was my fault I apologize.

Teen

driver defended

To all of those

parents who lambasted Kerry FitzPatrick's letter, every student at Starr's

Mill feels the same way about the rainy day parenting.

Will

your kids melt in rain?

Are your children

made of sugar? Will they melt on the way to the bus stop? If you answer

no to both questions then you have no right to criticize Kerry FitzPatrick.

In fact, I believe Kerry should be commended for voicing her opinion

in a society where teens are labeled apathetic and lazy.

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