enjoy a spirited public debate as much as anyone, so I have enjoyed

the give and take over the past few weeks about Delta pilots and their

potential strike against one of Atlanta's business giants.

Tax

cut gets buried; will it rise again?

Editor-at-large

I thought about

writing an Easter column, but you've probably seen about 15 of those

in our publications so far.

How

did the Easter bunny get into this?

One

Citizen's Perspective

For most all of

my life, I have experienced Easter as the celebration of the resurrection

of Jesus Christ, as a Christian commemoration of victory over sin and

death through the blood sacrifice of God's Son. Easter was always a

family affair, with cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents all decked

out in their Easter finery gathering on the front lawn for Easter pictures

as our tummies called out for ham, potato salad, casseroles, and desserts.

There was an Easter egg hunt after dinner, and gobs and gobs of candy

from our Easter baskets that were filled in secret by a rabbit while

we slept the night before.

Lost:

1 more 'man thing'

MURPHY

Laugh Lines

I feel as though

I am in a meat market, being sized up and down. I shouldn't feel this

insecure, yet it is shocking as I walk past and all the women seem to

stare and secretly glance at what I have. I feel so cheap and disrespected

as a person as I wander my way through. Are we not human beings anymore?

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

If

letter is unsigned, it shouldn't be printed

Compare and contrast:

Workplace

risks not limited just to flying airplanes

With reference to

a recent letter from Timothy Parker who provided in great detail, a

list of 12 airplane fatalities. The loss of any life is terribly

sad and of course, irreversible, but may I remind Mr. Parker that occupational

hazard is not limited solely to the cockpit!

Ladies,

toss your bonnets in PTC mayoral campaign

Now that we are

soon to be voting again here in Peachtree City, I bring another thought

to you.

Next

PTC election will be decided on issues, not personalities

A neighbor of mine

has become very disheartened about our local governmental system after

being rejected for an appointment on the Peachtree City Development

Authority. This man was extremely qualified and has an excellent grasp

of the inner workings of Peachtree City. He has spoken out on some development

issues like annexation, land use planning, etc., so he does not meet

the criteria for the special interests.

Stop

tax subsidies to non-profits that lobby

Thirty-one nonprofit

organizations, or NGOs, have united to oppose a federal income tax cut.

Besides opposing a tax reduction, these organizations have something

else in common they are large recipients of our tax dollars.

Campaign

law fix may cause more problems

I'm an engineer.

When people want to do something I often get the task of finding a way

to do it. There are times when the implementation of the fix will be

obviously more costly than the "problem" it is to solve.

6th

grader gets civics lesson

On the evening of

March 6 I had the privilege to sit in on our city's council meeting.

Most of the meeting was the campaigning for a seat on the city board.

All 14 candidates were qualified for the job. The choice will be hard.

One of the candidates withdrew his request to run for board and decided

to run for mayor instead.

When

will pilots wake up?

Thanks for exposing

the pilot "babies" to reality ["Delta pilots: What's

fair wage for cry babies?" The Citizen, March 28].

Sheriff's

deputies do great job

I have lived in

Fayette County for seven years. I've always known that Fayette County

was a much cleaner, safer and more enjoyable place to live than many

of the metro Atlanta counties but I didn't fully appreciate why this

was true.

County

should remove grocery tax

Several years ago

the Georgia Legislature removed all sales taxes on groceries. However,

Fayette County still collects 1 per cent sales tax on food items purchased

as groceries.

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