What to say about

Zell Miller ...?

Better

than NASCAR: 3 models of mom

One

Citizen's Perspective

There isn't much

in life that can be said to be true for everybody, but everybody is

the child of somebody. We're not talking biology here, either.

Some

advice to date by

MURPHY

Laugh Lines

I have a lot of

single friends and they are always asking if I know anyone of the opposite

sex that I could "fix them up with," etc.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

School

board wrong to seek F'ville annexation

Spot zoning! Spot

zoning was my first thought when I read that the Fayette County Board

of Education was petitioning the city of Fayetteville to annex and rezone

the 94.2 acres on Lester Road to build a new school.

Middle

school dress code is ridiculous; let's get sensible

Today, my daughter,

a seventh grade Fayette Middle School student, was sent to the office

because the shirt she was wearing was supposedly not acceptable under

the school dress policy. A counselor gave her a jacket to wear for the

rest of the day.

Fayette

NAACP president defends PTC's Brown

I write this letter

in response to Mr. Frank Hyde's letter to the editor in The Citizen

and the Online Citizen News on April 4, 2001. In his letter Mr. Hyde

appears to be disparaging Mr. Steve Brown, who is a candidate for the

Peachtree City mayoral election. If this is the intended target, I feel

compelled to respond to this outrageous characterization of Mr. Brown

and the ludicrous idea of comparing him to Adolf Hitler.

So,

Murphy, why don't you get a real job?

Billy Murphy insinuates

that "pilots and athletes and entertainment-industry types"

are the "highest paid segment of our society" and sit around

with a "stroke and strike mentality" while "the rest

of us really work." He insinuates that the only reason we command

the pay we do is due to our "egos" and that we really do not

do a day of "work." So, let's examine this insightful "fact."

Lenox

abused trust by using PTC contingency fund without public vote

[Editor's

note: Peachtree City Councilman Dan Tennant read the statement below

to the council at the May 3 meeting. He provided a copy to The Citizen

and asked that it be printed as a letter to the editor. The Tennant-sponsored

motion to reserve spending power to the full council after a public

vote passed 4­0. Council member Annie McMenamin was absent.]

The

truth is out there: Rebels fought for rights

I am, once again,

responding to Marc Michael's letter written about the Southern Confederacy.

I realize that some individuals have a twisted view of past history,

especially dealing with the War Between the States; however, I am completely

dumbfounded as to how someone could be so misinformed as Mr. Michael.

With so many reading materials available to the public in this day and

time I cannot understand how someone could totally ignore the hard evidence

which speaks out against Mr. Michael's thinking.

Hooters

in Fayetteville: Should be just another dining choice

I am 34 years old

and have lived in Fayette County all of my life. I remember the good

days when the traffic coming through downtown was slow compared to what

it is today and the only place to go eat was the Dairy Queen on Friday

nights after a ballgame.

About

good teachers and teaching jobs . . .

For Mrs. Mendenhall

. . .

Switching

careers . . .

Thank you for sharing

Amy Riley's comments on "Teach for Georgia" in her May 2 column,

"Let's give 'Teach for Ga.' a fair chance."

Teaching

to read . . .

Can you imagine

not being able to read? When I spoke with Lou McLean at the LaFayette

Educational Center, she told me there are people who live in our area

who cannot read. I was comparing not being able to access the Internet

or send an e-mail message to being similar to not being able to read.

Some

perspective on authority

I am a 24-year-old

wife and mother of three. I say this to give some perspective on where

I am coming from. I consider myself to be young enough to have some

credibility in discussing issues involving "young people,"

yet as a parent, my eyes have been opened as to why my parents did the

things they did.

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