What a joyous thing

rain is!

El

Niños, Rhinos, and party loyalties

One

Citizen's Perspective

So this is the week

that the U.S.S. Washington will list dramatically to the left. You can

almost hear the ship's furniture as it shifts slowly at first, but comes

crashing in the end to a big political heap to be sorted and righted

and his deck hands.

True

beauty: Niki Taylor's scar

MURPHY

Laugh Lines

I love scars. I

have always been infatuated with them. They speak much more about the

depth and soul of a person than some immense stock portfolio (is there

such a thing anymore?) or some miniature cell phone.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Ask

these questions of commission candidates

Will we have to

look (again) for the least bad of five candidates to elect to the Fayette

County Commission? Everyone of them has so far made sure we don't know

anything about what he knows or what he thinks about county government.

When my neighbors ask me who I suggest they vote for, I have no answer;

when I ask them the same thing, they have no answer. Look for a low

turnout on June 19. The message, I suspect, will be citizen disgust.

Doctor:

D.A. 'condones, enables false allegations' in child abuse cases

I am writing this

letter to appear in your Letters column. I must admit to being extremely

surprised to read in your Wednesday, May 23, 2001, edition that the

recent high-profile child molestation trial of the Wheelers ended in

a deadlocked jury and mistrial on all of the major charges and allegations

against these parents.

Tax

'cut' a farce; GOP lacks backbone to stop spending

Someone give Mr.

Charles G. James an award for realizing the truth behind this so-called

tax cut!

Open

letter to Peachtree City residents and businesses:

It just seems to

get better and better, doesn't it? The more you hear and read about

our community's problems and concerns, the more unbelievable it gets,

and the more ridiculous our situation becomes.

The

Mayor, the Developer and a big box bad dream

Since the Wal-Mart

proposal was only passed because of its supposed ability to pass the

traffic impact ordinance, the project should now be denied since RAM

is in violation of that ordinance. Perhaps Councilwoman Carol Fritz

will recall the vote since she was on the winning side of the Wal-Mart

approval.

Who

elected them to speak for us?

I find myself grasping

for the right words to write when I read some person presuming to speak

for me. I refer to last week's letter by Amy Riley.

Candidate

promises better communications with cities

One of the main

reasons I decided to run for the County Commission was because of my

desire to increase the level of cooperation and to lower the level of

rhetoric between the County Government and the City Government in the

county. I talked about this issue in the press release that announced

my candidacy and I have talked about it in the literature I have been

giving out.

School

dress code not unreasonable

We are a group of

middle school teachers who feel strongly that the letter from Ms. Greer

about the dress code needs to be addressed. Parents need to realize

the concerns we have toward the clothing choices a few of our students

make. As parents ourselves, we have shopped for girls and boys for many

years, and we know, for a fact, that proper attire is available at all

of the stores mentioned in her letter.

Prosecution

of father is ludicrous

Thank goodness the

[Fayette State Court] jurors stayed deadlocked in the ludicrous politically

correct case of Clayton Black. Since when does one "dope-slap"

deserve to land the father in court? I hope Mr. Black decides to counter-sue.

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