I don't usually

like to answer letters to the editor, mainly because it's too easy to

get caught in a revolving door that never goes anywhere.

Embracing

the curse . . .

MURPHY

Laugh Lines

A smart guy once

said, "By the time a man can read a woman like a book, he's too

old to collect a library." Well, I'm not that old, and besides,

my library card was revoked a few years back. Nevertheless, I have a

few theories about females. But like my speculations on "Does Tom

Cruise like show tunes," my theories are mostly benign. It never

keeps me from sharing them, though.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

'Wishy-washy'

Wellman unfocused

Peachtree City mayoral

candidate Fred Wellman in his letter [The Citizen, Aug. 8] said, "We

must focus on the issues, not the personalities," in political

debates. He has not focused on personalities, but neither has he focused

on any issues whatsoever. Not a one.

Goodbye,

Amy . . .

I, too, am sorry

that we will not have the pleasure of reading Amy Riley's column any

longer. This newspaper is to be commended for recognizing and making

use of her talent. We all are richer for it.

Congressman

Linder: Throw out tax code, abolish IRS, adopt 23% sales tax

I read with great

interest your recent editorial entitled, "Where's the vision in

Washington?" I, too, believe that it is time for Washington to

stop putting Band-Aids on our fundamentally flawed tax system and start

anew with a fairer, simpler code.

Power

plant: What about noise, light pollution?

This is in response

to Mr. Brad Apking's letter about the proposed power plant. I respect

Mr. Apking's study of power plants, and agree with him that smokestack

emissions are not as polluting as they once were. Unlike him, I feel

these emissions are still unhealthy. The problems with this plant, however,

go much deeper than smokestack emissions.

Christian

Center resident concerned about nearby plant

When I moved into

Christian City, a life lease home, 16 years ago, it was a quiet peaceful

residential area. I never had a thought that a power plant would be

built in such close proximity adding noise and pollution to the area

that possibly would affect my health.

Plant

will generate pollution

As residents of

Fayette County, we are outraged over the site proposed by Williams Co.,

for the Fulton Energy Center, a 21-story, 1023-megawatt power plant

(one of the largest in the country). Williams is seeking to spot-zone

the site, changing it to M2-Heavy Industrial. The property is on Peters

Road, between Ga. highways 92 and 138 (on the Fulton-Fayette county

line).

Trees

won't buffer power plant

As a South Fulton

County property owner residing in the immediate vicinity of the proposed

Williams power plant, I would like to express my concerns regarding

some of the information the company is disseminating to those of us

who will be impacted by this plant.

Let's

shed some light on economic morality: Class warfare is the nastiest kind

Dave Hamrick and

Timothy Parker would probably agree on most subjects if they would both

cut through the political rhetoric. Timothy, I think Dave was joking

about Americans being better off than slaves and worse off than serfs

(have you ever read Mark Twain?). Dave, be decisive. If you think we

need to set a level of government spending, tell us specifically what

you would cut. Don't leave it to others in the distant future, and don't

make platitudes.

When

insurance won't pay, who do we see about that?

I just finished

reading Dr. Günther Rückl's commentary on the health care

system in America. I have to agree with Dr. Rückl. I wanted to

add to his commentary. My issues with health care is the control that

the insurance carriers have over the health care systems.

Check

health care facts first

After reading Günther

Rückl's logorrhea ["Lack of child health care is an American

shame," The Citizen, July 25], I had to laugh. As the European

proverb goes, "You can always tell a German, you just can't tell

them much."

Dr.

Rückl right on health care

I agree with everything

written by Dr. Rückl. He has far more knowledge about the healthcare

problems and how to fix them than the three letter writers who viciously

verbally attacked him. These three remind me of the Barnum-Bailey elephants

walking single file holding on to each other's tail. Guess they have

more money than brains.

AT&T

Broadband: This is service?

In response to Steve

White's letter about auto-pay for AT&T Broadband, let me say first

off that I have no objections to paying bills on line. In fact I pay

my AT&T phone bill that way (and there is no charge, by the way).

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