Various conservative

organizations delight each year in listing some of the unconscionable

ways in which our elected representatives waste our money in order to

buy votes.

Staff

development trains variety of school personnel

The staff development

department of the Fayette County School System provides and supports

many professional development activities for all employees. The majority

of the funding for staff training is provided through a grant from the

Georgia Department of Education.

school; how do you school?

MURPHY

Laugh Lines

When highly educated

archaeologists dig up our Sunday-best-dressed corpses in some century

yet to come, I wonder if we will be remembered as the culture who could

argue over everything. Among our ruins of Movado watches, Ford Expeditions

and Mini cell phones will they also discover our propensity for quarreling?

LETTERS TO THE

Democrats

not only ones sending surveys

I certainly can

relate to Dave Hamrick's article, "This poll's responses won't

surprise you," in The Citizen Sept. 5. You see, I, too, was sent

a "survey" to fill out during the 2000 campaign.

Why

schools have no gyms, and how they can get them

Please allow me

to comment on last week's Citizen front-page article captioned, "What

about our gym?" There is a reason why there is no gym, and I'll

tell you what it is. I'll also tell you how our kids can get a gym.

Health

data say No to power plant

I have heard and

read reliable and factual data about the proposed Williams Power Plant.

I have also heard many things about the risk to our health, which is

my greatest concern regarding this proposed power plant. I have tried

to keep an open mind while gathering all the information that I can

before I choose a position for or against this proposed power plant.

Keep in mind that Fulton and Fayette counties are in the non-attainment

zone for ozone pollution.

Plant

bad for seniors, kids

Everyone needs power,

but power plants shouldn't be built in residential areas. Prior to deregulation

most public utilities didn't locate power plants in neighborhoods because

risks to the public were not deemed acceptable.

California

said No; look what happened

For all the residents

and family members of the residents primarily in the suggested "proposed

new power plant area," we should really consider this new plant

as a blessing.

Brown:

Here's plan that will work for schools

For those who have

read my letters in the past, you will recall that I had introduced a

proposal called Education First in Fayette. The proposal called for

local governments (county and municipal) to assume accountability for

annexations and rezonings that negatively affect the school system.

Obviously, if governmental entities change large sections of land to

a higher density than what the current land use plan states, the school

system is forced into a reactive position and problems abound.

Wellman:

Not engaging in negative campaigning

The period to qualify

for our Peachtree City elections has begun. By close of business Friday,

Sept. 14, we will know who the candidates will be. We will then have

eight weeks to decide which one will earn your vote.

Faulkner:

CCY youth programs must be kept

The decision last

week for the Peachtree City Commission on Children and Youth to recommend

to City Council that it be disbanded should be a wake-up call for us.

Mexicans

are just like us: We all came here from elsewhere

After reading your

letters to the editor in today's Citizen, I found myself compelled to

respond, primarily to the letter signed "Name withheld."

U.S.

overcrowded? Not likely

This letter is in

response to Bill Gilmer's letter, "Unchecked immigration leads

to overcrowding."

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