Consumer awareness
      The Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs joined a group of federal, state and local government agencies and national consumer advocacy organizations to recognize the ninth annual National Consumer Protection Week, Feb. 4-10. NCPW highlights consumer education efforts in the fight against f...
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This didn't have to happen
Billy Fleming
      "This community is just as proud of its U.S. 27 bypass as a bitch bird dog would be of her litter of spotted puppies. Since the importance of the four-laning of Highway 27 was first identified as a vital key to our community's future, it has taken a generation to see the possibility of its reality.
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All That's Fit to Print
New pony in the rodeo
Brenda Wall
      When Al Gore sort of took credit for "inventing" the Internet, he was really making baby steps in an attempt to define who he was. At the time, he was a presidential contender and he needed an identity other than "used to be vice president." When that didn't work out, being inventor of the Internet...
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Alex McRae
What happened to personal responsibility?
      You've gotta hand it to Jimmy Swaggart. When the former superpreacher got caught committing adultery, he didn't blame his problems on something or somebody else. He confessed his sins on TV and let the chips fall where they may. In Swaggart's case, both he and the chips fell clean out of sight.
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Shipp's Georgia
PeachCare funds threatened
Bill Shipp
      What happened? Just four months ago, Georgia was on top of the world. The Peach State had $500 million more than it needed to fund services. Plans had been carefully laid to take care of Medicaid, PeachCare (poor kids' medical needs) and state employees' pension funds.
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Other Voices
Voting no on Hillary coronation
Robert Novak
      The buzz in Democratic circles for the past two weeks has been over the decision to raise money for Sen. Barack Obama by two or three multi-millionaire liberals from Hollywood, who were previously thought to be supporting Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for president. An explanation that this is the mo...
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News from the past
      10 YEARS AGO Feb. 13, 1997 IN AN unanimous decision Tuesday morning, the Early County Board of Education voted to adopt an extended calendar, which shortens the summer break by two weeks, but offers more breaks during the school year and an early graduation.
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