Wearing breakfast to work
Other Voices
Mitch Clarke
      I remember when colors used to be simple. Remember the old box of Crayola crayons you had when you were a kid? I had one of those big boxes with 64 different colors and a built-in crayon sharpener. Most of the colors were pretty easy to understand.
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Leaving well enough alone
All That's Fit to Print
Brenda Wall
      A Buford, Ga., mom and her toddler son were thrown off an airplane recently. I probably don't have to point out that the plane was still on the ground, but I will. Apparently, the little boy said "bye bye plane" once too often and a flight attendant just couldn't take it anymore.
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Taxes, big deals, memories
Mumbles
Billy Fleming
      Boy, doesn't the thought of not having to pay any property taxes make your day? Does mine! Well, there are some people around the state talking about reforming the state's tax code and doing away with property taxes - completely.
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SHAG committed to healing environment
Alex McRae
      Officials of Save Humanity from Al Gore (SHAG) have unveiled a plan to undo the environmental damage created by Gore's recent Live Earth concerts. "Those concerts produced more carbon than a fleet of Mack trucks the size of Africa burning unleaded gas for six months," said SHAG president H. Garla...
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Our Dr. Phil goes to war on the war
Shipp's Georgia
Bill Shipp
      Congressman Phil Gingrey phoned the other night to tell me and a few dozen other folks that the war in Iraq was going a lot better than we had been led to believe. In one of those wonderful telephonic town meetings, he said the media had distorted what's really going on.
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House speaker seeks to abolish ad valorem taxes
By Glenn Richardson Ga. House Speaker
      The time has come to eliminate all property taxes in Georgia, and I firmly believe the people of the state of Georgia should be given an opportunity to vote on a constitutional amendment to repeal all property taxes.
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First cotton bale of 1957 ginned
From our Files News from the past
      10 YEARS AGO July 31, 1997 COACH RAY Knight enjoyed a moment with Jim Crowdis as he handed out "victory cigars" during Saturday night's dinner honoring the former Bobcat coach. Approximately 200 Bobcats and friends gathered with Knight and his family in recognition of the impact he has had in ...
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