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Editorials October 17, 2007
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Athletes and education
Other Voices
Mitch Clarke
      It seems that the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech rank at the bottom of their respective conferences in the percentage of student-athletes who actually get a diploma. The reaction of fans across the state was one of outrage.
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Fair game week
All That's Fit to Print
Brenda Wall
      Georgia is idle this week. Of course, some might argue Georgia has been idle often this football season. In the spirit of kicking everyone when they are down, I offer these bits of humor.We all should laugh while we can. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs were walking through the woods one day and t...
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Buckle up boys and girls!
Mumbles
Billy Fleming
      There are football games, then there are football games. And, Friday night there is going to be a battle of unbeatens at Standifer Field when the No. 5 Bobcats host No. 4 Fitzgerald in a big Region 1-AA showdown. Actually, it's going to be one heck of a football weekend.
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Just take me to the mountains
Alex McRae
      The Book of Genesis tells us that, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." I wouldn't be surprised to hear he spent most of his time on the mountains. Deserts inspire with their stark beauty, sweeping plains provide perspective, rolling seas calm the soul, but for my money, not...
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The pussycat press rides again
Shipp's Georgia
Bill Shipp
      This week we witnessed, yet again, the triumph of political skill and spin over substance from Georgia's statewide news media. The Atlanta newspaper did some front-page trumpeting of Gov. Sonny Perdue's supposed "crackdown" on state workers' abuse of government credit cards following an audit that...
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Governments should steer clear of financial incentives
By Jim Wooten Guest Editorial, AJC
      State and local governments should be forbidden by law to offer financial incentives for development north of I-20 and within 50 miles of the Atlantic Ocean. We know that North Georgia and the coast will grow. Development will come. Not a dime of incentives extracted from taxpayers should be used...
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