GREAT plan not a good idea
By Jay Powell Camilla Mayor, Georgia Municipal Association President
      Like Speaker Glenn Richardson, city officials believe that tax reform is needed. A recent Georgia Municipal Association survey shows that 72 percent of city officials believe the state's tax structure needs reforming. The plan the Speaker is proposing, however, "Georgia's Repeal of Every Ad-valore...
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Mumbles
Stirring more old memories
Billy Fleming
      "Here Come the Cats" keeps stirring the memories of several generations. Dupont Strong called Friday. He had just read the story in the Bobcat tribute about the 1932 game in Columbia. "I was a 130-pound center in that game, playing against a kid over 6'5", 250," he stated. "... snapping the ball...
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All That's Fit to Print
It's people that count
Brenda Wall
      Ask any kid on the street what he or she wants Santa to bring and be prepared for a 15 minute oral presentation delivered with lightning speed. Kids spend their free time developing the all important list for Santa. Too bad multiplication tables don't stick as easily.
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Ball of confusion - continued
Alex McRae
      Expect bomb shelter sales to soar this holiday season since word has arrived that Iran quit trying to build nuclear bombs in 2003. Normally, this kind of news would be greeted with cheers. But there's one big problem. The intelligence reports that allegedly prove Iran may not be making nuclear we...
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Shipp's Georgia
Smoothing bumps in the road ahead
Bill Shipp
      The nation's economy looks bumpy for 2008, and Georgia may not be able to avoid the rough ride. A national housing crisis and soaring energy prices combine with a regional drought to signal dread ahead. This has been a hard year for agriculture, manufacturing and housing, all key industries in Ge...
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Shine some light on state spending
By Kelly McCutchen Georgia Public Policy Foundation
      "No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!" More than 50 years after Ronald Reagan made this statement, government at all levels conti...
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