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LETTER: BOC should have to answer for budget

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Tuesday, December 29. 2009
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Dear Editor:

The Board of Commissioners passed the budget for 2010 and they are very self-congratulatory about what an austere budget it is.
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OPINION: Social service issues more complicated than ‘get a job’

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, December 25. 2009
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It’s always encouraging to see the Christmas spirit of giving that accompanies efforts to help the less fortunate. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: My (lack of) talent for gift-wrapping

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Margie Richards
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Wednesday, December 23. 2009
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They say there is a certain art to gift-wrapping. That may well be true, since I certainly don’t possess an artistic bent of any kind – gift wrapping included. [Full Story »] 

LETTER: Give something that God and Jesus would really understand

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Tuesday, December 22. 2009
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Dear Editor:

The population of Madison County in 2001 was 25,750 people. And Oglethorpe County was 12,635 folks.
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OPINION: Nothing like holding a real book in your hands

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Frank Gillispie
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Monday, December 21. 2009
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Are you rushing around looking for last- minute Christmas gifts? I have a suggestion for you. Give them books. I don’t mean one of those electronic book reader things. I mean real paper, hard-bound books. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Leaders need to address court backlog

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, December 18. 2009
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We talk about maintaining law and order. And the first thought is usually the officer’s flashing lights and gun at his hip. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: ‘Come go with us’

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Jana Mitcham
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Thursday, December 17. 2009
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By Jana Mitcham

Whether we like it or not, everything changes. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: War against Christmas is arrogant, disrespectful

Posted by
Frank Gillispie
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Wednesday, December 16. 2009
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What kind of things offend you? As some of you know, it is very hard to offend a redneck. We rednecks have a level of self confidence that shields us from most insults. [Full Story »] 

LETTER: Perdue’s metro task force eyes Northeast Georgia water

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Tuesday, December 15. 2009
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By Rep. Alan Powell

After a prolonged period of severe drought, residents of the Lake Hartwell area and all of Northeast Georgia finally are able to enjoy the beauty and recreational benefits of a lake at full pool level. For the half-century or so since construction of the Hartwell Dam, we have lived through the ups and downs of lake levels caused sometimes by the whims of the Army Corps of Engineers but most often by natural fluctuations in rainfall amounts. [Full Story »] 

LETTER: It’s ludicrous to say that continuing the wars is ‘keeping us safe’

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Monday, December 14. 2009
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Dear Editor:

Regarding the comment “Says Obama shows ‘double speak’ on war” in the Dec. 3 edition, I couldn’t agree more with Mr. Drago Tesanovich more.
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