OPINION: Regional road tax: would it work for Madison Co.?

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, April 30. 2010
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Would a regional transportation tax be a good or bad thing for Madison County? It’s hard to say yet, but I do have some real misgivings about what’s being proposed. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Gold Dome turned into spare change cup

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Friday, April 23. 2010
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(ATLANTA) — One lawmaker’s joke quickly turned into a serious solution for Georgia’s budget troubles Wednesday at the state capitol. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Sci-fi menu of the future: meat or ‘meat?’

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, April 16. 2010
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I order wings with a fiery hot sauce when I can. On a first date in college, I requested the hottest wings Loco’s could make, personally issuing a dare to the person taking the order. [Full Story »] 

OPINIONS: Sad news doesn’t damper enthusiasm for Ila

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, April 9. 2010
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My wife turned to me and smiled after we registered our daughter for kindergarten at Ila Elementary School several weeks ago. [Full Story »] 

OPINIONS: A love letter for spring

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Zach Mitcham
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Sunday, April 4. 2010
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There’s been a lot of bad poetry written about spring. And I’ve contributed paper scraps to the great compost heap of odes to daffodils and redbirds, words that don’t really fly. But I think we all understand the inspiration, the reason we want to celebrate when birds arrive and the frogs call out from the creek. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Little tolerance for ‘zero tolerance’

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, March 26. 2010
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When “zero tolerance” policies are set, they are intended as statements of toughness and resolve. Instead, such policies often scream stupidity and injustice, given that they are blind to nuance and circumstance.

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OPINION: Cigarettes, politics and the dollar

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, March 19. 2010
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The joy of lighting up is real. I smoked a pack a day for six years in my early 20s. I didn’t plan to become a smoker, but when you cross the line from repulsion to pleasure, you’re there. And it doesn’t take long. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: ESP pageant shows a lot of heart

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, March 12. 2010
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Like many men, I’ve never been a pageant lover. But I drove over to North Oconee High School Feb. 27 for the “Big Hearts Pageant for Special People of Northeast Georgia.” And it was a worthwhile trip. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Health care, where is the personal responsibility?

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Zach Mitcham
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Saturday, March 6. 2010
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There’s been so much shouting about health care, but little real talk about specific problems that desperately need attention. [Full Story »] 

Making allegations requires stepping out of the shadows

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, February 26. 2010
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If it was up to me, I’d pull the plug on all anonymous comments on newspaper sites. I think it hurts society much more than it helps it. Too many folks aren’t really looking for news. No, they’re looking for a fight. It’s like roughneck bar hopping — minus the risk of an actual bar stool to the head. [Full Story »] 
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