Opinions

BLOG: On Jackson's court win and Hampton's departure...

Monday, March 7. 2011
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Time to bust public sector unions

Friday, March 4. 2011
There are two classes of citizens in America today — those who work in the private sector being paid modest wages and with modest benefits, and those who work in the public sector who get generous wages and gold-plated benefits. [Full Story »] 

BLOG: The Clerici deal...

Sunday, February 27. 2011

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OPINION: Ginn bill just a first salvo from local governments

Thursday, February 24. 2011
When Sen. Frank Ginn was running for office last year, his critics often said that if Ginn were elected to the 47th District, his focus would only be to look after the interest of local governments, not average taxpayers. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Will wasteful spending in county school system hurt E-SPLOST vote?

Friday, February 18. 2011
It’s almost time for another sales tax vote, this time for the education sales tax (E-SPLOST) for all three school systems in Jackson County. The vote will be March 15 and the measure has to pass in all three school districts to go into effect. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Pathetic decision by BOE and administration

Thursday, February 10. 2011
Just pathetic. That’s about the kindest thing you can say about the administrators and board of education members in the Jackson County School System. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: County school property tax rate 30% to 40% higher than it should be

Thursday, February 3. 2011
Do taxpayers in the Jackson County School System district pay too much property taxes? [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Jackson County doesn’t bow to Athens-Clark efforts at hegemony

Thursday, January 27. 2011
A reporter for an Athens newspaper recently took issue with a column here that suggested Jackson County officials should be very cautious in their dealings with Athens-Clarke County in the upcoming 2012 T-SPLOST effort. Athens-Clarke, we said, would seek to dominate that process for its own goals. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: The first victim

Wednesday, January 19. 2011
The tragedy in Arizona has haunted this nation for two weeks. A man takes a gun and goes into a crowd where a U.S. Representative is meeting with her constituents. He shoots her and many others, leaving six dead. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Time to rebalance Jefferson city-school taxing equity

Thursday, January 13. 2011
There has always been something of a unique and close relationship in Jefferson between its city government and its city school system. At one time, it was virtually impossible to distinguish between the two as the same small group of people ran both. On paper there may have been a distinction, but in reality both governments operated as one thing. [Full Story »] 
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