Online story: "HOUSTON — Police who found a man's dismembered (by a chain saw) body outside a vacant house, with the head and an arm stuffed into a trash bag and the rest of his remains in a backyard next door, arrested his best friend Monday for murder. * "That's his best friend for over 20 years," said (the victim's) sister. -- "Best friend"? Guess Noah Webster is going to have to write a new definition as to what "best friend" means.
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Online "headlie": "CNN Anchor: I'm Gay" -- No way! Seeing the ratings of CNN, there's no way anyone there can be gay. Oh, another Webster redefinition....
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L-E headline: "Corporal punishment in schools: Muscogee County to renew its policy" -- How about taking it one step further and include one of the parents, too.
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L-E story: "ATLANTA -- Georgia cities suing online travel companies over lodging taxes won another victory Monday as the Georgia Supreme Court ruled in favor of Atlanta, which like Columbus contended the services were not properly collecting room taxes." -- How did Columbus win? Priceline lists only Phenix City rooms, Expedia lists 4 Columbus' in other states, and Hotels.com lists Phenix City and Opelika places, but none in Columbus. Way to go, Mayor and First Dude Obamalinson.
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Another L-E story: "Tomlinson agreed, saying she wants to “maximize the assets” that are Oxbow and Bull Creek. She said she’s heard critics suggest that she ultimately wants the city to get out of the golf business. That’s a smokescreen, she said. * “It’s a false premise, a cheap trick and an intellectually dishonest suggestion to say that my valid concerns about these things have to do with doing away with golf,” she said. “It has everything to do with preserving golf.” -- Like her former (and hubby's current) law firm eliminating Columbus from online hotel room exposure? Looks like an anti-business, anti-Columbus pattern is emerging. Also, throw in that Mayor Obamalinson moved her business plant out of Midtown when she merged it with another company.
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L-E story: "The board approved an increase of 10 cents to all student meal prices for next school term, with the exception of secondary school breakfast, which would be increased by five cents * This is being done because the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010 requires schools to have equity in pricing and encourages school systems to increase the price of meals by 10 cents per meal until the price charged is equivalent to the federal reimbursement rate for the breakfast or lunch. The school district must do this to continue to receive federal reimbursement for free meals." -- Another reason to end federal government school programs. Not only does the fed government use OUR tax dollars to fund programs that exclude many, but it "encourages" (ala Mr Rogers, can you say 'forces', boys and girls?) the MCSD to raise the prices on the people who are paying the taxes that fund the program to begin with.
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L-E headline/story: "Columbus mayor seeks study of consolidating Muscogee Marshal's and Sheriff's departments * The study would likely cost the city about $60,000 to $70,000, which Tomlinson said could come from 2012 LOST funds." -- Aside from committing the entire LOST revenue on $6M-to-$7M in retail sales (an even higher amount if you consider the "Public Safety" portion is 70% of those revenues needed to do so) to some other government entity, we already know what the results will be. Just eliminate the Marshal's job, and let the Sheriff add the necessary staff to carry out the Municipal Court's delivery needs.
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L-E "headlie" "LaGrange TV personality, station owner charged with possession of child porn" -- Headline should read, "LaGrange Scumbag TV personality, and soon-to-be former Scumbag station owner charged with possession of child porn"
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Online headline: "U.S. Reaches Debt Limit, Geithner Warns Of Dire Consequences" -- Geithner not only looks like Beavis, but thinks like him, too. Please note, the world did not come to a screeching halt?
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An AP story in the Birmingham News (didn't see it in our crack L-E) says GM is going to invest $109,000,000.00 in Detroit operations that will keep/create a total of 96 jobs. Think about that...that's $1,135,417.00 per job. No wonder GM went belly-up, and we're going to see GM do it again before long.
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If the clubhouse at Bull Creek is in need of repairing/replacement, then the fees charged for use, and the prices for food/beer should be profit motivated. To be of real value to the community, any service offered by the city should be of value that the users are willing to pay for it. Otherwise, farm it out to private industry.
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L-E story: "The Georgia Supreme Court’s 4-3 decision overturned the law creating the Georgia Charter Schools Commission, which allowed the state to approve and fund charter schools over the objection of local school boards. The decision promises to reshape how public schools are funded by concluding that only local boards of education have the power to open and pay for public schools. " -- While the Court is technically correct, and this is a constitutional issue, there must be diligence in watching for more population shifts, therefore tax revenue shifts, from urban to suburban areas.
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L-E headline: "FIELDS & FARMS Tate Hutwagner divides his time between the baseball diamond and the garden with Harvesting for Hope " -- What an outstanding young man, who can truly be said to be "outstanding in his field". This is better than a 'walk-off grand slam' in game 7 of the World Series.
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While I'm highly in favor of rewarding scholar-athletes with higher education opportunities, one must really wonder why a multi-campused school like Chattahoochee Technical College has a sports program, especially a non-revenue producing track program.
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