L-E headline: "Muscogee Co. school board wants to buy old Bibb Mill for $3.6M * Superintendent Andrews pushing to turn site into performing arts academy" -- Madness! When our school system can point out that it has 100% of its students graduating as functioning and independent adults, maybe an idea like this could be considered. Isn't one Taj Mahal building enough or does Andrews think not having a river view from her office on Macon Road is beneath her station in life?
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L-E story: "A possible purchase of the site would include 14.3 acres, including the 58,000-square-foot existing mill fronting First Avenue. The board would use $1.1 million from the 2003 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax funds and $2.5 million from the 2009 SPLOST to purchase the site owned by River Mill LLC." -- Wait a minute! How can funds that were earmarked as SPLOST projects be rerouted to something the voters did not specifically approve!
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Why are the "Occupy Whatever" folks here in the US? If they want total government control of their welfare and healthcare and jobs, then just go and "Occupy Havana or Teheran", where that's what the people already have.
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Name me one other country where an illegal alien can openly lease a rental facility as a residence....I didn't think I'd ever say this, but "Go, Alabama!
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L-E headline: "Georgia school district looks at ads to make money" -- Well, if that Georgia school district would put out quality educated graduates, it could generate plenty of money from students being pulled out of private schools and going to public schools where the state legislators provide more money per student than most private schools charge for tuition.
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Instant repeat - L-E headline/story: "Georgia school district looks at ads to make money * The proposal before the Douglas Count school board would mean the district's 37 schools could sell ad space pretty much anywhere in the building that's not a classroom." -- Can't you see it? The first advertiser would be "Trojan Condoms" in the school's guidance counselors offices and the girls locker rooms!
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L-E headline: " Egyptian police clash with protesters ahead of first vote" -- Oooops, my bad, just thought someone had found out where all the 2008 ACORN voter precinct monitors has resurfaced with new jobs.
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I hate when charitable events run ads highlighting the sponsors. It takes a considerable amount of money to pay for one of those, and would that money be better used going towards doing the special works the money was raised for?
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Jimmy Wetzel is obviously a legend in his own mind, thin skinned, and not a man of few words. Did the L-E pay him by the number of words?
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From L-E editorial: "...says Tomlinson, who is appointing a commission to study the potential and costs of rail passenger service. “Columbus is committed to being on the passenger rail line.” -- A better perspective would recognize that anyone for another failed attempt at a publicly run transportation system should be committed to some non-state run facility.
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A school in Toronto has banned "hard balls" (soccer, tennis, basketball, football, etc) from its playgrounds because one woman's daughter was hit in the head by an errant soccer ball and suffered a mild concussion. Gimme a break! What's next? Are they going to make children in the band play "air guitar"?