If there is a minimum tax/fee for City services, then there should be a maximum tax, too. There are homes that pay $50,000.00 + annually in property taxes, and I do not think the City could defend itself in a court case to show ability to give such citizens that level of service.
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Wasilla, Alaska's high school unveiled a new statue on it's campus. According to students, it would be the perfect mate to be placed by our own Viagra Falls statue outside the River Center.
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Stephen Tyler gave his presentation of a 'moon' rising on AOL Thursday night. Looking back, it was not the first time he's shown his (_@_) on AOL.
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Just was presented with a brilliant commercial endeavor. My wife suggested we develop an 'app' that gives parents directions on raising teens.
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Online headline: "Edwards Sex Tape to Be Destroyed" -- Uh-huh...but don't expect the copies hidden in places to ever go away.
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The Founding Fathers understood "unity" was the key to freedom for all Americans; why is there such a focus on "diversity" among today's politicians?
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L-E headline: "Chavez heads to Cuba for tumor removal " -- Oooops, my bad. Thought there was a Castro regime coup in progress.
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L-E headline: "Bloomberg: NYPD’s monitoring of Muslims was legal " -- When liberals and liberal politicians need confirmation, they always turn to George Orwell's "Animal Farm" for vindication..."All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others."; it also sounds better than citing Karl Marx.
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L-E headline: "It’s not easy for presidents to say ‘I’m sorry’" -- Could have fooled me...it looks mighty easy and natural for potUS O'Blather. Now, we just need someone to hack into his TelePrompter speech feed, and insert an apology to the American people for his performance in office.
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L-E's "Blog post of the day": “The Muscogee County School Board will hold a retreat Saturday at 9 a.m. in the Empire Mills Room at the Columbus Marriott. The Whole Board Governance training session will be conducted by Tony Arasi from Georgia School Boards Association. This is in accordance with the new board governance training that is required for Georgia School Board Members.” -- Training for what... jumping through hoops; getting on board to the State Mantra? I just wished they were trained to recognize problems and solutions.
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L-E headline: "Oil prices rising to near 2011 highs on Iran worries " -- Yeah 'worries' that potUS O'Blather will apologize to Ahmandine-JIHAD, and give him some enriched plutonium as a 'make up' gift.
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From L-E story: "Topics that Teen Advisors discuss include how to deal with peer pressure, how to choose quality friends and how to deal with low self esteem. * “We depend totally on donations,” Cash said of the non-profit organization. “Last year, we had 414 unique donors. These people recognize the effectiveness of the program.” * Its budget for this year is $472,000, according to Cash. Funding from United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley and a grant from the Columbus Office of Crime Prevention help. -- How does a donation of tax dollars from the Crime Prevention Board fit in with the stated goals/aims (how to deal with peer pressure, how to choose quality friends and how to deal with low self esteem) of Teen Advisors?