Online headline: "Hillary Clinton faces new 'pay-for-play' allegations" -- God grief.. there're enough old "play for play allegations" stemming back to Arkansas that are enough to bring Hillewinsky down but mainstream media and Low-Info-Voters have already ignored...

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Online story: " the Obama Administration has spent $150 billion on green initiatives between 2009 and 2014, yet the industry cannot survive without government giveaways, a Brookings Institution study found." -- Hmmm ... just a couple of days ago, there was a story about how Apple has "dodged $74 BILLION in taxes and that money was more than enough to provide everyone with "tuition-free college". Just think what could have been done in public schools with the wasted $150 BILLION Obamageddon has tossed away in the past 5 years..

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Let's talk "fair" taxes.. Fair means everyone is treated the same.. so shouldn't everyone pay the same for police, fire, garbage and parks&rec services? Shouldn't everyone get the same percent for homestead exemptions ? There is nothing fair about Columbus tax structure other than knowing your rates on your home are not going to soar annually at the ineffective leadership of politicians.

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One other thing.. why are property taxes assessed based on the arbitrary value the City sees in your home.. Private industry doesn't do that.. if it was "fair", then why doesn't McDonalds or Burger King price your hamburger based on what kind of car you're in at the drive-thru window?

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Soapbox moment: Why is it that both the City and MCSD.. the two taxing authorized entities in Muscogee County wring their hands in agony every time a budget arises and they "have to raid the Fund Balance" to make ends meet? Voters should look hard at re-electing those official.. Their predecessors were able to put aside savings into the Fund Balance by efficiently utilizing the revenues available, now Mayor TomLYINGson, Council, Stuporintendent Lewis, Chairman Varner and the MCSB only think of the Fund Balance as a "piggy bank" to raid because, simply, it's there! When was the last time either the Mayor or the Chair of the MCSB announced they were going to build the Fund Balance back up to protect the future credit ratings of our community?

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A Texas murderer who killed 4 men in 1982, was captured, then convicted in 1983 and sentenced to death will finally be given a lethal injection.. good grief.. taxpayers have had to house, clothe and feed this (_*_) for 33 years! Think of what that kind of money could have been better used on...

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HuffPOOPOO headline: "California to raise smoking age to 21" -- Oh, yeah.. that'll put a crimp in the problem..wonder how the 18-to-20 year-11 month voters will react at the next election?

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Lincoln Chafee for Democrat presidential nominee? You know.. I think I know the Democrats' strategy for 2016.. throw in a lot of old looking white men into the primaries that make Hillewinsky look comparatively young and vibrant...

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Online story: "Did you know that eating or even talking about a peanut butter and jelly sandwich could be considered racist? * That’s right. * Apparently, it’s because people in some cultures don’t eat sandwich bread. Verenice Gutierrez, principal of Harvey Scott K-8 School in Portland explained in and interview with the Portland Tribune: * “Take the peanut butter sandwich, a seemingly innocent example a teacher used in a lesson last school year,” the Tribune said. * “What about Somali or Hispanic students, who might not eat sandwiches?” -- Good grief.. Has liberal ever considered that giving a foreign child a PB&J sandwich might be the most enlightening act possible to introduce a marvelous bit of American culture into someone's life? Have any liberals ever told the leaders in Somali or ant Hispanic land that PB&J sandwiches would be wonderful to feed their children with?

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From above story: "the school started the new year with “intensive staff trainings, frequent staff meetings, classroom observations and other initiatives,” to help educators understand their own “white privilege,” in order to “change their teaching practices to boost minority students’ performance." -- "change their teaching practices to boost minority students’ performance"? Good grief.. what's happened is that white students have been devalued! The only "change in teaching practices" that needs to be initiated is one of teaching excellence for all students!

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Online headline/story: "School Board Members Ate the Lunch Michelle O Wants For Kids. Their Reactions Said It All. * A Denver Public Schools board member and other education activists paid the Kepner Middle School cafeteria a visit after receiving a complaint about the quality of the lunches from a student. * Though the lunches complied with the National School Lunch Program guidelines championed by First Lady Michelle Obama, officials were not impressed, according to Chalkbeat:“It’s heartbreaking,” Padres health justice organizer Monica Acosta said. “This is the type of food [they’ve] been having all year long.” -- Hmmm.. maybe Denver and Portland should get together for a PB&J lunch with a glass of cold milk and discuss what kids want/need to be better students...

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I saw something today..something I've never seen before and hope never again..The University of Southern California golf team had shirts with a number on them. That didn't impress/intimidate LSU, though. What's next for the USC golf team..cheerleaders?

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After reading yesterday's NAACP self-serving poll on lower pay, I am wondering if the NCAA has ever looked into and pointed out anything positive that has occurred in black history?

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Online headline: "Georgia’s manufacturing activity drops third month in a row in May" -- Hmmm.. this certainly doesn't bode well for the already overly ambitious 2015 MCSD SPLOST revenues...

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Online story: "Georgia Power Co. executives testified Tuesday they don’t expect additional construction delays in the nuclear expansion at Plant Vogtle beyond the 18-month slip in the schedule announced in February." -- Huh? Yesterday it was reported that GA Power said it had no control over an outside contractor's pace.. how come GA Power say that now they do?

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Online story: "Once again the conservative, pro-Constitution viewpoint is being reinforced as the right side of what should never have been an issue in the first place, the Second Amendment, by the list of insignificant “celebrities” who have joined forces in opposition to it. * June 2nd was selected as a day to wear orange to symbolize unity with the jumpsuited criminals that the second amendment protects us from, * The anti-gun rights Bloomberg group behind the demonstrations, “Everytown for Gun Safety” said: “The New York Mets became the first pro sports franchise to join the campaign and will today release a photo of the entire team wearing orange in support of efforts to reduce gun violence. The team will also release a photo of the Mets’ front office staff wearing orange in support of the campaign.” -- Well, it is sorta prophetic considering the lack of "big guns" has the Mets in its line-up. The Mets are ranked 24th of 32 MLB teams in batting statistics..and below average in Home Run production...

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Online story: "Barack Obama told a group of Asian youths, "Democracy is hard, I think many of the things that are said about me are terribly unfair" -- First.. the USA is not a Democracy.. it's a Limited Republic form of government intentionally selected by our founding fathers to keep individual presidents from becoming despots as Obamageddon is trying to do.. Now, I do agree with him on one thing.. that many things are said about him are unfair.. to me, it's unfair to describe him as patriotic, concerned for the future, and being a honest man..

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L-E headline: "STOCKING STRANGLINGS * GARY'S DEFENSE GETS FILING EXTENSION" -- Good grief... how many "extensions" did G(_*_)ry grant for the women he raped and killed?

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A "get's it" L-E "soundoff": "Our mayor needs to forget about thawing the tax freeze and spend her time, attention and effort in balancing the budget. And if they can’t do that, they need to resign." -- Amen...unfortunately,, since it's obvious that they do not know how to run a business profitably, all would have a tough time getting another private sector job.

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Jonathan Gruber extra stupid LIV's L-E "soundoff": " Darr and Countryman overspend their budget every year then cite the city’s shrinking reserve as if they are not a direct cause. Send these losers packing." -- The culprit in this matter is the federal and state government unfunded mandates.. something that Darr (not so sure about Countryman) has no control of, and Council is obligated to meet the financial needs of theses "unfunded mandates".

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Another Jonathan Gruber extra stupid LIV's L-E "soundoff": "The legal cannabis market grew 74% in 2014 and is expected to grow 34% in 2015. Cannabis can be regulated and kept away from children. Legalizing cannabis would improve our world in so many ways." -- Why is it that it's so easy to spot liberals,,, could it be that their "facts" are not substantiated or is it simply liberals just KNOW so many things that aren't right?

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Oh... those Cuban negotiations... how's it going on extradition papers for cop killer ASSata Shakur?

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You know.. our founding fathers wanted one day for national elections to be voted on.. people then traveled by horse, carriages, or walked.. Today, liberals feel one day, despite individual cars, bicycles, public transportation as well as walking (or even horseback) is not fair.

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L-E story:"Monday’s called meeting of the Muscogee County School Board showed another example of the fractured relationship between District 8 representative Frank Myers, who joined the board five months ago, and superintendent David Lewis, who was hired from Polk County, Fla., two years ago:
Myers left early from the board’s Feb. 28 retreat to campaign against the administration’s request to renew the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax.
Myers: “I cut out after an hour.”
Lewis: “Actually, 30 minutes.”
Myers: “I’m sorry. Did somebody say something?”
Lewis: “No.”
Myers: “I asked for one simple document, and Miss (Pat) Hugley Green (the board’s vice chairwoman and District 1 representative) made sure that I knew I already had that document in my materials, and I said I didn’t know where it is because I hadn’t been a board member for very long. … I was assured that day I would get that document. It took six more requests and 41 days before I got that document. So when I hear people up here talking about, ‘Well, we just can’t wait to give you the document and give you all the information you need as a board,’ that is baloney. … When we don’t have the information as your board members, guess what, the people we represent, they might as well live in China, because they’re not getting represented. It’s the superintendent’s job to carry out the policy that the board puts together, and that ain’t how this district is working.”
District 4 representative Naomi Buckner: “I think the superintendent should address you sometimes, because you rant on and on about what he’s not doing and what he told you 41 days ago and he said this. I think Dr. Lewis should address the comments that you make.”
Myers: “Our school system is broken, and I’m trying to help fix it, and, Naomi, if what I have to say up here hurts somebody’s feelings or whatever, I’m sorry, but I’m going to tell the truth as long as I’m a board member.”
Buckner: “When you say things like you requested something 41 days ago and nobody gave it to you, I think that should be addressed, because surely you should get information that you requested and nobody should keep it from you 41 days. So I think the superintendent needs to address those things.”
Lewis: “Let me be real clear. I am directed by the board, not by individuals on the board. I will certainly work to and provide information to the ability of the staff and the timeliness of the staff and so on, but there are things we are trying to do to operate the district and function as a district and there are things that take priority. That said, I will always respond to the direction of the board, and the board is five of nine. That is the direction. And I will certainly be glad to respond to individuals and try to work through issues, but, as far as responding, there is a professional way and an unprofessional way to do that.”
Myers: “So what the superintendent just said is that, unless I get five people to agree with me that I’m entitled to some information, I can go jump in a lake.”
Lewis “No, sir, that’s not what I said.”
Myers: “You said you respond to the board. I’ve got news for you. We may end up having to test this, because I am not going to sit here for 3½ more years and put up with what I absolutely and completely told the truth about. … Folks, a member of the public could have gotten the information I asked for in three days under the Open Records Act, and I had to wait 41. What is wrong with that picture?”" --

If the dialect between MCSD Board member Frank Myers and Superintendent David Lewis was only half-true, then there is a bigger problem than the public knows about, and the L-E has failed to inform the public all along. The L-E should apologize to Myers, Thomas and the citizens of Columbus before printing another edition.