Online headline: "Obama delivers message to Silicon Valley * The president signed an executive order on Friday to encourage more sharing of information between companies about hacker attacks. * 'Government cannot do this alone'" -- "government cannot do this alone"? The nerve of this whatever! Of course not... in fact, even thinking "it" can is the first mistake HEBDObama made.. just like "feeling" welfare and healthcare, even public education are things that "government can do alone". Our government does not even exist if not for our people and our Constitution.

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Hey, the MCSD should take heed at the above... "It" feels "it" can educate our children alone".

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How can Dr Lewis claim state law prohibits him from debating Frank Myers on the SPLOST, but then use the SPLOST to campaign for teachers' votes?

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Online story: "Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber resigned Friday, giving in to mounting pressure to abandon his office amid suspicions that his fiancee used her relationship with him to land contracts for her green-energy consulting business." -- As Fred Sanford might say, "Elizabeth.. it's the "BIG ONE". I'm coming to see you". Whoa... this may be the first documented resignation of a Democratic politician on a morals issue... to boot, it was partly about a "green energy" issue so he could have held on that it was about "good intentions".. Will wonders never cease.. guess this is a positive for America.. that the mainstream media didn't poo-poo this story. Guess all the lies and disappointments of Obamageddon have burst the bubble that only Republicans have to be accountable.

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Online story: "The resignation of Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber instantly promoted the liberal Democrat who is next in line to succeed him: the 54-year-old secretary of state who has long been thought to have her eye on Oregon’s top elected position. * Kate Brown, who is widely considered to be to the left of the departing Democratic governor, will also become the first openly bisexual governor in the nation." -- "openly bi-sexual"? Wow... this may be the first documented case of a honest politician.. she freely admits she'll do it to/with everybody!

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Online headline/story: ":Jeb Bush exposed 13,000 social security numbers. Here's where they were hiding * Earlier this week, former Florida governor Jeb Bush released online a cache of emails sent and received by his personal email address during his time in office. His attempt at transparency turned sour after it was realized that some emails contained personally identifiable information of Floridians, including social security numbers, names, and dates of birth. * Initially suspecting it might have been a bug in the code—they had just released a new version of their software—they eventually determined that the information was contained in so-called hidden Excel columns, obscured from view." -- Aha! This musta been one of those "hacks" HEBDObama was talking about... some "Easter Egg" Microsoft i.e. Bill Gates hid under a "Bush".

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Major League Baseball is considering to shrink the "strike zone" on batters in hopes to put more offense into the game.. hmmm... what will be "new"? As most fans and managers see it, all the umps (at least the ones who can see) pretty much individually determine their own strike zones as it is, so how can a "strike zone be made uniform for batters/pitchers anyway?

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Note: 'If MLB thinks shrinking the strike zone will put fans back into the bleachers... good luck with that.. if MLB wants more fans to come out, than lower the price of tickets and concessions..

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You know.. the strike zone size is immaterial.... the batter only gets to hit one pitch, so the batter knowing what works for him is the most important aspect.. in brief.. there are pitchers' pitches, and there are batters' pitches.

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Online story: "A Florida attorney has gained attention recently for distributing controversial fliers online that drivers can show police during traffic stops and checkpoints in order to avoid arrest for driving under the influence. * "It's a method for innocent people to protect themselves from a bad DUI arrest," attorney Warren Redlich, * He has a sign that reads "I remain Silent- No Searches - I Want My Lawyer" that he shows through his window" -- Well, I think we have a new reason to blame 99% of lawyers fro ruining the reputations of the 1%..if one driver who cannot pass a DUI field test leaves such a check point uninhibited and kills another person......

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HuffPOOPOO story: "The suspected killer of three Muslim family members in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, was a known bully in his community, neighbors say. * In a press conference on Wednesday, Hicks' wife Karen said that her husband was an angry man, but not prejudiced. *"This incident had nothing to do with religion or victims’ faith, but instead had to do with the longstanding parking disputes that my husband had with the neighbors," she said. * "He often champions on his Facebook page for the rights of many individuals. Same sex marriages, abortion, race, he just believes that everyone is equal. Doesn’t matter what you look like or who you are or what you believe." -- Wow...the ultimate liberal dilemma.. a death sentence trial for one of them...

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HuffPOOPOO "headlie": "House Begins Passing Series of Deficit-Hiking Tax Cuts" -- Good grief...only in LA-LA land can a tax cut be considered "deficit hiking". The rest of us know that tax HIKES and excessive, uncontrolled spending raise the deficit/debt. Well, everybody but 7 of our MCSD board, Columbus Council plus the Superintendent of Schools and Mayor TomLYINGson.

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Online headline: "DOUBLE TROUBLE: Blistering winds, another blizzard set to wallop Boston" -- Hmmm another "white dump"....courtesy of the K-K-K..... Kennedy-Kennedy-Kerry.

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Another Hollywood celebrity (not named Lindsay Lohan) hit a pedestrian yesterday. Even though it was Friday the 13th.. it probably wasn't the cause. That makes three recent Hollywood celebrities (not named Lindsay Lohan) that have hit things lately.. Mel Gibson, Bruce Jenner, and now Gary Busey. Look for a new Steven Spielberg video game next week, "Hollywood Frogger".

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You know..since Council is so greedy that it feels it needs to strangle parkers in the downtown area by issuing $30.00 overtime parking tickets after 2 hours in most areas, why hasn't Council revised the street parking time on Front Ave? I dare say, no one has been issued a parking ticket from Front Avenue this Century...the signs are for 8 hour parking between 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM. Yeah, parkers there need not worry about even getting their tires marked.

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L-E headline: "SPECIAL PURPOSE LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX * Lewis seeks prioritizing of projects before vote * Superintendent wants board to rank capital projects" -- Good grief... prioritizing comes after LISTING the projects and researching what the cost will be...Dr Lewis has just admitted that his "wish LUST" was just a "slush fund" with no restrictions, and SPLOST revenues cannot be spent on operations or maintenance.

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L-E "headlies": "Columbus to add 1,500 jobs, possible cuts at Fort Benning the economic wild card * UGA’s Selig Center sees area home prices growing 3%" -- Good grief... this is like making a silk purse out of a pigs ear of reality! Single family homes are down 12% from 6 years ago, the 1500 jobs stated doesn't factor in losing 1000 jobs at Ft Benning...in addition "the Selig Center was “too bullish” in its outlook for the Columbus housing market in 2014. That impacted its forecast of 1,400 jobs being created locally last year, with the total coming up short by about 500 jobs".... to think taxpayers actually pay the salaries of the "experts" at the nUGA Selig Center is absurd...

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Outstanding L-E "soundoff": " There is a vaccine for just about everything except stupid." -- Now that this has been brought to the attention of the medical researchers, maybe a preventative cure for Democrats/Liberals can be discovered!

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L-E's " Thought for Today": “To find a man’s true character, play golf with him.” — P.G. Wodehouse (born1881, died this date in 1975)." -- Hmmm... "true character".. or in HEBDObama's case, lack of it...of "course, you will also find the real "mothers" of the world on the first tee on Mother's day.

Online headline: "Blizzard set to rage in Northeast yet again * Valentine's Day weekend is set to be a bitterly cold and snowy one for the already snow-weary residents of New England." -- Hey, Algore...Obamageddon..God wants you to know Who's in charge...

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NBC's Williams..CBS' Simon..NYT's Carr.. liberalism is losing leaders faster than ISIS.

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Online story: "A federal judge ordered a county official in Alabama to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples Thursday, saying they can no longer ignore her earlier ruling that struck down the state's marriage equality ban. -- Why doesn't the US Supreme Court issue a moratorium on lower federal courts hearing/ruling on same sex marriage issues. The issue is about states' rights under the US Constitution, and the issue is on the current docket to be decided this term. Lower court judges are "grandstanding" ..seeking a personal spotlight.., and to me, that's not a decent trait for an appointed judge.

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Online headline: "Obama tackles unprecedented attacks on US * The president flew to California on Friday in hopes of getting help from the private sector to prevent potentially crippling threats." -- Good grief.. ISIS is in the Middle-East, and HEBDObama flies to California to talk with cyber-geeks.. what HEBDObama wanting... inside tips for winning "Call of Duty-Advanced Warfare"?

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Online headline: "Government shutdown might be unavoidable" -- Hmmm.. from looking at what we have seen for the past 6 years.. a government shutdown would do us good... wonder if Boehner can add our MCSD board to the list of "shutdowns"?

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Will Smith on responsibility and racism: "The change that has to happen is about to be so brutal and so painful. It’s not unlike the sixties. I think there’s actually a deeper issue at play that America is going to have to face. What we’re really talking about in this issue is people walking around the street with guns that can make a decision whether or not they’re going to kill someone, right? And that’s even more difficult, because there’s really no way back from that. This is a gun culture. And it’s painful for me, because I cannot figure out how to be helpful. I’ve always been telling my sons, We have to separate fault from responsibility—whose fault it is that black men are in this situation, whose fault it is doesn’t matter. It’s our responsibility to make it go right. It’s our responsibility. It’s a lot of people’s fault, systemic racism, and it’s a lot of people’s fault that the black community is in the situation that we’re in, but it’s our responsibility to clean up the mess." -- Hmmm, you can bet Al Sharlatan will not ask Will Smith to be on his "Talk and Talk and Talk Show", get invited back to the White House, be elected to head the NAACP, or be invited to Pric Holder's going-away-party.

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Online headline/story: "United Won't Honor 'to Good to be True' Airfare Deal * if you are one of the thousands who nabbed first-class United tickets, for example, from London to Newark for a whopping $70, well, tough luck. * United Airlines issued a statement saying it wouldn't honor those thousands of bookings by individuals who were, "attempting to take advantage of an error a third-party software provider made when it applied an incorrect currency exchange rate, despite United having properly filed its fares." -- Hmmm.. 1,000s looking to fly were fortunate to get better-than-great-deals, and United just squashed their optimism. Not a good move, United.. Now.. MILLIONS&MILLIONS know United is not consumer friendly, and many will never book a flight on another United flight. Hey, United.. ever hear the adage, "If life gives you lemons, make lemonade."? United could have least offered to put all those bungled tickets in a box, and pull out a hundred or so names and give them a "free flight" to their destination of choice.

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Online headline: "Obama blasts Staples CEO for Obamacare pan" -- Hmmm, wanna bet the CEO of Staples had some choice words about Obama and OObamaCRAP as well?

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Online quote source: "“Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.” - Frank A. Clark " -- It's a lead-pipe cinch that this saying is not hanging on the walls of Georgia's Democrat Congressman Sanford Bishop. Bishop shows up everywhere he's gotten pork to hand out an oversized check in a photo-op. I think he wants people to think the money has come out of his own pocket.

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Online story: "Reversing a disgusting betrayal by the Obama Administration, the United States Army told Congress yesterday they were classifying the 2009 Fort Hood massacre an “act of terror” rather than “workplace violence.” * The change in status allows the victims and their families to receive much-needed benefits and recognition they had been denied. The Army will award purple hearts to the 32 wounded and posthumously to the 13 dead and medical care and other benefits provided to terrorist victims will be available. " -- This is what "taking care of our soldiers" is about... not swapping 5 terrorists for a deserter.

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In 2012, (_*_)ley Judd, said she thought Obama was “a powerful leader,” and a “brilliant man,” who “has an incredible devotion to our Constitution.” Now she's saying "Obviously, I love Hillary Rodham Clinton. I think she might be the most overqualified candidate we’ve had since — you know, Thomas Jefferson or George Washington." -- All I can think of is that Judd feels we operate under the constitution of Marxism...

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Online story: "Democratic Party Congressman from NY, Charlie Rangel posted a Twitter message to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday that sounded like he was challenging him to a fistfight behind the bus stop after school." -- Good grief.. how can I get the booking rights to this event? Once again I ask... how can the Jewish community still support the Democratic Party?

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Online story: Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch was a sorority sister of Sharon Malone, Attorney General Eric Holder's wife. -- Whoa.. I take back what I said earlier about Republicans just confirming her as fast as possible just to get Holder out of the DOJ. Confirming Lynch would be like reappointing Holder after he develops PMS.

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Online headline: "Obama ISIS war plan is still missing key part" -- Yeah... an actual plan; much like the MCSD 2015 Project lists we're being asked to approve.

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L-E headline/story: "Lewis links MCSD raises to voters renewing SPLOST * (Dr. David) Lewis told about 60 folks during the public forum in the Fort Middle School library Thursday night that he intends to ask the Muscogee County School Board to consider a compensation plan that includes raises. Although the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax can’t be used for operations or personnel costs, passing the March 17 referendum will allow the district to collect an estimated $192,185,000 in 1 percent sales taxes over five years for 24 proposed capital projects. That could free up general fund money for other uses, such as raises, Lewis said." -- As Robin might explode, "Holy Batcrap!" The "PROBLEM" is that the elected school boards since 1993 have allowed the school system budget to consume 85% of it's revenues going towards salaries and benefits. Unfortunately, the MCSD system does not get all the funding in can from the state bnecause the MCSD has too many schools that don't have enough enrolment to qualify for state funding so "we" (local taxpayers) have our local tax contribution eaten up supplementing unnecessary jobs for school administrative jobs that shouldn't even exist.. Currently, there are 127 empty classrooms (3,200 to 3800 - more than 10% of our current public school students student capacity) throughout our school system.. that's equivalent to keeping 4-6 empty schools open and staffed without any state funding. We don't need any new school buildings when students can be reassigned/consolidated into fewer existing schools.

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Promising "goodies" and raises to get the SPLOST passed...it's quite obvious that Dr Lewis is going to pit "them" (teachers/staff) against "us" (taxpayers), and South Columbus against North Columbus. Shame on Dr Lewis!

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L-E's "Quotable": “Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind.” - Johannes Brahms German composer (1833-1897)" -- You know.. this so points out the failures of our school system..thinking... no, "feeling" that all problems will get solved simply by throwing more.. and GOOD.. money into a bad situation. The School Board should be focused on improving the efficiency of the revenues available and on hand... using the existing facilities is being responsible.. not building new ones that aren't necessary to house the number of students in the system.

Online headline: " Who's going to replace Jon Stewart?" --m Hmmm... I have a better headline/question... "Why replace Jon Stewart?"

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HEBDObama's speech about ISIS was interesting... especially when he said, "In the fight against ISIL, we cannot rely on an Assad regime that terrorizes its people"... It sorta resembles a travesty... an act of terror his own administration has perpetrated on America.. The Republican response could change two words, and this country would rejoice, "In the fight against IRS, we cannot rely on an Obama regime that terrorizes its people".

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Good grief...HEBDObama's request to the Republican Congress to evoke "War Powers" was typical of the politics of liberalism..it has a 3-year "poison pill" that will throttle the next president , regardless of party

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Verbal Gymnastics... February 11, 2015... two words and a date not to forget....... A Fox News anchor described White House Press Agent Josh Earnest's efforts to cover Obamageddon's lies in a most creative use of words. Webster should add this...Roget's should add this, too...Josh Earnest used these two words to describe the most flexible use of facts that can be uttered by an elected politician and his minions.

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Good grief... Michelle Obama has certified that she has zero taste. There's a video story showing how she redesigned the White House "Family Dining Room". In the process.. gone are the portraits of founding fathers, gone are stately mirrors.. instead, art resembling a painter's drop cloth and a stylized Target logo have replaced them. I do see some redeeming aspect of the new art.. one, the stylized Target logo may give her a better aim at her husband, and if she connects, no one will notice if blood spatters the painter's drop cloth.

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HuffPOOPOO "headlie": "House Passes Keystone Bill, Sending It To Obama For Veto" -- Good grief... no bill is sent to the president for a veto.. bills are sent for the president's signature. Vetoing is just a president's choice.

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Online headline:"Charlie Sheen calls NBC execs 'cowards' over Brian Williams decision in scathing public letter" -- Hmmm.. I'd rather see the scathing letters NBC sent to Ch(_*_)lie Sheen's agent!

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Online headline: "ISIS Emailed Kayla Mueller’s Family Pictures Of Her Corpse" -- Good grief.. now we can understand why HEBDObama won't condemn ISIS as Islamic Terrorists... ISIS resembles him to a tee... neither HEBDObama nor ISIS has any shame at what they do.

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Random thought: Judge Andrew P. Napolitano, Senior Judicial Analyst for Fox News Channel ...look close next time you see him..I think he looks like Eddie Munster all grown up.

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On the other hand, Judge Jeanine nailed it when she asked "how can HEBDObama not see that ISIS is an Islamist terror group, but had no problem determining that the Crusaders were Christians".

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Hearing Nancy Pelosi asking for bipartisanship solutions sounds like a script on Saturday Night Live Weekend Report. Can't you see her asking for bipartisanship discussions/input on OObamaCRAP?

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Looks like Chicago Little League Jackie Robinson West sent out a Community Organizer and ACORN voter registraters to sign up players. Seems LL Baseball has stripped the 2014 US Championship title from the Chicago players for recruiting players from other districts in the area. No wonder Obamageddon & the DOJ don't want ID cards circulating out there.

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No wonder the Whittlesey Road widening project is running so far behind! I rode down it Wednesday about 2:45 PM, and there was absolutely nothing going on.. not a piece of equipment in motion (well you could see "rust" creeping), and not a person in sight. Yeah, I can understand how a GA DOT project can be delayed from it's original completion date when no one is working, but I can't understand how costs can overrun by $1,000,000.00 since no one should be getting paid for not working.

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Wait a minute.. isn't our area DOT rep moon lighting for the MCSD SPLOST? Maybe there's a correlation... and an obvious caveat.

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Remember Hillewinsky's false claim of being fired at by snipers? You know, that probably angered the terrorist sniper community so they went back to the ranges and sharpened up their skills to shoot American soldiers.

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Online story: "Democrats on the Federal Election Commission responsible for enforcing campaign finance law are being accused of taking a partisan turn, by voting to give liberal-leaning groups and campaigns a pass for alleged violations -- though the agency was tough on conservatives when they were under the microscope." -- Some things never change.. remember the late Che Spurlin, bless her heart... she was the Superintendent before our blessed Nancy Boren. In 1990, and I'm sure this wasn't an isolated incident, during qualifying time for local political primaries, she vacated her office (where all the private election records are kept) for the week and allowed her Democratic Party buddies to use it for their registration location. I take great pride I had a hand in her resignation from that post.

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Online story: "The Justice Department announced a settlement Tuesday with a Tennessee county school district that the feds say engaged in a decades-long system of segregation against African-American students." -- Good grief...now giving the DOJ and Al Sharlatan what they want gets you sued.

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I think I have figured out why liberals blame the nonexistent Global Climate Change on man instead of it being the work of God. ...they don't believe in God... well, until it affects an insurance claim for hail damage or snow collapsing their roofs.

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Online story: "One of the most liberal states in the country also is one of the most passionate about defending the right to bear arms, a fact that is coming to the fore following proposed legislation to expand background checks and add other gun regulations." -- Wait a minute.. I am not going to give any credence to this until Vermont voters oust Socialists Bernie Sanders and Patrick Leahy from the US Senate!

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L-E story: "After years of discussion and at least one angry exchange between Columbus Councilors, the city appears to be poised to move forward with the first step toward the revitalization of the blighted Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard corridor * Those two approaches have been championed in the past by Councilor Bruce Huff, who favors four lanes, and Councilor Pops Barnes, who favors three * Barnes said he wants to see the project move forward as soon as possible because “deplorable” condition of the road does not reflect well on the memory of its namesake." -- Granted, Martin Luther King Blvd is in (as Pop Barnes describes) "deplorable" condition, but so are many other arteries through the city, and the names have nothing to do with it.. just neglect of Council.. Oh, BTW.. I think we need to support Councilman Huff here.. throwing a 3-lane access into the Buena Vista Rd, Brown Ave and 10th Street intersections does not need to be crippled.

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Jonathan Gruber EXTRA-EXTRA-STUPID LIV's L-E "soundoff": "Closing Guantanamo would save taxpayers over $2 billion a year. Naturally the GOP is against it." -- Good grief.. even HEBDObama and Josh Earnest wouldn't even TRY to sell this "fact" that's been pulled out of the air...

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L-E editorial commentary: "A major-party lawmaker wants candidates of minor parties, or no party, to have easier access to a spot on Georgia ballots. And in terms of numbers, at least, the reasons make sense. * State Rep. John Pezold, R-Columbus, is principal sponsor of House Bill 58, which would update a more than 60-year-old legal standard for getting one's name before the voters." -- Pezold's attempt to change election procedures should be supported.. even taken a step forward.. why do independents need to get signatures on a ballot.. just let people run who think they have something to offer. Columbus did this following the 1990 elections, and it has fared us well at getting more choices on the ballots. Now, if we can only get the local elections on the General Election date rather than the political parties' Primary Election date.

Online story: "Jon Stewart's fans were gobsmacked by the sad news he delivered on Tuesday's edition of NBC's "The Daily Show": He's leaving his phony anchor desk and ending his reign as phony newsman, and the loss is to real news." -- Oooops, my bad.. confused this with the Brian Williams story.. hey wait a minute,,why is NBC upset at Williams when NBC hired Stewart to lie everyday... it's not that we ever thought Williams was truthful in his support of Obamageddon anyway.

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6 months suspension without pay.... that's what Brian Williams' "penalty is as announced by NBC.. With what NBC has paid Williams over the years, the only one who will miss the income will be Williams' agent. In fact, NBC may have a tough time 6 months from now to get Williams to come back into the studio after 6 months of vacation and leisure time. Besides, in six months, his old audience will have attached themselves to a new liar.

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Online headline: "Don't put your shovels down yet, New England" -- Ooops.. my bad... thought that either Obamageddon released his fundraising speech schedule or the DNC announced its 2016 Convention location...

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Kayla Jean Mueller, the American woman ISIS claims was killed in the Jordanian bomb runs...It is disturbing, terrible, in it's own right, but we will always wonder whether she was already dead and ISIS is just using Jordan's retaliation as a cover-up.

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L-E story: " It was the third of the 11 public forums on his request to renew the sales tax that funds the Muscogee County School District’s capital projects, and for the first time Superintendent David Lewis showed a map of where the proposed new Spencer High School would be built. * Lewis, however, was more cautious in the first two public forums — and opponents criticized him for the fuzzy information. Tuesday night, he explained why." -- Hmmm... now just 23 more items to clarify to the public.. and, it seems, to the actual MCSD Board members as well.

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From the same L-E story: " During the question-and-answer portion of the forum, a woman said a ditch runs through the area targeted for a new Spencer. She asked how stable the land is there and wondered aloud whether it would cause the same problems plaguing the current Spencer. * The 37-year-old school adjacent to Fort Benning has an increasing amount of structural concerns because it was built on what officials call “plastic soil,” which contracts and expands and causes cracks in the foundation, floors and walls." -- "plastic soil".. that sounds sorta "ominous", but all it is is clay soil which is the norm around Columbus! Clay reacts to the amount of moisture in the ground, and if there was a problem, it was the architect who should have built in preventative actions. Speaking of such.. the architect and builder of "this problem" should be banned from future contracts with the MCSD.

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Earlier I requested info from the MCSD Open Records department concerning the 120 empty classrooms mention in a L-E article with Dr Lewis. Just got the info back.. Fact is we have 127 empty classrooms.. 51 in Elementary schools, 55 in Middle Schools, and 21 in High schools. My question now is why doesn't the MCSD Board/System utilize the taxpayer funded facilities in a better way.. Obviously we have too many classrooms through out the system.. enough for 4-to-6 schools.. How about realigning the grades.. by making all Elementary Schools serve K-6th grades, all middle schools serve 7-9 grades, and high schools serve 10-12 grades, the MCSD could eliminate the need for building a new high school altogether and save the taxpayers $56,000,000 today. In addition, eliminating 4-to-6 schools would cut back on unnecessary administrative and support jobs, PLUS.. generate millions of additional state funds for schools that don't have the state minimum enrollments. These savings and increased revenues would continue on EVERY year in the future. Oh, there could be one exception to the high school grades.. for complete magnet schools where maintaining grades is a requirement for continued enrollment, allow qualifying students entering the 9th grade to attend those so a 4 year curriculum would be consistent.

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The taxpayers and MCSD Board should be on the same page, but that's not how the MCSD is presenting the SPLOST. The MCSD is playing...actually manipulating groups of one issue people... A great example is the autism affected families. Autism is tough on families, but the SPLOST tosses a biscuit at them. There is no list..no priority for projects in the SPLOST " wish LUST", just numbers and political promises for a heart tugging project. Should the SPLOST pass, we know the first 2 years worth of revenues, approximately $70,000,000.00, will go to a new and unnecessary Spencer, and after that, the other individual board members are going to want "their share", and the politics start hopping. Later, as revenue projection indicate that revenues will come in below expectation and then the board will start bumping the smaller projects down the list of priorities and passed onto a future SPLOST " wish LUST".

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You know... the 2009 $223 MILLION SPLOST brought in only $174 Million.. some $48/$49 Million "short". How about asking the current chair to list the projects that were listed in that SPLOST that never got off the drawing board. You know.. since one of the projects, a Fine Arts Academy, is still a dream, but $30,000,000.00 or so has been stuck into an account waiting for another $6,000,000.00 from the current SPLOST "wish LUST", the Board could actually spent those tax dollars on fixing other problems areas, but was/is afraid of offending certain supporters that it can keep dangling as long as the :"promise" of an Arts Academy is still on the table...

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One of the tidbits of wisdom I remember my grandfather giving my brothers and me was, "if you watch the pennies, the dollars will take care if themselves" . It was good advice then, and good advice now. Registers were balanced daily..major discrepancies were generally a key punch error, and usually easy to correct.. but when the discrepancies were small, it usually meant a "red flag" was necessary to watch for reoccurrences.

Additionally.. we ran two inventory counts each year.. one was required for tax purposes, but we ran another 6 months later.. it gave us three things, an updated inventory figure, a confirmation of the previous "official count", and an early warning if trouble was brewing. I'm a great believer in forensic audits...they keep everyone on their toes, and prevent years of accumulated "accounting errors" like the $30,000,000.00 situation at St Francis Hospital.

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So somehow information is getting to/from Syria's ASSwad, but our military isn't sure where it's getting exchanged. Sounds to me our military has either a double agent inside or is getting played by an "ally". Or, maybe, ASSwad crossed those lines HEBDObama drew in the sand.

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Online story: "Despite a supposed White House policy against meeting foreign leaders facing elections, Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry both met with Israeli opposition leader Isaac Herzog in Munich on Saturday. " -- Good grief... is there absolutely no shame in HEBDObama?

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You know.. if HEBDObama, Kerry and Biden are for Netanyahu's opponent... isn't that enough to sway the Israeli voters to keep Netanyahu?

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Online quote source: "“Don't let someone else's opinion of you become your reality.” - Les Brown" -- Hmm, this is something Obamageddon should take to heart about mainstream media fawning, and Republicans should gird their loins when under mainstream media assault.

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Online headline: "Close aide claims Obama misled on controversial issue * David Axelrod has revealed in a new book that the president essentially lied to the public about his position on a hot button issue for years." --"lied to the public about his position on a hot button issue"? Good grief.. Axelrod probably wrote out Obamageddon's "position" ..Axelrod probably wrote out most of the lies Obamageddon campaigned on, and I don't need to buy a book written by him to learn this.

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HuffPOOPOO story: "Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said in a statement Tuesday he would skip Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to a joint session of Congress next month. * Leahy called the speech by Netanyahu -- whom House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) invited to speak without consulting the White House -- a "tawdry and high-handed stunt" -- Hmmm.. wonder what "kind of stunt" Leahy refers Obamageddon sending a former campaign staffer to Israel to help Netanyahu's opponent in the March election.. or what "kind of stunt" it is fro Obamageddon to send Kerry and Biden to meet with Netanyahu's opponent?

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L-E story: "Columbus Council unanimously approved numerous changes to parking regulations in the downtown business district, including raising the fine for parking violations from $20 to $30, effective Feb. 25." -- Hmmm.. yeah... that will encourage Columbus shoppers and lunchtime diners to visit downtown...NOTR. Now, if the Council is so money hungry for fines, it could make a mint by ticketing CSU students and staff that park on the first and second floors of the Front Avenue garage. CSU has a gated parkiung area on the 3rd and top floors for its students/staff to use, but many.. way too many just park in the lower floor spaces that are there for shoppers and WC Bradley Company employees.

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L-E story: " A Public Safety Advisory Commission established in 2004 to improve police-community relations in Columbus has only reviewed one complaint since September 2013. * The case involved a citizen who complained to Columbus Council that he had been unlawfully stopped and detained by police officers while riding his bicycle in the Midtown area, said Geniece Granville, chairwoman of the commission. Granville said the commission forwarded the case to the police department for further investigation, but it was never resolved because the man couldn’t be reached for follow-up. * “Attempts to contact him were made by the mayor’s office, myself and the police department,” she said. “While the board had the complaint and the police investigation on the complaint, it was not heard because the citizen was not present at the meeting.” -- Good grief.. this person's complaint could probably been solved by simply giving him the website of the state's drivers' license manual.. bicycles are considered vehicles and at 16 years of age and up, drivers are under the same regulations as cars.

Now, why do we have this unnecessary Commission expense on the backs of taxpayers?

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Jonathan Gruber extra-stupid L-E "soundoff": "Nobody ever said board members are obligated to support the administrator. Board members are obligated to support the consensus of the board. It’s called democracy." -- "obligated to support the consensus"? With this thought process, we should eliminate the two-party system in politics at every level.. and the founding fathers' efforts to create a "majority rule with respect for the rights of the minority" would have been moot before the Constitution was signed.

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L-E headline: "White House asking authorization for military to fight Islamic State" -- Wow... if HEBDObama still had a Democratic Party majority in the Senate, he'd have just issued an Executive Order/Memorandum. Now he wants to be able to "blame" Republicans to his voter base.

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L-E commentary: "Commentary: Charlie Harper * Education woes not just fiscal * It’s almost universally accepted that money is the biggest problem with Georgia’s public education system. Local school systems certainly love to help with this rhetoric when it comes time to divvy up the state budget. This despite the fact that over a half billion was added to local education funding in last year’s budget, and the governor has proposed over a quarter-billion in additional funding this year. * As a percentage of Georgia’s total state expenditures (from both state and federal funds), Georgia devotes 24 percent — almost one in every four dollars spent — on K-12 education. * On the basis of spending alone, Georgia is clearly not neglecting its responsibility to educate our children. Where we appear to be missing out is ensuring accountability of results for this investment. * Questions should never be avoided when dealing with public money. They should also not be avoided if they account for one-quarter of Georgia’s total expenditures." -- Wow,, somebody must have served Charlie Harper non-decaf the morning he wrote this..but, he just left out one solution.. forensic audits... to make sure that all of the state's enormous expenditures towards public education are spent effectively...., and if each district system paid for its own forensic audit, it could get done efficiently

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L-E headline: "SPLOST * Board will open only one early poll." -- At least some sanity is still involve....

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L-E headline/story: "Parents of toddler hurt by flash grenade in Atlanta seek damages * ATLANTA — The parents of a toddler injured by a flash grenade during a drug raid in north Georgia in May have filed a federal lawsuit seeking damages." -- In the interest of justice, why doesn't the state DCFS sue the parent(s) of the toddler for having the child in an unsafe environment, and if the suit against law enforcement has merit, let any court ordered settlement be given to DCFS...

Online story: "More than 2 feet of fresh snow piled up in parts of New England on Monday, breaking records set during the Blizzard of 1978 and testing the patience of officials and commuters as forecasters warned of more winter misery later in the week." -- Dang that Global Warming! Between Carter and now Obamageddon, a prophecy has been fulfilled... liberalville has frozen over...

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Online story: "The White House will ask Congress by Wednesday for new authority to use force against Islamic State fighters, congressional aides said on Monday, paving the way for lawmakers' first vote on the scope of a campaign that is already six months old. * The United States is leading an international coalition against Islamic State" -- HEBDObama.... "leading an international coalition against Islamic State"? No wonder King Abdullah II took control of things!

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You know, HEBDObama approaches Islamaphobia as a problem created by intolerant Christians. ...hmmmm... excuse me, but what has being intolerant about a religion that tolerates decapitations and gang rapes and burning people alive have to do with just being a Christian...all of humanity should be intolerant of this..including Islamists.

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Ukraine is in an unenviable position..relying on Peace Treaty with the US to support its allies under attack, but administered by Obamageddon who's known to be a liar and a re-liar.

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It's the nature of Democratic Party politicians to sit on a fence until the wind blows them into one direction or the other, but it's rather unnerving when our president sits on the fence in choosing which side of a war he's going to support.

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Online headline: "Poll: 40% Are Less Likely to Believe NBC Reporting after Williams' Lie" -- Hmmm, guess that 40% will switch back to CBS and ABC for their lies.

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Online story: "Brian Williams took a pounding in the ratings for his final night on the air before stepping aside as NBC looks into misstatements made by its top anchor, " -- Hmmm, sorta explains why Obamageddon's have dropped.. more people are relying on Fox....

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So NBC is suspending Brian Williams for a while.. guess we now know why the NBC family yawns whenever Obamageddon and his minions get caught in their lies.

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Online headline: "Sen. Harry Reid to undergo additional surgery on right eye" -- Yes! hopefully he will finally become able to see things from the right, versus left, perspective!

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Cruz, Jindal, Rubio, Bush, Christie, Walker, Carson, Fiorina ...speculative or projected Republican presidential nominees....Clinton, Biden, Kerry, Bernie Sanders..rehashed Democrats with possibilities...you know, it looks like the Republicans are the party of "KNOW", and the party of diversity...no matter how hard mainstream media tries to say otherwise.

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Online headline/story: "BLACK STUDENT ALLEGEDLY SHOOTS WHITE CLASSMATE, TAKES SELFIE WITH BODY * The selfie “depicted the victim sitting in the chair with a gunshot wound to the face,” according to a police affidavit. “It also depicts a black male taking the selfie with his face facing the camera and the victim behind the actor. * The victim was found shot to death inside his mother’s Rankin Avenue home" -- Hey, Al Sharlatan.. convince us that this black's life matters!

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Online quote source: " “I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.” - Lao Tzu" -- "gentleness...frugality..humility"? Obviously, Lao Tzu is not a member of the DNC...

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L-E story: "Though some still complained the design didn’t fit the setting, the city board that regulates historic properties OK’d Columbus State University’s plans for a new building at the corner of 12th Street and Broadway." -- Hmmmm...This certainly wouldn't have gotten approval of my Homeowners' Association... and I would have agreed with them! On the other hand.. that corner looks pretty good when you picture it without street/traffic lights or sign...

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L-E headline: "FBI STATISTICS * REPORT: COLUMBUS CRIME RATE CONTINUED TO RISE LAST YEAR" -- Hmmm... how come the L-E runs the FBI stats post election, but ran the Mayor TomLYINGson stats before the election?

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L-E story: "A former Muscogee County School Board member (Beth Harris) has accused two new representatives of violating the board’s code of ethics by speaking against the sales tax referendum the board authorized last month." -- Good grief... we obviously have 6 or 7 more Board members who need to be eliminated if Ms Harris' concept of rubber stamping any Superintendent's vision is the modus operandus of an elected board. Ms Harris should look at the voters' thought on her thoughts as well.

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From L-E story above: "Superintendent David Lewis is recommending David Goldberg, the assistant superintendent for administrative and support services in the Carroll County School System since 2013, to become MCSD’s interim chief operations and facilities officer. The vacancy was created when Myles Caggins retired in November after leading the division for 15 years. * District 4 representative Naomi Buckner asked Lewis why the recommendation is for an interim hire. * “In speaking with Mr. Goldberg,” Lewis said, “we both are in agreement that we want to have an objective, new person to come in and take a look at the division across the board." -- "objective, new person"? Since when is a temp, who knows who determines his pay package, and signs his paycheck, consider "objective"? Remember the "study group" Mayor TomLYINGson "hired" to confirm her opinion on high speed rails?

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Jonathan Gruber stupid L-E "Soundoff" editor's choice: " Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." -- Hey... this plagiarism.. Ralph Waldo Emerson is cited for this so give him credit.

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Jonathan Gruber stupid LIV's L-E "soundoff": "I don’t know if O.J. Simpson or Carlton Gary are innocent or guilty of their alleged crimes, but I respect our judicial system which says innocent until proven guilty." -- Hmmm.. well in OJ's case... being "not guilty" in a court of criminal law is not the same as being innocent of the crime.. BUT in Carlton G(_*_)ry's case,, he IS guilty and was convicted of such, and he should already be off the public dole.

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From the L-E's "Today in history" feature: "In 1989, Ron Brown was elected the first black chairman of the Democratic National Committee.: -- Remember Ron Brown... remember his very peculiar airplane crash death.. remember how quickly mainstream media dropped reporting on it?

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L-E headline: "OBAMA, MERKEL RALLY BEHIND DIPLOMACY IN UKRAINE CONFLICT" -- "rally behind diplomacy"? You gotta be kidding.. what happened.. did Merkel tell HEBDObama "to go first" , and HEBDObama reply, "No, Ladies first"? There is no diplomacy.. no civility.. in war with terrorists!

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L-E headline/story: "Justice Thomas objects to court’s signal on gay marriage * He criticized his fellow justices for looking “the other way as yet another federal district judge casts aside state laws,” rather than following the customary course of leaving those laws in place until the court answers an important constitutional question." -- Justice Thomas is absolutely right.. all lower level court decisions on this issue should have been "back burnered" once it was accepted on the schedule of the US Supreme Court.

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Soapbox Moment: Former school board member, Owen Ditchfield should be embarrassed.. I know I am for ever speaking in his defense. You know.. it's not really of a question about the necessity of a forensic audit of the school system expenditures, it's really a question of why returning and past members did not require such audits in the past.. When you're lackadaisical about accounting for the pennies, the dollars disappear fast. When there's no check on accountability scheduled, accountability becomes a secondary thought.

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I guess we'll see.. but when a "sequel" book to a major book was set aside 50+/- years ago, there was a reason... the same reason probably rules today. Guess we'll find out soon enough.. maybe to soon.. maybe not. Anyway, it's not on my list of "gotta haves".

Online story: "Spending for the Department of Homeland Security hangs in the balance as Congress fights over immigration matters in the agency's annual funding bill. Without action by Feb. 27, the department's budget will shut off." -- Wait a minute.. Democrats and HEBDObama would shut down Homeland Security in order to gain more amnesty for illegal aliens? If Homeland Security was doing its job, we wouldn't have an illegal alien problem . Why is Homeland Security's budget an issue?

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Having its 30,000 employees "furloughed" will not be a great move for Homeland Security. Its questionable effectiveness versus necessary existence will be exposed.

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Online story: "The Winston-Salem branch of the North Carolina NAACP, one of North Carolina’s most vocal critics of voter ID laws, is finding itself in hot water, after a rash of complaints about alleged voting irregularities and illegal campaign activity within its own organization. " -- Now here's a job for Al Sharlatan... "Voting Integrity Matters".

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Online headline: "New York Times Writer Decides Ted Cruz Doesn’t Really Have Ethnic Background: ‘Hispanic As Tom Cruise’ -- Hmmm.. maybe Anne Louise B(_*_)rdach just meant Senator Cruz is just "not Latino enough"...

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Online headline: "Wisconsin Sheriff David Clarke – DOJ Trying To Emasculate All American Police Officers Through Federalization" -- Hmmm, maybe Pric Holder meant Sheriff Clarks is just "not black enough"...

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Online headline/story: "Democratic Rep. Introduces Bill To Study How To Tax Americans More * Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore. introduced H.R. 679 Tuesday, which would “establish a Road Usage Charge Pilot, legislation which, if passed, would study the effectiveness of mileage-based fee systems for vehicles. In other words, Congress would examine the possibility of imposing a tax for every mile one drives on the road." -- Hmmm.. a "Toll Tax"... of course since it would be in effect as you went to vote, it would also be a "Poll Tax"... whew! Even the Supreme Court might over turn this unanimously.

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Online quote source: " “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” - T. S. Eliot " -- Hmmm.. guess this is the quote hanging on the wall in the office of Representative E(_*_)rl Blumenauer, D-Ore. .... and in the administrative offices of the IRS and OObamaCRAP.

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Online story: "Vice President Joe Biden, in Germany this weekend to help reach a diplomatic solution to Russian aggression in Ukraine, said Ukrainians “have a right to defend themselves" -- Hmmm... but private, law abiding American homeowners don't... another reason I cannot believe anyone would vote for a Democrat.

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Did you know that the MCSD has 120 empty classrooms? At 25 students per classroom, that's 3,000 empty desks.. The MCSD should be closing at least 4, maybe 5 or 6 schools completely! Think of the savings in administrative and support jobs, think of the savings in food prep and food waste, think of the improvement of efficiency, think of the reductions in utility costs and bus fuel. I guess I'm expecting too much if I expect them to think about what's good for Columbus' taxpayers and children.

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Open Record request to the MCSD:

Dr Lewis stated there are 120 empty classrooms within the district. I would like to know how many are empty are by school classification - elementary school , middle school, and high school.

Thanks,

Hal Kirven

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Online story: "Speaking to the Aspen Institute on February 6, Michael Bloomberg said cities should ban young minority males from owning guns, both as an effort to reduce crime and to keep those minority males “alive.” -- Good grief... typical liberal solution.. that doesn't actually address the problem's solution... owning legal guns is not a problem... acquiring guns illegally, and/or using a gun, whether illegally acquired or legally owned, is a crime. The solution is swift effective sentencing limited to death of life without parole for those acquiring guns illegally, or using guns in crimes.

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John Kerry just spoke in Germany yet refused to call ISIS "Islamic Terrorists". You know, the First Amendment allows us to say what we believe , but when an American will not say something that's true because the president forbids the truth, then we have a despot in the White House.

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L-E headline: "MUSCOGEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT * Board to consider interim nominee, re-organization * Three members recommended for ’15 audit team" -- Now.. the right thing to do would be to pull the SPLOST vote off the table until this audit committee can complete the preliminary inquiry Of equal importance is that the rest of the Committee names be released/made known..

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Jonathan Gruber stupid LIV's L-E "soundoff": " I wouldn’t buy a house without knowing its location, but there’s no reason why I wouldn’t start saving up to buy a house while I was looking for a location." -- Hmmm.. you know.. this works great in the private sector.. and would work for the MCSD in its primary budget (it's a common practice in the private sector to fund expected ndepreciation), but.. BUT it's not OK for a SPLOST project.. GA law requires SPLOST money to be spent funding the building of parks, schools, roads, and other public facilities. It does not allow for "gimmee the money, and we'll figure out where we'll spend it later" campaigns.

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"Get's it" L-E "soundoff": " Superintendent Lewis brought huckster Jamie Vollmer to town last fall to begin the Great Conversation on public education. Now Lewis won’t debate. Go figure." -- Hmmm... it's not so funny when Dr. Lweis' own dog bites him on his own hindquarters....

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Questionable input L-E "soundoff": " Columbus can be proud the Ledger-Enquirer is moving onward and outward into new practices and methods for publishing. Many communities are stunned because they no longer have a newspaper." -- Hmmm... sound like this is a threat from the L-E publisher's office...Oh.. BTW.. today's L-E was a whopping 18 pages.. not enough to wrap a crappie or line a bird cage...

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Good grief... will political correctness never cease? A pre-Valentine Race 5K race for couples of all ilks at the pre-dawn hour of 6:00 AM on Friday the 13th.. If someone truly loved me, I would not be asked to get up and race at 4:30 AM....

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L-E headline/story: " 5 questions with Zac Young * Musician turns his creativity to fiction * Instead of a poem turning into a song, a poem turned into a book. * “God’s in the Water” -- Why is it that liberal journalists can't address the subject of God without feeling "fiction"?

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Wow... not a good in the sports' world..Monday..Dean Smith and Billy Casper passed away this past weekend at the age of 83. Both were admirable ambassadors for their games and humanity.

You know... the taxpayers have funded 3 previous MCSD SPLOSTs because each was to "fix" everything... but now the MCSD wants another one to fix what the other 3 haven't. Like every other "liberal concept".. it will fail, too, to "fix" things..because like every other "liberal excuse", the right people haven't been in charge, but it was full of "good intent".

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Did you know that the MCSD has 120 empty classrooms? At 25 students per classroom, that's 3,000 empty desks.. The MCSD should be closing at least 4, maybe 5 or 6 schools completely! Think of the savings in administrative and support jobs, think of the savings in food prep and food waste, think of the improvement of efficiency, think of the reductions in utility costs and bus fuel. I guess I'm expecting too much if I expect them to think about what's good for Columbus' taxpayers and children.

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SPLOST math... you know.. $192,000,000.00 divided by 200,000 people puts a per person total of $960.00 in taxes over the life of the SPLOST. If you have a spouse and 3 kids, your share will be $4,800.00 bucks. Now, do you buy more or less than the average person/family?

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The basic question all Columbus voters should ask themselves is "Do I feel confidence in the school board/system?", and vote accordingly. Voting your true feeling is the best thing you can do for the kids.

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Wonder if the group focusing on the autistic children have added 2 & 2 (regular math) together yet? Finally, the school system has partially qualified its intent of putting all those classroom projects in 1 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high school location. Seeing as the more desirable schools don't have empty classrooms, the 400 or so affected families will have to deal with less desirable locations.

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Hmmm.. seeing as the location of the new National Infantry Museum is in the proximity of the current Spencer High School... why wasn't "plastic soil" an issue?

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Oh... since Spencer High was built on such "plastic soil", shouldn't the MCSD tell us LOUDLY who was the architect/builder and issue a moratorium on those people/companies from working on any new MCSD projects?

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Oh..again... will some one who works in the Spencer High office go out into the lobby and tell us who was the architect listed on the "look at me" plaque on the wall?

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Don't tell me a man is insane, and can be found not guilty when he takes another's life using a weapon.. If he was that "insane", he wouldn't have known the weapon could kill someone.

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With another birthday on the horizon, I'm reaching the age I remember seeing "old people" driving big Cadillacs. I started looking but have found that Cadillac no longer makes "parade float' sized vehicles. Bummer..guess I'll have to find a 50s/60s model and refurbish it.

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Online headline: "New Englanders brace for another major snow storm" -- Oooops, my bad.. thought Obamageddon was making another fund-raising tour.

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You know.. it would be a lot easier to accept Obamageddon's claims that illegal aliens add value to our economy if there was proof that they had added to the economy of Mexico et al before they became criminals in this country. Oh, BTW, never have figured out how someone earning money in our country benefits our country when he/she sends it back to his/her native country....

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Comment about the above item: What's the difference between an illegal person sending his/her money to another country, and an American Corporation which keeps it's sales/revenues/profits in another country? It's not a trick question... the difference is that Democrats favor the former and denounce the latter.

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L-E headline: "GEORGIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY * TRANSPORTATION BILL DRAWS FIRE * Columbus officials say bill will take $8M a year from government, school district" -- Wow! Now here's something I can agree with and support our Mayor/Council/MCSD on without reservations. Sadly, I guess it means that those three entities have been fully aware of the burdens they have (or trying hard at the present) laid on the backs of the taxpayers...On the other hand.. Hey Mayor.. Council.. MCSD.. how does it feel when government unwantedly reaches into your pockets and takes your money out?

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Jonathan Gruber LIV's L-E "soundoff": " For once, Myers says something that makes sense. Yes, student achievement should be our priority. But that doesn’t mean you ignore badly needed capital projects. That’s like making math your priority and therefore ignoring English." -- You know.. SPLOSTs are all about "capital projects". In fact, GA laws restrict SPLOST revenues to be only spent on "capital projects". Unfortunately, the 3 previous SPLOST "capital projects" were not maintained properly, so the MCSD wants SPLOST #4 to repair them. Fortunately, "maintenance" is not considered a "capital project" in public or private businesses. Vote "No Confidence".

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L-E story: " ATLANTA— Tax regulators in Georgia are scrutinizing every filing they receive for signs of fraud." -- Well, it certainly is an improvement over the past that the IRS is concerned about this BEFORE sending out fraudulent refunds....

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L-E story: Council Agenda - "City Attorney's Agenda" Second readings — An ordinance regulating vehicular traffic in Columbus by enacting time limit restrictions for parking and ranking, handicap parking and loading zones on the streets within the Uptown Business District * An ordinance amending Columbus Code Section 20-16.11 so as to increase fines for parking violations effective Feb. 25, 2015; repealing conflicting ordinances; and for other purposes." -- Hmmm.. you know.. it certainly is telling when Council will boost parking fines to pay for other things, yet won't raise fees for using the Natatorium so users will pay for what they use.

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Have you seen the excess tree stump on the right-of-way on 32nd Street on the south side of Jordan High? Didn't the City expressly buy a new stump-grinder so it didn't have to hire a tree removal company to remove such?