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!R EDITOR:
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• I S iliformcd h. ilald J cb.liafi. (allaca, 3iidd]c uud
| 1[1 School dri', er, about smoke coming frolii lhe rear of
1 ljpus. Mr. lxckhart decided to lake the prudent llleasure
,,,J evacuated the studeltts from his bus.
tie found the som'ce of tile prob]enl, iJ h:alel' IIIO[OF and
Icare of it.
ill dogs alkleanwhile, t<.o\\;ai.kl PatterSOll'S ntolitel, Gtenda
[edge had allowed the students to come into her home to
0ut of the cold. On such a cold day, I know the ,qudents
kL A R have realt}, appreciated her kindne,s,
HIS WI
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[ Reader
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Again, I wanted to let you know just two of the positive
acts that occurred, quiet and appropriate action of a bus driv-
er and a great sense of community by Kowalski Patterson
and his family.
MARK V. LINDSTROM
LaGrange
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,ND BEC i am omraged!
HDELY it )n Thursday we xoted on
SUpplemental budget
is the eighth tinac I've
it, plus I have voted for
yearly budgets. If you
read my we,klv
irons you recognize that "t
not been happ uith the
ess, but why tile outrage
)time? "
the best I can deterinile
tat it was a confluence of
nts that started b3 going
mgh the 74 page Sll)pie
Ital budget line by line
lnesday night in prepare-
for the vote. In doing so
\\;iced that once again West
,rgia Technical College
n't in the list of technical
eges getting much need
;, P.O. money for capital
l'a, GA 3, rovement.
BOOK_. By coincidence I ran into
NATION fficial of the Departmenl
Adult & Technical
lcation that oversees our
rifical colleges, tte
report-
IL,(,lg° me that once again,
)ugh an objective evalua-
• t, SOme of t he capital needs
Iifls,thlest Georgia Technical
ndeh;2sge were at the top of the
ly lost tlonetheles s projects
r youngare not lfighly rated fu"
mson. Id Yet are in district, cf
hindall°lerful legislators are ,>4el
like Ant_
ling fttllded slid \\;\ct ( ;corgis
Technical ( ollegc is not.
This >as followed by a
unche{m righ! before the
budget vote wilh people from
tile Tr(mt) t larris-( oweta
Regional l.ibrar,/.
They reported that an
expansion of the Cm eta facil
ily was de>pore\\;el 3 needed
as determined by an objec-
tive evaluation done lhrough
a department of the
University of Georgia.
ito\\;ever, lli ltle budget
process this uas replaced b3
t\\;o projecls way dowli the
list which happe|l it) be ill dis-
trrcts of powerfu! legislators.
At hmch I was talking, a>
t have done through these
columns, about the unfair-
hess of the process.
One board member asked
a good question, "what can
we do?" I said there are four
things that can be done. ()ne,
t can roll over and vote for
the budget. As a matter of
fact I did it one time when
there was seven million dol-
lars in it for the Coweta
Continuing Education Center.
However, when I do that I
really violate my principles
and validate a terrible
process. Secondly, the voters
('n decide enough is enough
,nd ote rot a Republican
Rep.
Jeffrey
Brown
l,egislature and/or
Republican Governor. Yes,
tile Republicans may do some
of this, but the present
Rei)ublican Legislators are
dedicated to a very different
budgeting process. Certainly
if Republicans are in control
for decades, as Ires been going
on with the Democrats for
over 150 years, abuses may
develop with us and if so we
will need to be replaced.
The third thing that can
happen is that enough citi-
zens of Georgia get excited
about this, and demand that
the present legislators and
the Governor who control the
budget change the process. I
fully recognize that this is a
process used by many states
and Congress. Just because
something is prevalent does
not make it right. We have
ways to objectively deter-
mine needs for my above
examples and hundreds of
other similar decisions
instead of the present system
of powers vs• fairness. Isn't
it time to change to that?
Remember the people in my
district pay the same taxes
that people in other districts
pay yet are not getting the
same consideration. Also, I
was elected by the same mar-
gin, if not a larger margin,
than the power wielding leg-
islators. Why should their dis-
tricts get disproportionate
monies?
And finally, you could
vote me out of office and get
someone who over time will
play the same game as he/she
gains power• I hope you will
not do this.
Three other points about
the present budget process.
The Governor and legislature
look at less than 10% of the
budget. In turn the legisla-
ture only changes 7% of the
Governor's budget so truly it
is his budget• Finally we now
have bonded indebtedness of
$6,073,000,000. Yes, that's bil-
lion! This does not include
over one billion dollars of
bonds we just approved!
• Call me at (404) 0177 or
e-mail me at
jbrown@legis.state.ga.us.
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- Andrew Holler, son of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Holler of LaGrange, Was the winner of the local 2001-
Essay Contest sponsored by Optimist International. He is a 12th grade student attending Troup
ve High School. Andrew read his winning essay entitled, "My Place in a Changing World" during the
4th meeting of the LaGrange Optimist Club, held at Taste of Lemon. Other guests attending this meeting
f parents, Mr. and Mrs. James C. Holler, and his teacher, Mrs. Cathy Holler. Andrew was awarded a medal-
a rained certificate. His essay will be forwarded for judging on the district level. Rodney Harmon is president
Dptimist Club, and Mrs. Ida Jones is chairperson for the essay contest.
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