I am writing to respond to the article “Helping Our Hidden Hungry in Fayette” published Wednesday, June 29, 2016. I am thankful three area Catholic churches deliver summer lunches to […]
The British people have voted to leave the European Union. They have spoken and the issue is probably over. The leadership in the UK was opposed to BREXIT so the
This is a follow-up to my previous letter about free and reduced lunches (FRLs) in the city of Fayetteville schools. I would have responded earlier, but I just got back
We have witnessed corruption and hypocrisy in action in the FBI Director’s decision not to recommend criminal charges against Hillary Clinton for mishandling classified information. The current administration is starting
I was understandably disappointed to learn that Mr. Dennis Chase and his colleagues and students had been forced to abandon a long-standing project to study and protect the box turtles
Gird your loins and prepare for battle: The war has been ongoing for decades throughout Fayette County. Investors and developers from far and wide swoop down and buy up swaths
In a predictable reaction to a tragedy in Orlando, the President last month took the opportunity not to comfort the families of the victims nor to address the issue of
I think Mr. Felts has now emphatically confessed to all of the charges made against the Dump Trumpers mired in their own virtuosity while the nation slides further into the
Knowledge is power, and no one knows that better than the elected officials who think they run the government and the bureaucrats who actually do so. Case in point: a
Since Munich 1972 Islamic terrorists have murdered thousands of innocent civilians of all ages, races and religions in the USA, Europe and countries as diverse as Argentina, Indonesia, Australia, India,
In response to Mr. Camp’s rebuttal to my prosecutorial letter regarding Donald Trump, let me start by thanking Mr. Camp for recognizing my attempts at humor and for keeping the
Dr. Moffatt, I read your column today in The Citizen newspaper, “How to spot a liberal.” Touché and couldn’t agree more. My own experiences have your “dead giveaways” written all
Three area Catholic churches have the common goal of delivering summer lunches to children when school is out. A small number of Holy Trinity Catholic Church parishioners make sandwich bags
Sometimes you see something so often you don’t even really notice it, until it’s gone. Such is the case with the Fayetteville donkey. When my children were young, they always
There has been a lot of discussion about the performance of our Fayette County Public Schools in this newspaper and elsewhere. There has been suggestion that our schools are either
Fayette County’s natural environment just took another hit from organizations you might hope would be protectors of nature. I was into my 9th year of research into the Eastern Box
Below is a letter I drafted last year reaching out to the director of Peachtree City pools. The letter references my surprise of the “no flotation” rule at the city
I am writing to respond to your paper’s coverage of the school system. I am puzzled that your staff writers John Thompson and Ben Nelms approach this subject with such
In the Wednesday, June 8, 2016 version of The Citizen (vol. 24, no. 1,144), the citizens of Fayette County were drawn in by the bold face accusations of Fayetteville City
Alan Felts’ letter in The Citizen, June 8, was rather artful, and somewhat entertaining. However, it reflected the same righteous indignation currently coming from self-appointed king makers like Glenn Beck,
As the disproportionate property tax increases have been in the news lately, I wanted to pass along some information that I learned the hard way several years ago. If a
I have never hesitated to call public officials to task when I thought something was wrong. Therefore, I owe them the reciprocity and courtesy of pointing out things that are
[EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a letter from Fayetteville Councilwoman Kathaleen Brewer.] Attached is the letter about the investigation I have been doing as to why the schools within the
[EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a letter sent from the Fayette County School System on behalf of Superintendent Joseph Barrow.] There are a total of nine Title I schools in
After a foolish lending frenzy and a recession-enabled pause on real estate development for five years, the gates have now reopened. The housing market in Fayette County has tightened and
The Citizen (Wednesday, May 25, 2016) featured opinion pieces and letters on LGBT rights, including the question of restroom facilities for transgender students. Most quoted Bible verses. Personally, the older
To say that I was overwhelmed by Mr. Garlock’s column for Memorial Day would be an understatement. I have followed his columns for several years and I am continuously impressed
I’ve always enjoyed the Frederick J. Brown Amphitheater and while I live near Verizon Amphitheater, I’m jealous of Peachtree City because of the intimacy and sheer excellence of your venue.
In response to the recent “Trump and the raccoon exterminator” letter, an alternate opinion. Upon coming home to find the disaster being wreaked by the colony of illegal alien raccoons
I hesitated responding to the many letters and articles in last week’s Citizen related to genders and bathrooms/locker rooms, but in the end this is such a target-rich environment I
A 7-year-old Fannin County girl wants to use the boy’s restroom. The school wants to let her. The people of Fannin County are outraged, wondering how or why this is
Where is the public outcry by every citizen of the United States for the inane, amoral things that are being foisted onto us by the federal government for the benefit
Our federal government is suing one of our 50 states because of a law that only girls can go in a girls bathroom. Think about that. The government of the
Your scenario of Lynn Westmoreland becoming Georgia’s next U.S. senator is disturbing. What has Lynn Westmoreland done for the 3rd Congressional District in his 12 years? We only hear of
