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Tax Reform: It's a Matter of Trust
Guest Editorial
By Jim Higdon, Executive Director Georgia Municipal Association
      In all the talk about the tax plan being pushed by Speaker of the House Glenn Richardson, there is one underlying theme: Local elected officials aren't important and can't be trusted to manage. Their opposition to this plan, proponents say, is expected. After all, they are local government officia...
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RFD
By Bonnie K. Taylor General Manager The True Citizen
      I had the pleasure of attending the 14th annual Women in Business conference last Thursday night at the Burke County Office Park. It was a lovely evening ... dinner, fashion show and speaker. Two of my co-workers, Lisa Chance and Anne Marie Kyzer were models for the fashion show.
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Marshall Young
'EXCUSE ME, BUT I'M IN A HURRY?'
      Forgive me if I make this brief, but I am in a hurry. I have several places to go, many things to do and lots of people to see. I'm busy, so I must be important. I'm in a hurry, so I must have value. I'm kicking up dust, so I must be working hard.
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Bill Shipp
WANTED: WATER TO MAKE GOLD
      My buddies in South Georgia had better watch out. Every time they read another headline about the Mother of All Droughts around Atlanta, they should check their well levels. Legalized water rustling may soon be in vogue. The big-city mules are looking south again to slake their region's thirst.
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Dixie Divas
HOME IS MADE IN THE KITCHEN
      Claudette, having a new inlaw/ outlaw travail to report, called the other day. Before she began her latest in the ongoing outlaw saga, she asked, as many of my friends often do when I answer the phone, "Whatta ya doin'?" I replied, as I often do, in complete detail of whatever I'm doing when ...
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The Over-extended Family
It hasn't always been like this - has it?
By Randy Hicks President of Georgia Family Council
      Rewind the clock to 1950. Most middle class families were maintained on a single income. Back then, men could substantially provide for their families, and oftentimes did so without a college degree. Divorce rates were lower. Out-ofwedlock pregnancy was infrequent. Fathers did not spend three hou...
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Letters to the Editor
      Plea to commissioners Editor: The Burke County Commissioners have an opportunity to join the Old Fella Burke County Animal Rescue in helping the homeless animals of Burke County. As a minister of God's word for thirty years, I have come to realize that it is God's commandments that matter most...
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