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- Saturday, May 25, 2013 Gainesville, Georgia
Archive By Section - Opinion: editorials, letters to the editor
Your Views: County officials can’t spend our money wisely; why give more?
If the new SPLOST doesn't pass, the blame can be laid at the feet of the elected officials in the city and county.
Your Views: Schools should control spending before taxes go up
I have read with some interest the articles regarding the upcoming election for SPLOST. As a retiree on a fixed income and no children in school, I have had mixed feelings about the issue, as my wife and I are retired and living on a fixed income while our expenses continue to rise year after year.
Your Views: Hall County residents, vote yourself a tax cut
Tonight, I'll "toss and turn" as visions of sugarplums dance through my head! Yes, tomorrow will be one of the most favorite day of this year for me, and we're far from Christmas.
Your Views: SPLOST is a bargain, fairest way to provide school needs
I took advantage of early voting and voted yes to renewing the Education SPLOST 1-cent sales tax. It is not a new tax; it's been here since 1997. It's the fairest way to provide the money needed in our schools.
Your Views: Our nation was founded on tolerance for other beliefs
I am writing in reference to the letter by Dr. Tom Smiley wrote concerning building bridges with Muslims and other "cultic" groups. I am sure Dr. Smiley has built many bridges in the Gainesville community with other religions and perhaps has shown his love to others. I do not know him personally, but from what I know of pastors, this is what pastors do, they build bridges and love.
Your Views: Renewing Hall sales tax is vital to keep local schools up to date
In 1969, my wife, Kathy, and I came to Gainesville for me to become assistant principle of Fair Street School and for Kathy to teach English at Gainesville Junior High.
Your Views: Defeat SPLOST to stop Buford’s heavy demands
On March 15, Hall voters will have the opportunity to vote on a SPLOST for education. I am opposed to passing this proposal at this time. So far in the current SPLOST, the Buford school system has collected about $19,000 per Hall County student. Hall County has collected about $2,600. This is outrageous! If this referendum is defeated this time around, it may give our legislature time to correct its abject failure to stop Buford ...
Our Views: Too broad, too flawed
Ask most members of the Georgia General Assembly and they all will tell you that they are four-square behind efforts to improve ethics for the state's elected officials and gung-ho for reforms to make the operations of government more transparent.
Your Views: Rebuilding Fair Street school is among the key SPLOST needs
Seventy-five year old Fair Street School is one of many needs supported by continuation of the education SPLOST.
Your Views: Immigration bill not based on reason but on frustration
The new immigration bill currently in our state legislature, House Bill 87, is a bad law and represents bad public policy that stems from frustration with our federal government's unwillingness to address the ongoing immigration crisis rather than from rational thought. Laws based on anger rather than rationality should be avoided at all costs.
Your Views: Hall SPLOST vote will ensure a bright future
The upcoming E-SPLOST vote is of great importance to the children of Gainesville and Hall County and the community as a whole. The tax has been one of the most beneficial acts in recent years. Our legislators gave us a wonderful tool to greatly improve school infrastructure.
Your Views: Unions should not be dictating government policies to nation
I've offered comments before pertaining to labor unions and many of the diverse effects they can have on our economy and even the stability of our nation if they are not held in check by some common sense limits.
Your Views: Hall commissioners throw good money after bad with Cool Springs Park
Sorry folks, but here we go again out on Cool Springs Road. The residents out here have been sport for local politicians and so-called community leaders for years.
Your Views: Muslim worship in Christian churches; a wrong idea resurfaces
Several months ago, I responded to an article in our paper regarding Christians building bridges with Muslims and other cultic groups. My point remains now, as then, that more than building bridges, the important thing is to tell the truth.
Your Views: No to SPLOST; this is no time for any new tax
Why I am voting against SPLOST on March 15? 1. I prefer a sales tax to a property tax, but this is not the time for any new tax. Proposing a new SPLOST with thousands of our citizens out of work and others with substantially reduced income is being insensitive and ignoring of their plight. The current SPLOST is for specific purposes for a specific time. When it expires in 2010, it becomes history. The ...
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