Ah, Ms. Lum, you ascribe life in an alternate universe for myself and Mr. Allen. You may be correct.

In the universe where I reside, words used by you to describe those with whom you disagree, words like; intolerance, chicanery, incompetence, asinine, bigotry, hypocrisy, stupidity, racist, ignorance, etc. are in fact not civil discourse and do reflect hate.

I am sure that you recall the President’s call for civility after the Phoenix shooting, but maybe in your universe that message was only meant for Republicans. Read More»

I would like to point out a few things that Deborah Lum of Fayetteville does not know, because all appearances she is educated on the left wing blogs and the left wing news media.

Since 2008 the government is totally dedicated to becoming a socialist Marxist country and as long as that is the goal of Obama and the Democratic Party. Read More»

I am a resident of Fayette County and own a small business located near Brooks, Ga. My company, Prima Music, operates a website that sells educational books to music teachers throughout the world. I employ eight to 12 employees.

Until September of last year, I have maintained a group health plan for my employees (most recently with Humana).

Contrary to the promise of President Obama, our healthcare premiums have not gone down. In fact, they have been rising 10 percent to 25 percent annually for the past three years. Read More»

I have heard it said at board meetings and I have read it in the papers: There are two major issues facing our school system:

1. How to reduce our budget by $15 million and,

2. What to do with all of the excess capacity, especially in elementary schools. The quote I have heard is “... we cannot ask the taxpayers to subsidize these empty classrooms”.

While I do agree that these two points sum up our current situation, I cannot agree with the remark on subsidizing. Read More»