COLORBEARER OF ATHENS, GEORGIA LOCALLY OWNED SINCE 1987

Stories by Tom Crawford

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    Greased by Dollars

    The best state government money can buy…

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    T-SPLOST: Headed for a Massive Pileup?

    Prospects don’t look good for the transportation tax.

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    A Government Program That Works

    Drug courts are proving to be effective as well as economical.

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    Ethics Reform A Long Time Coming

    Arguments against ethics reform are familiar.

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    Bipartisan Group Aims at McKillip

    Legislative candidate Regina Quick taps into anti-McKillip support in Atlanta.

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    What Should Our Priorities Be?

    Stadiums or schools: What’s the best use of our tax money?

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    There is an Alternative Transportation Tax

    All we have to do to meet our transportation needs is use the tax that has already been approved.

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    Top Price for Good News

    Georgia taxpayers are paying a tremendous amount to lure industry and have no control over the money.

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    Making the Same Mistakes

    The Legislators and the Governor had rather make political points than pass a constitutional law.

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    School Officials Being Honest

    A new formula lowers Georgia’s high-school graduation rate, but at least it’s realistic.

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    It Could Have Been Worse

    The legislative session is over: some good bills got through, along with the bad.

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    Is Tax Revision a Good Deal?

    The Legislature all of a sudden passed a “tax-reform” bill that few legislators had time to read.

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    Be Honest About Taxes

    The Georgia Legislature is diverting funds from their legally mandated uses.

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    Anger Takes Over the Capitol

    Georgia legislators are in a vindictive mood.

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    Lawmakers Are Making Too Many Laws

    Lawmakers really don’t have very much to do, so they make up new laws we don’t really need.

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    Whose Private Property Rights?

    A state senator has the audacity to fight for a bill opposed by Georgia Power.

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    No Way to Run a Government

    Let’s not set our state government employees to begging donations from the people they regulate.

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    How to Limit Lobbyists

    Surely the Georgia legislature will adopt these simple limitations on Lobbyists. Nah!!

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    Obama on the Georgia Ballot?

    At least our state can refuse the illegal Kenyan president-pretender a vote.

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    Newt Is Still Shaking Up the Race

    Whatever else, the former speaker stirs strong feelings.

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