Like a lot of small town governments, the City of Winder has gotten into some bad habits. Chief among those is an insiders-club atmosphere where public business is discussed mostly in private, with only perfunctory public discussions.
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“I pledge my Head to clearer thinking,g my Heart to greater loyalty, my Hands to larger service and my Health to better living, for my club, my community, my country and my world.”
— 4-H motto
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Where’s an F-15 when you need it? That’s what U.S. troops in a small Afghanistan village were recently left to wonder as they faced enemy fire from three directions during what was supposed to be a simple reconnaissance mission.
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Aunt Helen was a piece of work. The youngest of the yours/mine/ours family of Mr. Jim Polk and Miss Fannie Arnold, she was the darling of the family.
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“Well, that'll be the day, when you say goodbye. Yes, that'll be the day, when you make me cry. You say you're gonna leave, you know it's a lie 'Cause that'll be the day when I die”
– “That’ll Be The Day” by Buddy Holly
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Government can be an intrusive, bureaucratic nightmare. But a recent idea floated by some in the development community for Barrow County to lower its building standards is not a solution to that problem.
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Granted, they face long odds, but DuBose and Carol Porter are hoping to make not only Georgia history but perhaps national history this year.
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