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Yes, you can say the reason he left office is not OK. But other voters may feel otherwise. And he may have asked other voters whether or not he should have thrown his hat into the ring for the commission. Your vote is just that—one vote. And if others' votes put him on the commission, then that means the people want him there. You and others say he left office for selfish reasons, and that he's running for a higher office and more pay. I'm just saying that's not necessarily true. And special elections don't necessarily cost more money. If the affected voting districts are holding a

I posited that the vehicle age ordinance was passed due to safety concerns, but after you brought this up, think too that a city's image is a valid concern. If one of a business owner's first experience with a city/county is its taxi service, and that experience is bad due to an aging vehicle, then it doesn't paint a good picture for the community. Another possible reason for this ordinance is that newer vehicles tend to pollute less. Shouldn't a government be concerned about the cleanliness of its air? There's a reason why you have to do emissions tests around here. Without knowing th

I think they meant that if you're trying to get somewhere in a hurry or in a reasonable amount of time, you don't really get much of a choice in the matter—it's first available. You don't get a pick of car 1, 2, or 3 just sitting around waiting for a customer.

But shouldn't the voters who agree with Mr. Manous' decisions have the right to vote on him for another office? What if his entire supporter base pushed him to seek a higher office, one that could give him greater power to create change in the county? To say that a candidate must serve his entire term is to restrict his freedom to be a part of the political process. There's no law (at least here) saying you can't seek another office when you're already in office. To say that a candidate has a contract to serve out their entire term is absurd. What if a candidate felt the need to resig

Those of you arguing against those who stepped down from their current offices to run this year seem like you're just trying to find something wrong with the candidates because they're not your picks. Would you criticize the Walmart cashier when they vie to become an assistant manager at their store? They applied for and were hired to be a cashier, so why would they turn their back on the customers that rely on them for good service at the register? How dare they have the nerve to strive for more authority and power! Yes, most of these offices aren't jobs—they get paid for their servic

As I believe I mentioned in the other thread, the 10-year requirement is also a safety issue. A newer car is bound to have more safety features and/or be better designed to withstand an impact from another vehicle. And while you can replace belts and hoses, there are going to be things on a vehicle that aren't as easily replaced and can still fail. I'd say the government has a responsibility to make sure a taxi service has vehicles that aren't likely to fail. As far as government regulations go, would you want the health department to look the other way if a restaurant isn't heating meat t

I fail to see how that legislation would have helped one or more of the commissioners. Try again.

You have proof of this?

While it sounds great in theory, in practice it likely wouldn't work. Are you going to find a location to host, say, one-hour sit-downs with each and every candidate? And do you think voters would make time to attend the sessions of every candidate on their ballots? And a town hall meeting doesn't put candidates on the spot like a debate does. Any candidate could prepare a speech when they're coming up with all the talking points; it's a bit harder when you have to weave in the topics addressed by a moderator or other candidates. Lastly, town hall meetings would likely lead to each can

I'm pretty sure in most cases, you have to resign your elected or appointed office to seek another office. At least that's what I've seen in state races.

Is this still on for tomorrow?

Any word on if the Veterans Park dedication is still on for tomorrow?

Don't know why these topics keep getting replies. When the OP gets an unfavorable response, they start slinging insults or jump to a different topic altogether. Not sure if this person is a true believer in what they write, if they're doing it to get a rise out of people, or if he's making money for drumming up web hits.

I'll repeat what I said in the last thread and supplement it. $50 extra a year is $4.17 a month, or about 14 cents a day. If you're business can't handle that small of an increase, then you're doing it wrong. And that extra cost could be passed to the customer without them noticing. Even three customers a day paying a nickel more would cover the extra cost. Granted, everyone would want to see $50 more in their pocket, and I understand that, but showing that one other county has a cheaper fee isn't strong evidence that Paulding's fee is too high. For all we know, bordering Bartow County cou

If you can't talk about the topic started by the OP, then stay out of it. Stop trying to threadjack. And you use the term dummies often when talking about the citizens of Georgia. If you live here too (and I'm assuming you do since you can't stay away from Pcom), then it would behoove you to stop insulting your fellow residents. And if you hate Deal that much that you want to spend every waking hour posting topic after topic about it, put your energy into something more constructive. Campaign for one of his opponents or something. You've posted this video how many dozen times now?

From the article: The risk of becoming a crime victim is four times greater than the national average in areas outside most of the nation's big city airports, a new study by a crime-forecasting company reveals. The exclusive study, done for USA TODAY by CAP Index, of Exton, Pa., shows that the likelihood of a crime exceeds the national average outside 28 of 29 airports in the most populous metropolitan regions of the country and all 26 central train stations studied. A big city Dallas is not.

That was one of the meetings he was referring to, yes.

It doesn't look like it was posted in that obscure of a place if the Patch learned about it. So it very well could have been posted online where they saw it. And I wasn't claiming that their post was a legal notification. While it would be great if every called meeting were posted online, the sunshine laws I'm reading don't specifically say they have to be: The regular time and place of agency or committee meetings shall be posted at least one week in advance and in a conspicuous place at the regular meeting place, and also on the agency’s web site, if any. § 50-14-1(d). (Source: ht

Show me the law that says every meeting must be posted on the website. And I did read the links I provided.

Secret meetings, huh? July 31, 2012: http://dallas-hiram.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/public-hearing-on-county-budget-tonight Aug. 3, 2012: http://dallas-hiram.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/millage-increase-put-on-proposed-county-budget Aug. 16, 2012: http://dallas-hiram.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/budget-meeting-s-abrupt-end-focus-of-discussion-tuesday

New charts, same old pablum.

That's great and all, but she didn't articulate a good campaign at the forum. Did she address the question about property taxes at all? And her campaign website starts her platform off with issues that have nothing to do with Paulding County—as a commissioner, she can't do anything about state and federal campaign laws. And I don't know why she (and you as well, Whitey) would want to abolish the AA and IBA. Having those as separate entities puts in a level of checks and balances in the government. Instead of having a multitude of decisions being made by only five individuals, those ent

Getting back on topic of the political forum, I've got to say that Patti Smith seems to definitely be a one-topic candidate. Yes, the airport is an important topic to a lot of people, but if you're going to potentially serve in office for four years, you have to think about more than one topic. I mean, she could either shut down the airport off the bat and do nothing the rest of your term, or spend all four years fighting the airport to no avail. Can she think of other topics and aim to serve her constituents well in those matters? Sure. But she didn't show such potential here. If you p

Vernon Collett at about the 1:04 mark on SPLOST: “I’m not sure what it is…” You're running for office and you headed the local GOP (still do, maybe?), and you're not sure what the SPLOST is? Even if he was saying he didn't know how he would readjust the SPLOST distribution, he could have at least touched on what areas he'd want to see funded by SPLOST. The question even mentioned transportation, parks and rec, public safety and economic development. And he can't even tell us which of those would be his priorities? Dodging the question shows that you weren't prepared for the debate

I don't see a $100 fee as excessive when one county's annual fee is $50. $50 over the span of 12 months is just over $4 a month. That's a Starbucks coffee a month. Now if you had the numbers from several comparable companies and none of them had annual fees over $50, then I think you'd have a stronger argument. As to the vehicle age requirement, I think 10 years is a good limit. Yes, you can patch up vehicles to keep them running for a long while, but there comes a point to where such repairs are not cost effective versus getting a new vehicle. And the older the vehicle, the greater chance