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Where in Paulding County could I grab a copy of the latest Dallas New Era and Paulding Neighbor?

And you would know that because you built these schools or work for the district?

Isn't that your job?

Ah yes, that promise that must never be broken, no matter how much circumstances change and no matter how many people want change to occur. Is this political promise your argument here? Politicians make promises all the time. But those promises can't be guaranteed when you factor in other elected officials and the will of the people. You want this airport thing to be stopped? Talk to your elected officials. Did they give you a response you don't like? Vote them out. Oh, there is an election coming up. Lastly, not every Paulding resident today was living in the county when your two

Obviously, you don't know what it means. Proprietary information belongs to the person or firm who created it or those who own the rights to it, so if they don't want to release it to the public, they don't have to, even if the public would be better off for knowing it, and the person/firm that created the proprietary information, or those who commissioned it, don't have to release it to the public. Should they? Perhaps. But the fact that it's proprietary means that it's not for the public's use unless those with control over it wish to release it. Try releasing your company's proprietary

No, it's not an Apple store, it's an authorized Apple retailer known as PeachMac.

pro·pri·e·tary noun ... something that is used, produced, or marketed under exclusive legal right of the inventor or maker; specifically : a drug (as a patent medicine) that is protected by secrecy,patent, or copyright against free competition as to name, product, composition, or process of manufacture (Courtesy m-w.com) I think you answered your own question, Tundra.

I think you both misunderstand what I said. What I said was it's not a commissioner's job to author these proposals, contracts, etc. You pay people in government to create these documents. Commissioners should be able to read any and all of these documents and approve them, but it's not his/her job to create them. There's specific language and knowledge that goes into creating them and keeping them on the up-and-up, and the everyday person elected to a BOC spot doesn't necessarily have the knowhow to create such documents. But that said, they should understand what's in front of them before th

I'd imagine that very few proposals that are voted on by all the commissioners are touched by each and every commissioner before they vote on them. Do you expect each BOC member to draft and review all contracts? What about other legal documents? Request for proposals? Few commission members would have the background to create these types of documents, but it's not their job to. There's a reason you have government staff, and creating a proposal to change the state constitution is a job left for the appropriate staff members and every expert they deem worthy of giving input. It's not the

My point is that a significant amount of folks likely agreed with Wallace's stance at the time and didn't want to see segregation end. It's great when politicians stand by what they say and promise, but it's not a bad thing when a politician reverses course to allow progress to happen. And sometimes "what the citizens want," even if we're talking about the majority, isn't what's best for each and every person in the county.

So the airport is going to give us poor schools, huh? Do you realize that nine of Paulding's 19 elementary schools are already Title I schools? That means that a significant number of students there receive free or reduced-price lunches. Poole Elementary, which is practically next to the airport, as your friends are always quick to point out, is already one of them. So it's hard to imagine that an airport could create even more poverty. Maybe if this airport were expanded to bring jobs, then some of the parents of those poor families could find a job or take a job here in the county inste

And Alabama Gov. George Wallace once said "...segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever." It's sometimes good when politicians have to go back on their word. Wouldn't you agree, Whitey?

<br /><br /><br /> The Chamber's top priority is the local business community, not every citizen in the county, though hopefully the interests of both groups are similar. As for what the "majority of citizens" want, neither you nor the anti-expansion people nor the pro-expansion group have been able to prove what the community at large wants. We'll see what the voters want when the BOC races are settled later this year.

So are you saying it's the airport's fault, or black people? Can't really see through your racism here.

Again, it does not matter where a Chamber member or Chamber leader lives. They've chosen to set up shop in Paulding, do some of their business in Paulding, and/or assume a leadership effort to improve Paulding's business community. They're contributing to the county in their own way - through their business and through their contributions of time and money. If their business operates in Paulding County, they're paying some kind of taxes: sales taxes, business licenses, etc. And last time I checked, their money is just as green as someone living in Paulding. But if all that doesn't matt

That's my point. Your colleague Whitey keeps bringing up the 75 percent of the Chamber leadership not living in Paulding County. Would you want to see the Chamber ban someone from membership or holding a leadership position because they didn't live in Paulding? WellStar isn't based in Paulding, but if the head of WellStar sought to serve as a Chamber leader, would you deny him/her the opportunity? Would you refuse their offer to step up and serve the local business community? Would you deny them the opportunity to use their business acumen in the hopes of improving the state of business in

<br /><br /><br /> And you should be glad that these outsiders took enough of an interest in Paulding to put their business in Paulding, work for a company that does business in the county, and work to build a great business community in the county. What if other counties had the same attitudes about the ~75 percent of Paulding residents venturing out of the county for work. Do you want these employers in Douglas, Cobb, Fulton, etc. to say "You're not from our city/county, so we're not hiring you." It's obvious you disagree with the actions of the Chamber, but maybe

Their continued protection of their clients, the government, is their job. Your hope is that protection of their interests is, by extension, the protection of the interests of the people, but if that's not the case, then your recourse is to vote out those who do not fully serve you. The problem is that with the elected county leaders, you can't really "bring in" anyone. You're stuck with locals, and in the case of the BOC, locals who reside in certain precincts. And if you were able to get someone to move to Paulding and into the right precinct, most elections require them to be in th

How about the most qualified people who apply, regardless of where they live? Yes, you do have the right to say what you think, but if you forced every firm that used tax dollars or tax benefits to only hire within the county in which they are located, no county would prosper, for you'd be hiring folks with the same backgrounds, the same education and the same ideas. You'd have little to no innovation that would come from hiring someone that wasn't born and raised in Paulding County, that went to school in a different school system, dealt with different issues in their home cities, etc.

<br /><br /><br /> Who are you to say that jobs created here MUST go to residents living here? I wasn't born or raised in Paulding County but I moved to Dallas when I took a job in the county a few years ago. Would you have advocated that I not get the job? Any company should be free to hire whomever they want, whether it's someone who lives a mile away or a hundred (the latter's commute would be a killer, though). Non-Paulding residents who get Paulding jobs could very well move to the county (like I did), but even non-residents contribute to the county tax base -

Without knowing the full history of some of these landmarks, I've heard the courthouse was built to anticipate growth that never materialized in the county (the housing bubble going pop and all that). The park being built there, I'm all for, since it looks like it will be a great site for this year's Relay For Life. The movie studio maybe hasn't turned Paulding to Hollywood East, but hey, "42" was filmed there, and we had a few other movies film around the county, so it's a start. The studio aside, wouldn't the courthouse and this Veterans Park be paid for by SPLOST funds - funds specifica

We're not talking about the courthouse, the park being built there, or the movie studio. None of those things have anything to do with the airport.

Ouch, again with the grade school-level jab. You're such a great debater! Your friend Whitey keeps arguing that the members of the BOC need to live up to their campaign promises. In a sense, that's what I would want my legislators to do, too. In some form or another, they promised to serve the people of Paulding County. How does not putting a stop to Delta's subsidy serve Paulding County? (And I know that legislators can't get much done unless they make nice with other legislators, but I could not care less how admired a legislator is by his peers. First and foremost, they need to care

So do you care to explain or is your feeble attempt at an insult the only response you have?

The difference is Interoll came to Paulding County while Delta isn't here.