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Rockysmom: I tried to call them to point out the issue but the county is closed for Good Friday. Looks like I'll be Georgia on my mind until then Georgeia Patton "Pat" Hughes (aka: pubby)

Thanks Laurie: CeeJay: In another topic, a post was made about one of the three other people in the race for post 2. I had been given an advance copy of it a couple of months ago. The information makes unfounded allegations that to me personally seem wrong. To me it smacked of moderately sophisticated but dirty politics and since I've been so out spoken against that, I'm running for the office and basically I don't believe the allegations I set the first post making the allegations invisible and suspended the posting privileges of the person making the posts when they tried to

You need not presume. I also think I discovered the gender-bending aspects of the the twist this topic took. You know morning sickness and me being preggo. Yep, I thought it may have had something to do with the posting about Chelsea being pregnant. Come to find out that It likely has something to do with the "androgynous Pat" skits they used to have on SNL ... Of course that is why I went for my 'by line' name as G. Patton Hughes going way back - "Pat" was my nickname as a youth ... like from the days I could first spell ... P-A-T "Pat" is a firm memory standing on a neighbors' back

On the issue of morning sickness ... that is a sensitive subject Rockysmom. And the relationship between Guarddad and Chelsea ... well I can say that I've met Chelsea's mom and I haven't met guarddads mom but I'm pretty sure they are different. Please recognize that as a democratic candidate for Post 2 in the state of Georgia, I've got to be careful or somehow this will turn into a serious issue with steep moral implications. So, be prepared to click to hear what may be the best answer for all. So now you know why I posted Chelsea's pregnancy instead of that. I am in Paulding

Uhh ... this is amazing ... If I deny it, I become a boring old man who is not hot at all ... If I admit they'll say I'm just another politician and you know how politicians lie. If I don't say anything, I've entered a no-win territory ... so here is my answer : George Patton "Pat" Hughes (aka: pubby)

I had a friend implore me to use facebook in my campaign. I have the social media skills, but you know .... I can't do it or maybe I just won't do it. I don't want to lend my example to that insanity. To me, the argument, but everyone is doing it, the chamber says do it, the sheriff does it, everybody does it ... and yes, I have a FB page even ... but it just seems like what I'm really hearing is, 'come on, let's jump off the empire state building, it won't hurt and everybody's doing it.' It is kind of like why I don't have google adsense or any of the other ad groups really on p

Most runways for the larger planes are 200-250 ft. wide but the one at the Jabara airport in Kansas where the 747 cargo plane landed was only 100-ft wide while Paulding's runway is 150-feet wide. I will say that even exploring questions like this is an interesting exercise. Why? Because before you sign contracts on an MRO operation - if you plan to restrict access at all - now is when you have to say, for instance, that local permits would be needed to work on a planes of specific sizes and larger. While no one would suggest that a 747 ever operate out of here, a one-off contr

Mojo: You know that I know surepip and you know and I know that surepip has an engineering background and so therefore is well versed on the notion of power vs. weight vs. lift in general terms further knows that among the design criteria of an aircraft is its ability to carry more weight - i.e. to maximize its weight carrying capacity. Given that fact, it is reasonable to believe, understand and even know that if you remove weight from a large aircraft capable of carrying enormous amounts of weight, its performance characteristics will be enhanced. Most regular folks would recog

Aw come on Surepip... I know you've got a brain in there ... and you know how and why it doesn't make a whole lot of difference. A big, big plane like that can land and take off on a field this small very easily. It just can't be full of passengers and fuel. When folks were talking about the Malaysian Flight 370 in a 777, it was bandied around that a fully loaded 777 could land on a 5000-ft runway in an emergency ... but you'd normally want at least 7000 feet ... but again th at would be with 400 plus passengers on board. Empty and with minimum fuel on board, these planes are a lot mo

Just got through watching a video of today's Airport Authority meeting and saw that a fellow named Mark Reichin, managing director of Propeller, told the group that his firm was hot on the trail of several MRO companies including some that may pickup their companies and move them here. Seems there are a couple of things that a commercial license forces on an airport operation and one is enhanced security and also enhanced public safety including fire capabilities that are particularly valuable to suppliers in the field. The other thing is that we all know there is a new Airbus plant in

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It does appear well documented if not a bit dated. For instance, in the case of Gov. Deal, the whisleblowers formerly with the state ethics commission that sued - a fact acknowledged in the piece - actually won at trial (although I'm sure that judgment is on appeal.) I think compilations of this sort are supposed to be looked at by the people in a state and most folks could care less about the governors of other states regardless of their party. George Patton "Pat" Hughes

First, I told you how and when I would put it on the ballot ... at a time when there is a substantial increase in the length of the runway or the addition of another runway. The fears you're hyping just aren't realistic at all with the single runway at its current length or even a couple of hundred feet longer. Second, me pitching scare tactics ... Now that is a laugh ... what I'm saying is nothing but a reality check. Look around. Today Paulding has maybe two or three companies that are of that class and culture to need a private general aviation facility of the type we have. If w

So no one of the anti-airport people wants to make a commitment to back the airport as a general aviation project for the next ten years 'come hell or high water' and the loss of copious amounts of money? My point is that Paulding having an inadequate number of local, vibrant national and international businesses in the county, will take probably at least ten years to recruit enough businesses of the sort to make the airport viable. I'm sure that they'll pass around options like turning it into a drag strip or maybe even a mud bog but the real fact is that is not going to happen beca

Blueeyes: Noting the irony that the doctor and his grandson were Christians, rather than jews, means those victims didn't fit the profile the killer 'hates' ... confuses the narrative of the hate crime - that of the jew hating nazi killing jews in a hate-driven crime. By playing down the fact that the doctor and his grandson were Christians; and just pointing out the crime was at a jewish community center and this doctor and his high acheiving eagle scout son were the victims in a crime where the shooter asked if the potential victims were jewish ... and he shot them ... implies thi

apparently the board makers removed that feature ... the negative post rating. Probably for the same reason I removed the ability of regular members to post negatives ... Bad actors got together to harass people and intentionally hurt the board and its reputation. pubby

Because the leaders apparently believe in representative government and, like our forefathers, are distrustful of those forms most commonly characterized as a full democracy. That this attitude toward the so-called unwashed masses in government is relatively common, is not a secret. Indeed, I wouldn't suggest that we've had a true "democrat' on any of the boards or commissions in quite some time - even when the folks carried that political label. And frankly, there are good reasons for that, including issues regarding private business right to privacy in and to the degree that they are

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Zorro: The financial industry and real estate development industries are, were what they euphemistically call "very influential" in state conservative politics in part with the patronage that came with rise of Glenn Richardson to the speakership in state politics. The point is the state's laws defining what is acceptable have increasingly favored the private development interests. Some local governments, which originally had developed stronger laws/ordinances to control development - if they had any control at all (many counties didn't even enact zoning ordinances until the 1980s)

So, have you gotten any promises from anyone running for office when or if they would invoke those options? George Patton "Pat" Hughes (aka: pubby)

tundra: If they've seen something in the numbers that points to a key marketing target, they'd be dumb to publish it because, well the competition in Atlanta could do something to counter what could possibly be an otherwise successful strategy. Heck, tundra, that would be like Falcon's telling the Cowboys what play they're calling in a tie game with 30 seconds on the clock. As far as Georgia Highlands and, for that matter Kennesaw University ... I think the board of Regents is the lessor of the courthouse buildings. If I'm not mistaken they have a long term lease at maybe $1.00/yr.

Rockysmom: The folks behind the legal stuff have killing any passenger traffic at the airport as a goal. The opposition is broader than that and include a group of political opportunists that seek to win the election in May for more extensive political goals. It is kind of funny how all these 'conservatives' are yelping like yellow dogs because the 'conservative' board of commissioners - at least all but one - did what conservatives have been asking government to do with schools, jails and even highways - privatize them. When the airport authority, IBA and commission did strike a

Tundra: The only reason the Boyd Group study is available to the public is because Cobb County spent public money to create it making it the property of the people. I'm sure that the Propeller group probably engaged an even more prestigious marketing research group to do an independent study of the market potential of Paulding's Silver Comet Field. They probably did that in the fall of 2012 before the first lease was signed. The big kerfuffle over the open meeting thing is where the airport authority had its retreat in Douglas that was hosted by Propeller, if I remember the testim

1. Since post commissioner is a part-time job, most friends know that I sit around and read and write and occasionally do news or a video. Some might say I BS or pontificate, if their kind. Oh, and I wash dishes and do some technical stuff with cameras and this web site. Not often enough I make an advertisement for a new advertiser. 2. About the same thing as my friends. I do take my autistic son to Kroger a couple of times a week for pizza and cola and to entertain the staff with his antics. 3. I think that has to do with which citizen. Some I'm sure think commissioners sit arou

You're just being argumentative here. I thought Tom Cable, aware that the legislature is of limited duration, was wise to inform Rep. Maxwell, who is the dean of the local delegation, as quickly as possible that local legislation may be forthcoming. This is because of the requirement of published notice for local legislation required by law. That he put the system in motion was just plain smart and showed initiative. At the time I recognized that the notice of intent to file local legislation was exactly that, notice of intent. What the legislation said involves a whole set of add