POLITICS
Tea Party Patriots don’t do endorsements
Regarding “Phoenix tea party audience supports Cain,” (News, Feb. 28): Yes, there were political speakers and more who were given a platform to present problems and how tea party groups can be part of the solution. At no time were there campaign speeches and a request for endorsement, which the Tea Party Patriots refuse to do.
I’m a 76-year-old man with 10 grandchildren and I ask myself, “Why am I doing this?” I want my 10 grandchildren to grow up with the same freedoms given me. Freedoms where achievement is rewarded and not held back.
Bob Frey, Cumming
UTILITIES
Hard to tell the despots from the CEOs
I read with interest “Indicted co-op chief retires” (Business, March 1). With all of the articles concerning regime change in the Middle East, I became somewhat confused. A man who led his organization for years and was indicted on 31 counts of racketeering and theft remained in power, with constituents unable to vote on new leadership. Was I reading about Mubarak, Gadhafi or the chief executive of a “member-owned” nonprofit company in Cobb County?
Now the board wants to rehire Dwight Brown. You gotta be kidding me!
Gary Krasnov, Kennesaw
POLITICS
Tip of the hat to no-pants Gingrich cartoon
Regarding his Newt Gingrich cartoon (Opinion, March 1): Mike Luckovich has done it again — brilliant wit, and so true.
Bill Doxey, Carrollton
GOVERNMENT
Tough cost-cutting ideas a reality for professors
In “Renegotiating benefits, salaries could help, too” (Readers write, Opinion, March 2), Randy Arnold suggests the innovative strategy of freezing University System of Georgia employee salaries for two years, as well as increasing their medical costs. Brilliant!
Perhaps this citizen should be made aware that Georgia professors have already gone for years without pay raises, have endured mandatory furlough days, and have paid increasing medical premiums.
Happy?
Jonathan Herman, director of undergraduate studies, Department of Religious Studies, Georgia State University
POLITICS
Georgia Legislature focusing on wrong thing
Let me see if I understand what is happening. Our state is struggling to balance the budget; we have a project to update the structure of taxation in this state; there is still a lack of jobs (and a concerted effort to focus the talents and skills of the community to develop and hold on to new jobs), and the Georgia House of Representatives is being asked to entertain a vote on a bill regarding the documentation of the birth of a candidate for office.
So how much of an issue is this in the last 200-plus years of this nation? And don’t we have far more important “fish to fry?”
Elliott Karlip, Atlanta
