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PHIL SKINNER / PSKINNER@AJC.COM editor's note: CQ." width="1260" height="840" class=" " style="display:none" fetchpriority="auto"/><div class="c-placeholder" style="display:flex;aspect-ratio:1.5;max-width:78.75rem;max-height:52.5rem;object-fit:cover;background:#f8f8f8;justify-content:center;align-items:center"><img alt="Placeholder Image" src="/pf/resources/logos/AJC/placeholder.svg?d=2008" style="width:20%;box-shadow:none"/></div></div><p class="photo-credit-text">Credit: pskinner@ajc.com</p></div></div></div></a><div class="block-2"><div class=" c-story-tease large-text "><div class="story-info"><a class="headline single-story pkgLeadAuto " href="/opinion/readers-write/OKWBYTVPANHOHHGSW2K4DXZ3YU/"><h3>Readers write</h3></a></div></div></div><div class="block-3"></div></div></div></div><div class="HP01 arc_ad b-margin-bottom-d30-m20 "></div><div class="MP01 arc_ad b-margin-bottom-d30-m20 "></div><div data-fusion-lazy-id="f0fPSYzu9WlJEn"><div class="b-margin-bottom-d30-m20"><div class="c-list"><div class="c-news-tip-text mobile-tablet">Recent letters to the editor published by the AJC.</div><section class="section"><div class="content"><div class="c-news-tip-text desktop">Recent letters to the editor published by the AJC.</div><div class="list-items"><div class=" c-story-tease "><a href="/opinion/readers-write/T6SSVA47AJFQ7ADSKIMWSDSJ7Y/" class="story-image "><div class="c-image-component image-landscape"><div class="image-component-image "><div class="enlargeImage-wrapper"><div class="lazyload-wrapper"><img src="https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/UVECQK5FSBGSVMNS5KZ2LHFAHU.jpg?auth=9c9032d0f59c49157c4924566c2c63759f635852f293e192017b3f69f43628ec&width=1260&height=840&smart=true" alt="FEBRUARY 28, 2013-ATLANTA: Public art Provocateur, Randy Osborne works on his "Letter A Day" project in his Inman Park apartment on Thurs. 28th, 2013. PHIL SKINNER / PSKINNER@AJC.COM editor's note: CQ." width="1260" height="840" class=" " style="display:none" fetchpriority="auto"/><div class="c-placeholder" style="display:flex;aspect-ratio:1.5;max-width:78.75rem;max-height:52.5rem;object-fit:cover;background:#f8f8f8;justify-content:center;align-items:center"><img alt="Placeholder Image" src="/pf/resources/logos/AJC/placeholder.svg?d=2008" style="width:20%;box-shadow:none"/></div></div><p class="photo-credit-text">Credit: pskinner@ajc.com</p></div></div></div></a><div class="story-info"><a class="headline " href="/opinion/readers-write/T6SSVA47AJFQ7ADSKIMWSDSJ7Y/"><h3>Readers write</h3></a></div></div><div class=" c-story-tease "><a href="/opinion/readers-write/5W7FSNY4MRACDPM6QUC66U4HGQ/" class="story-image "><div class="c-image-component image-landscape"><div class="image-component-image "><div class="enlargeImage-wrapper"><div class="lazyload-wrapper"><img src="https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/UVECQK5FSBGSVMNS5KZ2LHFAHU.jpg?auth=9c9032d0f59c49157c4924566c2c63759f635852f293e192017b3f69f43628ec&width=1260&height=840&smart=true" alt="FEBRUARY 28, 2013-ATLANTA: Public art Provocateur, Randy Osborne works on his "Letter A Day" project in his Inman Park apartment on Thurs. 28th, 2013. PHIL SKINNER / PSKINNER@AJC.COM editor's note: CQ." width="1260" height="840" class=" " style="display:none" fetchpriority="auto"/><div class="c-placeholder" style="display:flex;aspect-ratio:1.5;max-width:78.75rem;max-height:52.5rem;object-fit:cover;background:#f8f8f8;justify-content:center;align-items:center"><img alt="Placeholder Image" src="/pf/resources/logos/AJC/placeholder.svg?d=2008" style="width:20%;box-shadow:none"/></div></div><p class="photo-credit-text">Credit: pskinner@ajc.com</p></div></div></div></a><div class="story-info"><a class="headline " href="/opinion/readers-write/5W7FSNY4MRACDPM6QUC66U4HGQ/"><h3>Readers write</h3></a></div></div><div class=" c-story-tease "><a href="/opinion/readers-write/BCJ667LRD5FWNBW3IANQUDW4JA/" class="story-image "><div class="c-image-component image-landscape"><div class="image-component-image "><div class="enlargeImage-wrapper"><div class="lazyload-wrapper"><img src="https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/UVECQK5FSBGSVMNS5KZ2LHFAHU.jpg?auth=9c9032d0f59c49157c4924566c2c63759f635852f293e192017b3f69f43628ec&width=1260&height=840&smart=true" alt="FEBRUARY 28, 2013-ATLANTA: Public art Provocateur, Randy Osborne works on his "Letter A Day" project in his Inman Park apartment on Thurs. 28th, 2013. PHIL SKINNER / PSKINNER@AJC.COM editor's note: CQ." width="1260" height="840" class=" " style="display:none" fetchpriority="auto"/><div class="c-placeholder" style="display:flex;aspect-ratio:1.5;max-width:78.75rem;max-height:52.5rem;object-fit:cover;background:#f8f8f8;justify-content:center;align-items:center"><img alt="Placeholder Image" src="/pf/resources/logos/AJC/placeholder.svg?d=2008" style="width:20%;box-shadow:none"/></div></div><p class="photo-credit-text">Credit: pskinner@ajc.com</p></div></div></div></a><div class="story-info"><a class="headline " href="/opinion/readers-write/BCJ667LRD5FWNBW3IANQUDW4JA/"><h3>Readers write</h3></a></div></div><div class=" c-story-tease "><a href="/opinion/readers-write/PILG2KMARVCTDB2RQNWQNMSKTQ/" class="story-image "><div class="c-image-component image-landscape"><div class="image-component-image "><div class="enlargeImage-wrapper"><div class="lazyload-wrapper"><img src="https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/UVECQK5FSBGSVMNS5KZ2LHFAHU.jpg?auth=9c9032d0f59c49157c4924566c2c63759f635852f293e192017b3f69f43628ec&width=1260&height=840&smart=true" alt="FEBRUARY 28, 2013-ATLANTA: Public art Provocateur, Randy Osborne works on his "Letter A Day" project in his Inman Park apartment on Thurs. 28th, 2013. PHIL SKINNER / PSKINNER@AJC.COM editor's note: CQ." width="1260" height="840" class=" " style="display:none" fetchpriority="auto"/><div class="c-placeholder" style="display:flex;aspect-ratio:1.5;max-width:78.75rem;max-height:52.5rem;object-fit:cover;background:#f8f8f8;justify-content:center;align-items:center"><img alt="Placeholder Image" src="/pf/resources/logos/AJC/placeholder.svg?d=2008" style="width:20%;box-shadow:none"/></div></div><p class="photo-credit-text">Credit: pskinner@ajc.com</p></div></div></div></a><div class="story-info"><a class="headline " href="/opinion/readers-write/PILG2KMARVCTDB2RQNWQNMSKTQ/"><h3>Readers write</h3></a></div></div><div class=" c-story-tease "><a href="/opinion/readers-write/DSBWQ76JJNHE7NRKG36SW5KPFI/" class="story-image "><div class="c-image-component image-landscape"><div class="image-component-image "><div class="enlargeImage-wrapper"><div class="lazyload-wrapper"><img src="https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/ET32KJ4TDGWV6ET2AVOOMJJIDQ.jpg?auth=0490fd3ff31a85b8113d580adfdd3b14ab8f9cb5261cff26f205f6897078116f&width=1260&height=840&smart=true" alt="PHIL SKINNER / PSKINNER@AJC.COM" width="1260" height="840" class=" " style="display:none" fetchpriority="auto"/><div class="c-placeholder" style="display:flex;aspect-ratio:1.5;max-width:78.75rem;max-height:52.5rem;object-fit:cover;background:#f8f8f8;justify-content:center;align-items:center"><img alt="Placeholder Image" src="/pf/resources/logos/AJC/placeholder.svg?d=2008" style="width:20%;box-shadow:none"/></div></div></div></div></div></a><div class="story-info"><a class="headline " href="/opinion/readers-write/DSBWQ76JJNHE7NRKG36SW5KPFI/"><h3>Readers write</h3></a></div></div><div class=" c-story-tease "><a href="/opinion/readers-write/AP6IG2FEONBLHKBAAQSAVQRHPU/" class="story-image "><div class="c-image-component image-landscape"><div class="image-component-image "><div class="enlargeImage-wrapper"><div class="lazyload-wrapper"><img src="https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/UVECQK5FSBGSVMNS5KZ2LHFAHU.jpg?auth=9c9032d0f59c49157c4924566c2c63759f635852f293e192017b3f69f43628ec&width=1260&height=840&smart=true" alt="FEBRUARY 28, 2013-ATLANTA: Public art Provocateur, Randy Osborne works on his "Letter A Day" project in his Inman Park apartment on Thurs. 28th, 2013. PHIL SKINNER / PSKINNER@AJC.COM editor's note: CQ." width="1260" height="840" class=" " style="display:none" fetchpriority="auto"/><div class="c-placeholder" style="display:flex;aspect-ratio:1.5;max-width:78.75rem;max-height:52.5rem;object-fit:cover;background:#f8f8f8;justify-content:center;align-items:center"><img alt="Placeholder Image" src="/pf/resources/logos/AJC/placeholder.svg?d=2008" style="width:20%;box-shadow:none"/></div></div><p class="photo-credit-text">Credit: pskinner@ajc.com</p></div></div></div></a><div class="story-info"><a class="headline " href="/opinion/readers-write/AP6IG2FEONBLHKBAAQSAVQRHPU/"><h3>Readers write</h3></a></div></div><div class=" c-story-tease "><a href="/opinion/readers-write/SAKTI2RWVFG5JJR62F6AJE5NSA/" class="story-image "><div class="c-image-component image-landscape"><div class="image-component-image "><div class="enlargeImage-wrapper"><div class="lazyload-wrapper"><img src="https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/UVECQK5FSBGSVMNS5KZ2LHFAHU.jpg?auth=9c9032d0f59c49157c4924566c2c63759f635852f293e192017b3f69f43628ec&width=1260&height=840&smart=true" alt="FEBRUARY 28, 2013-ATLANTA: Public art Provocateur, Randy Osborne works on his "Letter A Day" project in his Inman Park apartment on Thurs. 28th, 2013. PHIL SKINNER / PSKINNER@AJC.COM editor's note: CQ." width="1260" height="840" class=" " style="display:none" fetchpriority="auto"/><div class="c-placeholder" style="display:flex;aspect-ratio:1.5;max-width:78.75rem;max-height:52.5rem;object-fit:cover;background:#f8f8f8;justify-content:center;align-items:center"><img alt="Placeholder Image" src="/pf/resources/logos/AJC/placeholder.svg?d=2008" style="width:20%;box-shadow:none"/></div></div><p class="photo-credit-text">Credit: pskinner@ajc.com</p></div></div></div></a><div class="story-info"><a class="headline " href="/opinion/readers-write/SAKTI2RWVFG5JJR62F6AJE5NSA/"><h3>Readers write</h3></a></div></div><div class=" c-story-tease "><a href="/opinion/readers-write/MBKIEA7DJZAMPG7PTNO2MLBABY/" class="story-image "><div class="c-image-component image-landscape"><div class="image-component-image "><div class="enlargeImage-wrapper"><div class="lazyload-wrapper"><img src="https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/ARUFFHX6QW5HH72VCJ5AE3DPKE.jpg?auth=773d6f36b06c31746da969c4512da5b1f5889dd11bea07399ffe5486a3fc000b&width=1260&height=840&smart=true" alt="PHIL SKINNER / PSKINNER@AJC.COM editor’s note: CQ." width="1260" height="840" class=" " style="display:none" fetchpriority="auto"/><div class="c-placeholder" style="display:flex;aspect-ratio:1.5;max-width:78.75rem;max-height:52.5rem;object-fit:cover;background:#f8f8f8;justify-content:center;align-items:center"><img alt="Placeholder Image" src="/pf/resources/logos/AJC/placeholder.svg?d=2008" style="width:20%;box-shadow:none"/></div></div></div></div></div></a><div class="story-info"><a class="headline " href="/opinion/readers-write/MBKIEA7DJZAMPG7PTNO2MLBABY/"><h3>Readers write</h3></a></div></div><div class="MP02 arc_ad b-margin-bottom-d30-m20 "></div><div class="RP01 arc_ad b-margin-bottom-d30-m20 tablet-smallDesktop-only"></div><div class=" c-story-tease "><a href="/opinion/readers-write/SKOLXIH2D5BE3CW4R3QKXN33IA/" class="story-image "><div class="c-image-component image-landscape"><div class="image-component-image "><div class="enlargeImage-wrapper"><div class="lazyload-wrapper"><img src="https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/UVECQK5FSBGSVMNS5KZ2LHFAHU.jpg?auth=9c9032d0f59c49157c4924566c2c63759f635852f293e192017b3f69f43628ec&width=1260&height=840&smart=true" alt="FEBRUARY 28, 2013-ATLANTA: Public art Provocateur, Randy Osborne works on his "Letter A Day" project in his Inman Park apartment on Thurs. 28th, 2013. PHIL SKINNER / PSKINNER@AJC.COM editor's note: CQ." width="1260" height="840" class=" " style="display:none" fetchpriority="auto"/><div class="c-placeholder" style="display:flex;aspect-ratio:1.5;max-width:78.75rem;max-height:52.5rem;object-fit:cover;background:#f8f8f8;justify-content:center;align-items:center"><img alt="Placeholder Image" src="/pf/resources/logos/AJC/placeholder.svg?d=2008" style="width:20%;box-shadow:none"/></div></div><p class="photo-credit-text">Credit: pskinner@ajc.com</p></div></div></div></a><div class="story-info"><a class="headline " href="/opinion/readers-write/SKOLXIH2D5BE3CW4R3QKXN33IA/"><h3>Readers write</h3></a></div></div><div class=" c-story-tease "><a href="/opinion/readers-write/XAONTOJVABG57OMJHZPKYYDGHI/" class="story-image "><div class="c-image-component image-landscape"><div class="image-component-image "><div class="enlargeImage-wrapper"><div class="lazyload-wrapper"><img src="https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/UVECQK5FSBGSVMNS5KZ2LHFAHU.jpg?auth=9c9032d0f59c49157c4924566c2c63759f635852f293e192017b3f69f43628ec&width=1260&height=840&smart=true" alt="FEBRUARY 28, 2013-ATLANTA: Public art Provocateur, Randy Osborne works on his "Letter A Day" project in his Inman Park apartment on Thurs. 28th, 2013. PHIL SKINNER / PSKINNER@AJC.COM editor's note: CQ." width="1260" height="840" class=" " style="display:none" fetchpriority="auto"/><div class="c-placeholder" style="display:flex;aspect-ratio:1.5;max-width:78.75rem;max-height:52.5rem;object-fit:cover;background:#f8f8f8;justify-content:center;align-items:center"><img alt="Placeholder Image" src="/pf/resources/logos/AJC/placeholder.svg?d=2008" style="width:20%;box-shadow:none"/></div></div><p class="photo-credit-text">Credit: pskinner@ajc.com</p></div></div></div></a><div class="story-info"><a class="headline " href="/opinion/readers-write/XAONTOJVABG57OMJHZPKYYDGHI/"><h3>Readers write</h3></a></div></div></div><span class="separator-line"></span><button class="btn-loadMore redesign b-margin-bottom-d30-m20 default">Load More </button></div><div class="right-rail"><div class="RP01 arc_ad b-margin-bottom-d30-m20 is-sticky "></div></div></section></div></div></div></div></div><div class="c-exp-bottomBanner b-exp-fixed"></div></main><div 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We finally have someone smart enough to expose those areas and an administration willing to take appropriate action."},{"_id":"KFZJJSABZRDUBCA7R5H6O2KD5Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739753687672},"type":"text","content":"<b>GAIL VAIL</b>, GREENSBORO"},{"_id":"E6BJFOJJ5NE2RPLW4AJIBTIVNA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739753687673},"type":"text","content":"<br/>"}],"subheadlines":{"basic":""},"description":{"basic":""},"taxonomy":{"sections":[{"path":"/opinion","parent":{"default":"/"},"_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/","name":"Opinion","description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","_id":"/opinion","additional_properties":{"original":{"sponsor":{"sponsor_url_open_new_tab":"false","sponsor_desktop_banner":"","sponsor_mobile_banner":"","sponsor_url":""},"parent":{"AmpNav":"/","subnav_opinion":null,"TopicsBar2023":"/","BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"/","TopNav":null,"TopicsBar":null,"ComposerNav":"/","subnav_homepage":null,"default":"/","MainMenu2024":"/","MainMenuRedesign2021":null},"site":{"site_url":"/opinion/","section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","site_title":"Opinion"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"Opinion"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"Opinion","_id":"/opinion","ancestors":{"subnav_opinion":[],"TopicsBar2023":["/"],"MainMenu2024":["/"],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":[],"TopNav":[],"TopicsBar":[],"ComposerNav":["/"],"subnav_homepage":[]},"order":{"AmpNav":1033,"TopicsBar2023":1008,"default":1083,"MainMenu2024":1009,"SectionMap":1095,"ComposerNav":1005}}},"_website_section_id":"ajc./opinion","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"}],"primary_section":{"path":"/opinion","name":"Opinion"},"tags":[{"text":"readers write"}]},"related_content":{"redirect":[],"basic":[]},"type":"story","promo_items":{"basic":{"auth":{"1":"9c9032d0f59c49157c4924566c2c63759f635852f293e192017b3f69f43628ec"},"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"pskinner@ajc.com","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"Phil Skinner","type":"author","byline":"Phil Skinner"}]},"subtitle":"Readers Write","width":4180,"caption":"FEBRUARY 28, 2013-ATLANTA: Public art Provocateur, Randy Osborne works on his \"Letter A Day\" project in his Inman Park apartment on Thurs. 28th, 2013. 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As just one example, the CDC’s respected Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report has been regularly published for decades but has been censored for the past two weeks."},{"_id":"FPFGIWYK7NBBHOLXAKFKUFY6GA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739468331606},"type":"text","content":"The excuse given for withholding so much health information is that it would somehow “promote gender ideology.”"},{"_id":"KIYGDZHT3NDI3EUIFTSDTQABWY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739468331607},"type":"text","content":"Such political prudery is not just a policy issue; it has real consequences for real people."},{"_id":"IZOSWAU7JZBYPJOBPCY5ZMAR2A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739468331608},"type":"text","content":"Ronald Reagan’s Surgeon General, Dr. C. Everett Koop, warned against letting prejudice censor medical information. During the early days of the AIDS crisis, he said, “(O)ur first public health priority, that was to stop the further transmission of the AIDS virus, became needlessly mired in the homosexual politics of the early 1980s and we lost a great deal of precious time because of this and I suspect that we lost some lives as well.”"},{"_id":"CXRBL3UB2RD5XK6POZ23IWJYLU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739468331609},"type":"text","content":"<b>STEVENSON RICHARDSON</b>, ATLANTA"},{"_id":"WZXL7TNJERAUFPIKTB26O7TMPQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":34,"comment":"<b>Homestead </b>"}],"comments":[],"_id":1739468331610},"type":"text","content":"<b>Fulton taxpayers not getting full homestead relief</b>"},{"_id":"4GUMJVQZRNEZ5IAX2JBWZCOCTU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":66,"comment":"City "},{"pos":81,"comment":","},{"pos":244,"comment":"value of our home values "},{"pos":373,"comment":"COVID "}],"comments":[],"_id":1739465513961},"type":"text","content":"How can Georgia homeowners stop the rip-off by Fulton County, the city of Atlanta and Fulton County Schools? Every year, we pay a tax to each tier of government based on the assessed value of our homes. Since 2019, officials have increased the value of our homes on the municipal tax record by 59%. This far outpaces inflation. Yes, during the social and economic chaos of COVID-19, without buying a new home or improving our homes, the basis upon which we are taxed has increased by 59%."},{"_id":"UZ7ABZA4YNDPDJCLKJC5VTFNH4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739465513962},"type":"text","content":"Don’t overlook the sneaky August 2024 Fulton County Commission’s 3.74% property tax increase."},{"_id":"OIZ6QDKPZJAO7L666YGVDS3JE4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739465513963},"type":"text","content":"In November’s 2024 election, Georgia citizens thought they had said ENOUGH when Amendment 1 was approved by 63% of the voters. Amendment 1 directed the state to create a Homestead Exemption using 2025 assessed values as a “base year” and limiting annual increases in value thereafter to the prior year’s inflation rate — regardless of real estate dynamics."},{"_id":"2WQERDDIYRDP7F323JZDKE33HU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":43,"comment":" (APS)"}],"comments":[],"_id":1739465513964},"type":"text","content":"At this moment, both Atlanta Public Schools and Fulton County Schools are blatantly negating the voters’ will as they elect to opt out of the Homestead Exemption with their plan to continue disproportionate annual tax increases."},{"_id":"GPGLFN7RUFA5XMEVZY4PC6VTO4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739465513965},"type":"text","content":"It’s time for taxpayers to revolt. In two years, it will be time to replace these officials who think they can rip taxpayers off for tens of millions of dollars."},{"_id":"MEVL5LDAPNEWXD2LVAFZUPZDNM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739465513966},"type":"text","content":"<b>STEVE OPPENHEIMER, DDS</b>, ATLANTA"},{"_id":"SDIMW6HK4RG4BINNVYWBM62H3Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739465513967},"type":"text","content":"<br/>"}],"subheadlines":{"basic":""},"description":{"basic":""},"taxonomy":{"sections":[{"path":"/opinion","parent":{"default":"/"},"_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/","name":"Opinion","description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","_id":"/opinion","additional_properties":{"original":{"sponsor":{"sponsor_url_open_new_tab":"false","sponsor_desktop_banner":"","sponsor_mobile_banner":"","sponsor_url":""},"parent":{"AmpNav":"/","subnav_opinion":null,"TopicsBar2023":"/","BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"/","TopNav":null,"TopicsBar":null,"ComposerNav":"/","subnav_homepage":null,"default":"/","MainMenu2024":"/","MainMenuRedesign2021":null},"site":{"site_url":"/opinion/","section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","site_title":"Opinion"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"Opinion"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"Opinion","_id":"/opinion","ancestors":{"subnav_opinion":[],"TopicsBar2023":["/"],"MainMenu2024":["/"],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":[],"TopNav":[],"TopicsBar":[],"ComposerNav":["/"],"subnav_homepage":[]},"order":{"AmpNav":1033,"TopicsBar2023":1008,"default":1083,"MainMenu2024":1009,"SectionMap":1095,"ComposerNav":1005}}},"_website_section_id":"ajc./opinion","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"}],"primary_section":{"path":"/opinion","name":"Opinion"},"tags":[{"text":"readers write"}]},"related_content":{"redirect":[],"basic":[]},"type":"story","promo_items":{"basic":{"auth":{"1":"9c9032d0f59c49157c4924566c2c63759f635852f293e192017b3f69f43628ec"},"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"pskinner@ajc.com","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"Phil Skinner","type":"author","byline":"Phil Skinner"}]},"subtitle":"Readers Write","width":4180,"caption":"FEBRUARY 28, 2013-ATLANTA: Public art Provocateur, Randy Osborne works on his \"Letter A Day\" project in his Inman Park apartment on Thurs. 28th, 2013. 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Don’t Republicans control Congress?"},{"_id":"QHF3CTCE3NEZXHULEOVRP5VXTE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":23,"comment":"Constitutional "}],"comments":[],"_id":1739383289986},"type":"text","content":"There is absolutely no constitutional authority for an executive order, and the Supreme Court needs to take on the issue instead of continuing to dodge it."},{"_id":"RWBKIZHWBFEFLB7FX25WGUWWX4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":54,"comment":"Constitutional "}],"comments":[],"_id":1739383289987},"type":"text","content":"Republicans need to find enough spine to exercise the constitutional authority granted them by the Founding Fathers."},{"_id":"6XHZVHKOG5D7PB5ADWRHI6HIUI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739383289988},"type":"text","content":"<b>ALLEN BUCKLEY</b>, SMYRNA"},{"_id":"JOBRBZ46ENE25OGGU35PQLP7RQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739462749741},"type":"text","content":"<b>Trump brings business practices to government</b>"},{"_id":"H73PYD4DQ5BDXEALT2SDFTTDOY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739462749742},"type":"text","content":"Donald Trump is a businessman. He is bringing business practices to the federal government. Many businessmen bring in outside consultants to evaluate their business and advise them on how to improve the business and reduce costs. That is the position President Trump has brought Elon Musk into."},{"_id":"ZCVUK7LAHRFTFPTATWZFOVU5HY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739462749743},"type":"text","content":"Have any of the Democrats looked at their own news clips to see how foolish they look to the American people? What a way to destroy a political party!"},{"_id":"HRCJ77YOXNBYDJFWMEBYBWECHU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739462749744},"type":"text","content":"<b>JOHN BRYAN</b>, GAINESVILLE"},{"_id":"VOLEMZCJ5BEUXPSVK4PFFWATYU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739462749745},"type":"text","content":"<b>Make data centers power up by solar</b>"},{"_id":"KXMSX6AG2FBBREW3FZPSBT7B3Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":68,"comment":"that at least "}],"comments":[],"_id":1739462749746},"type":"text","content":"With Georgia data centers using more and more electricity, it seems those companies receiving lucrative state tax breaks should be required to install solar panels or allow the installation of solar panels by others on their acres of flat roofs. Solar panels could also be installed over the acres of parking lots at the sites."},{"_id":"5F4X4TQGXRDILGFMLND4CS6WX4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739462749747},"type":"text","content":"The same requirements to provide some of their own electricity could also apply to any large development that receives state tax breaks. It’s past time to give residential customers a break."},{"_id":"72POVJXNCVDBVLYKB3SMR6HPNI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739462749748},"type":"text","content":"<b>STEVEN HAYS</b>, ATLANTA"},{"_id":"T6EUSVI5TFBCDBS4WZL6NH6YIA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739462749749},"type":"text","content":"<b>Data centers don’t warrant tax credits</b>"},{"_id":"DHVN54UTFRG7ZAS3CEHNXYVXBY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739462749750},"type":"text","content":"Thank you for Riley Bunch’s article about data centers and Sen. Chuck Hufstetler’s investigation. He is one of the few public servants in Georgia who shows any real interest or knowledge of economics."},{"_id":"AJBZVRKCGVA7XJ3TDJVHZZXXSA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739462749751},"type":"text","content":"As far as I can tell, a data center uses power equivalents of 1,000-2,000 homes. Apparently, residential customers pay for power plant construction and distribution infrastructure costs plus generation costs, including fuel."},{"_id":"7A7R7BGY3JDLVHAQXUAM2HAMWM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739462749752},"type":"text","content":"Most analyses I could find indicate that large users, like data centers, pay only the marginal or extra costs of generating power, mainly fuel. Since the generating plants, etc., are already paid for, large users get to use the system for free. Hence, their rates are about half that of residential customers."},{"_id":"KYPZ72I2MNGTDBWUSO4A2A4TVQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739462749753},"type":"text","content":"Barely mentioned is cooling water usage, equivalent to 1,000 or so homes, even as water shortages are looming. And I have read many reports of noise generated audible up to a mile away."},{"_id":"OKIG24HDKFE43JBITH372Y7B4Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739462749754},"type":"text","content":"I can’t see any advantage for Georgia to warrant giving tax money for data centers here. If they want to come to Georgia, they should pay the extra costs, not Georgia taxpayers."},{"_id":"LYPINO2FLFC6RDKLYG7I2C73TY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739462749755},"type":"text","content":"<b>JERRY M. LITTLEFIELD</b>, ROME"},{"_id":"CFDJN2BQTNFJHAQYXV5KZWC4AA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739462749756},"type":"text","content":"<b>Protection of Swamp is up to Kemp</b>"},{"_id":"E2IQFAZYANAABKFUPZLGDWEMWE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739462749757},"type":"text","content":"The beauty of the Okefenokee Swamp takes my breath away. But I fear its loss for its own sake as well as ours."},{"_id":"4RURPKH6WFC77CQHKBFDVWL4PU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":216,"comment":"Swamp "},{"pos":343,"comment":","},{"pos":417,"comment":"Swamp "}],"comments":[],"_id":1739462749758},"type":"text","content":"The Okefenokee uses nature’s greatest gift, photosynthesis, to buffer us from the impacts of climate change. But the threat from titanium mining to the Okefenokee is real and well-documented. Draining water from the swamp during mining makes it more susceptible to catastrophic fire, destroying vegetation that cleans our air, releasing carbon and contributing to more warming. Twin Pines says they will not harm the swamp, but last year’s AJC investigation found more than 70 violations in Georgia and three other states."},{"_id":"LCCOICYPOVGZHM2MYKSXGSB754","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":28,"comment":"Senators "},{"pos":137,"comment":"Swamp "}],"comments":[{"date":"2025-02-13T22:23:18.500Z","start":43,"end":46,"text":"added first names on ossoff and warnock","user":"Amanda DeArmon","email":"Amanda.DeArmon@ajc.com"},{"date":"2025-02-13T22:19:10.915Z","start":168,"end":173,"text":"added first name on only reference to kemp","user":"Amanda DeArmon","email":"Amanda.DeArmon@ajc.com"}],"_id":1739462749759},"type":"text","content":"We cannot trust Twin Pines. Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock have been fighting for years as part of a bipartisan effort to save our swamp. But Gov. Brian Kemp continues to remain silent on the issue. Now, only he can protect the swamp so it can do its job. 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He has suspended the entry of all undocumented migrants, halted the U.S. refugee resettlement program, and ended another program that allowed migrants from certain countries on humanitarian grounds."},{"_id":"RDKGQDKCPJGOFPNDTIIO7AJNGE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739374810717},"type":"text","content":"So I was quite surprised when the president recently directed government officials to resettle refugees from South Africa using the program that he previously suspended. My surprise dissipated when I realized that the refugees Trump invited to resettle in the U.S. are Afrikaners, descendants of European colonists, mostly from the Netherlands. Trump is convinced — without any evidence— that the South African government is determined to confiscate land from the Afrikaners (who comprise 8% of the population and control approximately three-quarters of the country’s private farmland)."},{"_id":"CDOLRDEVCBDGBDNNZPWHE7RR4E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739374810718},"type":"text","content":"Am I wrong, or does it seem that Trump’s requirements for refugee status are a bit lower for people of white European descent than they are for others?"},{"_id":"IPBJEDB4V5AB5BQJY5EX6SGJDA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739374810719},"type":"text","content":"<b>LEE RAUDONIS</b>, ATLANTA"},{"_id":"ZXW27QNCHFAWRAKS3QJB2A63LM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739384255333},"type":"text","content":"<b>In Trump’s first 3 weeks, we’ve all been harmed</b>"},{"_id":"Y375LTX7NFCT7P6MOVHOHWW5VE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739384255334},"type":"text","content":"In three chaotic weeks, we’ve seen our democratically elected president gleefully rip apart the federal government without caring who is harmed. He is practically daring anyone to stop him. The GOP Congress cowers under threats of being primaried."},{"_id":"33DUTDJAYZAKRCPNT4GRIQQKPU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":66,"comment":","},{"pos":328,"comment":","}],"comments":[],"_id":1739384255335},"type":"text","content":"He’s fired most agency inspectors general who prevent waste, fraud and abuse. Astoundingly, Elon Musk has been turned loose inside our federal payment system. Now Trump’s trying to stop payments for green energy job-creating projects in Georgia. There won’t be much pain, he says. Hogwash. Tell that to Georgians who rely on WIC or Head Start, or to the 20% of American patients in Community Health Centers."},{"_id":"4HVALCB6JJDCZOHHIXM4S7QP4A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739384255336},"type":"text","content":"He’s done absolutely nothing on inflation and the economy but to threaten or enact expensive tariffs. The damage done just to America’s children is shameful. No matter who we voted for, we all lose. Soon, even the MAGA crowd will have to admit they’ve been had. America is suffering a world of hurt."},{"_id":"JE7QLMIHDJDQFDGTLVL7AFIPDQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739384255337},"type":"text","content":"<b>R.A. 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This is the opposite of a greed and power move."},{"_id":"UYMCV3BUURHHPMC5EXRPWLKW5M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739728956078},"type":"text","content":"When I hear “greed and power,” I think of career politicians becoming wealthy due to their “public service” and fighting hard to expand government power."},{"_id":"HLRKLUUUKZBBNFDCSJPG2PIREQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739728956079},"type":"text","content":"<b>DANA R. HERMANSON</b>, MARIETTA"},{"_id":"R43DQTFP75AK7IMDPYV7PWMOSE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739728956080},"type":"text","content":"<b>Trump’s policies have far-reaching consequences</b>"},{"_id":"QUCCUNBNUJEORFYSQVROT5MBJ4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739728956081},"type":"text","content":"Trump and his sidekick, Elon (or is that the other way around), have, among other things, disabled USAID."},{"_id":"R6IPFYADDNBBHNJPBR6UAKGU4U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":75,"comment":"life-saving "}],"comments":[{"date":"2025-02-11T21:23:09.842Z","start":87,"end":97,"text":"no hyphen, per AP","user":"Amanda DeArmon","email":"Amanda.DeArmon@ajc.com"}],"_id":1739728956082},"type":"text","content":"Meanwhile, malnourished children in undeveloped countries will die because lifesaving nourishment will not reach them. Vaccines will spoil for lack of refrigeration or fail to reach vulnerable children who will die from measles and other preventable diseases. Trump has thwarted the schemes of legions of transgender women who thought they could letter in swimming and access the ladies’ room simply by undergoing sex change surgery."},{"_id":"BXV6GYUI7JFVNPBCPSGWIXOVOI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739728956083},"type":"text","content":"He abolished DEI in favor of a merit-based society. There’s some cruel irony there since women, people of color, the handicapped and LGBs (Trump did away with the “T”; why not erase the most vulnerable among us while you’re on a roll) have long been excluded, no matter how much merit they possessed. Have these diverse groups (read everyone except straight white men) ever been treated equitably? Will they ever be?"},{"_id":"LFECJBC7SBH6DOMNKLJUET4XPE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":10,"comment":"black "}],"comments":[{"date":"2025-02-11T21:24:37.475Z","start":16,"end":21,"text":"capitalize, per AP","user":"Amanda DeArmon","email":"Amanda.DeArmon@ajc.com"}],"_id":1739728956084},"type":"text","content":"Fun fact: Black athletes could not receive scholarships to UGA until 1971, presumably because they lacked merit."},{"_id":"JSCEMWDIRZAZZB2DC3BYAFPE6M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739728956085},"type":"text","content":"<b>MARTIN HUDDLESTON</b>, DECATUR"},{"_id":"XVB2CUCJZZHGDJI3OKFN2R7LPE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739728956086},"type":"text","content":"<b>Get ready for trickle-down economic damage</b>"},{"_id":"ENY6D2YIF5FLPAU5WHB35G6EEQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739728956087},"type":"text","content":"I am concerned that Gov. Brian Kemp is promising to send “surplus” revenue to taxpayers. Perhaps instead, our state should save those funds for a rainy day because the forecast is foreboding."},{"_id":"VOJDGIZTWVFSNNLD7J4YOIUL7I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":70,"comment":"DC, "},{"pos":116,"comment":"non-employee "}],"comments":[{"date":"2025-02-11T21:26:00.820Z","start":133,"end":144,"text":"no hyphen, per merriam/AP","user":"Amanda DeArmon","email":"Amanda.DeArmon@ajc.com"}],"_id":1739728956088},"type":"text","content":"On the horizon is the trickle-down damage on the way from Washington, D.C., as the new president and his unchecked, nonemployee henchmen chaotically disassemble federal programs and agencies and suddenly put many thousands of federal workers and contractors out of work."},{"_id":"PTJWUFRJSRAITAPE2Z4PFFSQLY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":43,"comment":"may "},{"pos":242,"comment":" healthcare,"}],"comments":[{"date":"2025-02-11T21:27:01.762Z","start":259,"end":270,"text":"two words and removed oxford comma, per AP","user":"Amanda DeArmon","email":"Amanda.DeArmon@ajc.com"}],"_id":1739728956089},"type":"text","content":"The subsequent flood headed toward Georgia might well be catastrophic. So, instead of inducing potential Senate race voters with cash, we should be ready to deploy those funds to replace lost emergency and disaster aid, farm subsidies, wages, health care and benefits."},{"_id":"XZPTZOFVRVCGTLQVPC3TW3IN34","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739728956090},"type":"text","content":"The damage done by Trump and Musk’s reckless coup is going to swamp our state long before Kemp needs to count votes in a coming Senate race."},{"_id":"PH26ZRVOJBA3ZLMFVFRM2C4C5U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739728956091},"type":"text","content":"<b>DREW PLANT</b>, ATLANTA"},{"_id":"ZJUWMQ24VJH6ZPSOLBTCEYYCQM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739728956092},"type":"text","content":"<br/>"}],"subheadlines":{"basic":""},"description":{"basic":""},"taxonomy":{"sections":[{"path":"/opinion","parent":{"default":"/"},"_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/","name":"Opinion","description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","_id":"/opinion","additional_properties":{"original":{"sponsor":{"sponsor_url_open_new_tab":"false","sponsor_desktop_banner":"","sponsor_mobile_banner":"","sponsor_url":""},"parent":{"AmpNav":"/","subnav_opinion":null,"TopicsBar2023":"/","BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"/","TopNav":null,"TopicsBar":null,"ComposerNav":"/","subnav_homepage":null,"default":"/","MainMenu2024":"/","MainMenuRedesign2021":null},"site":{"site_url":"/opinion/","section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","site_title":"Opinion"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"Opinion"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"Opinion","_id":"/opinion","ancestors":{"subnav_opinion":[],"TopicsBar2023":["/"],"MainMenu2024":["/"],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":[],"TopNav":[],"TopicsBar":[],"ComposerNav":["/"],"subnav_homepage":[]},"order":{"AmpNav":1033,"TopicsBar2023":1008,"default":1083,"MainMenu2024":1009,"SectionMap":1095,"ComposerNav":1012}}},"_website_section_id":"ajc./opinion","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"}],"primary_section":{"path":"/opinion","name":"Opinion"},"tags":[{"text":"readers write"}]},"related_content":{"redirect":[],"basic":[]},"type":"story","promo_items":{"basic":{"auth":{"1":"0490fd3ff31a85b8113d580adfdd3b14ab8f9cb5261cff26f205f6897078116f"},"credits":{},"subtitle":"READERS WRITE","width":4180,"caption":"PHIL SKINNER / PSKINNER@AJC.COM","type":"image","distributor":{"mode":"reference","reference_id":"8aec2b8c-455c-4816-903d-79fc8fdf8019"},"url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/ET32KJ4TDGWV6ET2AVOOMJJIDQ.jpg","height":2772,"resized_obj":{"src":"https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/ET32KJ4TDGWV6ET2AVOOMJJIDQ.jpg?auth=0490fd3ff31a85b8113d580adfdd3b14ab8f9cb5261cff26f205f6897078116f&width=1260&height=840&smart=true"}}},"canonical_url":"/opinion/readers-write/DSBWQ76JJNHE7NRKG36SW5KPFI/","canonical_website":"ajc","display_date":"2025-02-13T11:00:00Z","credits":{"by":[]},"subtype":"Article","headlines":{"basic":"Readers write"},"first_publish_date":"2025-02-16T18:03:28.499Z","last_updated_date":"2025-02-16T18:03:28.713Z","_id":"DSBWQ76JJNHE7NRKG36SW5KPFI","teaseImageObject":{"auth":{"1":"0490fd3ff31a85b8113d580adfdd3b14ab8f9cb5261cff26f205f6897078116f"},"credits":{},"subtitle":"READERS WRITE","width":4180,"caption":"PHIL SKINNER / PSKINNER@AJC.COM","type":"image","distributor":{"mode":"reference","reference_id":"8aec2b8c-455c-4816-903d-79fc8fdf8019"},"url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/ET32KJ4TDGWV6ET2AVOOMJJIDQ.jpg","height":2772,"resized_obj":{"src":"https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/ET32KJ4TDGWV6ET2AVOOMJJIDQ.jpg?auth=0490fd3ff31a85b8113d580adfdd3b14ab8f9cb5261cff26f205f6897078116f&width=1260&height=840&smart=true"}}},{"content_elements":[{"_id":"FAFMHLIJSRAGHJY2WLFKNLGFBY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739226760732},"type":"text","content":"<b>Investigator is excellent choice for State Election Board</b>"},{"_id":"IZUOPLIDJ5GD5NGC4645JLGBJI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739226760733},"type":"text","content":"A story in your Feb. 5 edition reported on the appointment of Elizabeth Ann Delmas as investigator to the State Election Board but unfortunately missed the real story — that Ms. Delmas is a highly qualified election professional with a well-deserved reputation for bipartisanship in election work. She is an outstanding choice to work with the State Election Board."},{"_id":"7QRQ2YPHVJFRRDGWUDFGENQR4M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":288,"comment":","}],"comments":[],"_id":1739226760734},"type":"text","content":"Ms. Delmas served as a career investigator for the Department of Defense in the United States and overseas. After her Defense Department service, she has worked in a number of roles to promote election integrity in Fulton County — poll manager, assistant manager, poll clerk, poll watcher and, most recently, as Republican team leader of Fulton’s ballot duplication panel."},{"_id":"R4ZXMN64FFD7PHTH3DEYATTA7Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739226760735},"type":"text","content":"Under the Georgia Election Code, each county using electronic voting equipment impanels a duplication panel to review ballots that are illegible or otherwise not readable by the tabulator. The panel is composed of bipartisan teams, one Democrat and one Republican, who jointly examine each questioned ballot and adjudicate voter intent."},{"_id":"NOSNGROZWZA7VNLEKVNJWAUPUM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739226760736},"type":"text","content":"This arrangement requiring side-by-side bipartisan collaboration is one of the best features of Georgia’s Election Code. Democrats and Republicans work in an atmosphere of collegiality and teamwork to ensure that all ballots cast are counted. Ms. Delmas and her Democrat team leader counterpart are widely respected by Democrats, Republicans and the election staff with whom they work."},{"_id":"HBFAKUBSBZH6VOT7USJYXWWP4Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739226760737},"type":"text","content":"Georgia’s voters would be well served by improvements to the election law extending this bipartisan structure to other critical election functions. Poll clerks, vote tabulators, voter registration managers and post-election canvassers are good places to start."},{"_id":"QAM3NYNHB5A3JM573K6VJ3AJ7Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739226760738},"type":"text","content":"Let’s make Georgia elections a transparent, bipartisan undertaking. If we do, the 2020 election, whatever the truth, will become a story of interest only to historians."},{"_id":"M6BIOZOOAREENODMOIPP4CV4IM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739226760739},"type":"text","content":"<b>MICHAEL HEEKIN</b>"},{"_id":"S2LWVH5YLJF4HEIJIUNMJYH324","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739226760740},"type":"text","content":"MEMBER, FULTON COUNTY BOARD OF REGISTRATIONS AND ELECTIONS"},{"_id":"R64NBR7ZWNBNVDIHOVWCRTO5RQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739226760741},"type":"text","content":"<b>Speak up for democracy</b>"},{"_id":"7AZET4WJIRGC3OZAYFDP6KNDBQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739226760742},"type":"text","content":"As I daily skim the front pages of the AJC, the perception is that the turmoil in D.C. is politics as usual. But it is NOT usual."},{"_id":"PZZUUMGIYJG25IKJZEOPIWS5OM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739226760743},"type":"text","content":"Elon Musk, a wealthy citizen with no government experience who was not elected and personally benefits from his government interventions, has been given the keys to the castle. He is wreaking havoc with all the reasonable decisions our elected officials have made since our independence. This is a coup."},{"_id":"AXLDBJJTK5AXFBZPWXPDEB2WT4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739226760744},"type":"text","content":"Please acknowledge the seriousness of the crisis of the U.S. government. We need to know the whole situation and realize that all of us will be impacted negatively. We all need to find our backbones and be willing to speak up for our democracy, including the AJC."},{"_id":"WG7IVPUHKRAMBKLBYGOM24HJHI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739226760745},"type":"text","content":"If not us, then who?"},{"_id":"UTVOT4WKMBBNJJTRSFPV6IRWU4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739226760746},"type":"text","content":"<b>JEAN MILLKEY</b>, ATLANTA"},{"_id":"QTJ5LM3FF5DD3M5UZI5PRMN3SY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739226760747},"type":"text","content":"<br/>"}],"subheadlines":{"basic":""},"description":{"basic":""},"taxonomy":{"sections":[{"path":"/opinion","parent":{"default":"/"},"_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/","name":"Opinion","description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","_id":"/opinion","additional_properties":{"original":{"sponsor":{"sponsor_url_open_new_tab":"false","sponsor_desktop_banner":"","sponsor_mobile_banner":"","sponsor_url":""},"parent":{"AmpNav":"/","subnav_opinion":null,"TopicsBar2023":"/","BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"/","TopNav":null,"TopicsBar":null,"ComposerNav":"/","subnav_homepage":null,"default":"/","MainMenu2024":"/","MainMenuRedesign2021":null},"site":{"site_url":"/opinion/","section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","site_title":"Opinion"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"Opinion"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"Opinion","_id":"/opinion","ancestors":{"subnav_opinion":[],"TopicsBar2023":["/"],"MainMenu2024":["/"],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":[],"TopNav":[],"TopicsBar":[],"ComposerNav":["/"],"subnav_homepage":[]},"order":{"AmpNav":1033,"TopicsBar2023":1008,"default":1083,"MainMenu2024":1009,"SectionMap":1095,"ComposerNav":1012}}},"_website_section_id":"ajc./opinion","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"}],"primary_section":{"path":"/opinion","name":"Opinion"},"tags":[{"text":"readers write"}]},"related_content":{"redirect":[],"basic":[]},"type":"story","promo_items":{"basic":{"auth":{"1":"9c9032d0f59c49157c4924566c2c63759f635852f293e192017b3f69f43628ec"},"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"pskinner@ajc.com","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"Phil Skinner","type":"author","byline":"Phil Skinner"}]},"subtitle":"Readers Write","width":4180,"caption":"FEBRUARY 28, 2013-ATLANTA: Public art Provocateur, Randy Osborne works on his \"Letter A Day\" project in his Inman Park apartment on Thurs. 28th, 2013. 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Among our guests was Cornelius Taylor, who lived on Old Wheat Street. His tragic death has been painful for those of us who served him. 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An election denier as an official investigator of election irregularities? Evidently, that block of three votes on the current State Election Board just does not get it."},{"_id":"O7DELPQSBBB5ZPNQVB747EIWX4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739227823064},"type":"text","content":"The Georgia House and Senate look at their representatives to the State Election Board annually. With this latest action on the part of their representatives added to their other actions this past year, I think the House and Senate need to appoint new individuals. This time, choose individuals who are knowledgeable, qualified and temperamentally suited to such a board. Although I cannot find anything in the way of qualifications required of SEB members on the secretary of state office website, I am hoping common sense, and not wishing to be embarrassed or further liable for court costs, will prevail."},{"_id":"4V27R3O6DNGVZMZUPYXL7BCCCU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739227823065},"type":"text","content":"<b>ALIDA C. SILVERMAN</b>, ATLANTA"},{"_id":"URUU3ROOWBACLGKR2SGEGSXWXA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739227823066},"type":"text","content":"<b>Clean energy mandates needed for data centers</b>"},{"_id":"VJ3KSRP3HZBNHFD2ZSD6FRRC7Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739227823067},"type":"text","content":"Data centers have spread throughout the nation as businesses owned by “cloud service providers.” There are now more than 3,200 data centers in the U.S., and more than 100 in Georgia. These businesses are lured by Georgia’s tax credits for data centers. Such credits were to be eliminated last year through a bill passed by the General Assembly, but it was vetoed by Gov. Kemp. Data centers consume enormous amounts of energy – the average large data center uses as much power as about 200,000 homes."},{"_id":"LDBOMZFONNDHPA7JJF3ZO3DC2Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739227823068},"type":"text","content":"A bill now in the General Assembly, SB34, deserves strong public support because it proposes protecting residential and small-business energy consumers against unfair cost increases linked to the power needs of data centers. As important as supporting SB34 is, it doesn’t cover other data-center energy problems. Not included in the bill is any requirement for the owners of these facilities to use clean energy. Georgia Power currently proposes to prolong the heat-trapping combustion of coal and other fossil fuels, claiming to be justified by data-center demands."},{"_id":"QZD37E7I55AUJOL2OVOMQBHHVY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739227823069},"type":"text","content":"After a year when Georgians suffered more than $10 billion in climate-related, extreme weather damages, which are rapidly worsening, it is imperative that clean-energy use is made mandatory for data centers."},{"_id":"XS7DCHUMOFGOLFWIGUQLGX24OI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739227823070},"type":"text","content":"<b>DAVID KYLER</b>, SAINT SIMONS ISLAND"},{"_id":"QIBBZH7BFJESTNQLQLAFPSSCKQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739227823071},"type":"text","content":"CENTER FOR A SUSTAINABLE COAST"},{"_id":"3S4GZO25JVEWNGEKUEMQOLWVAU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739227823072},"type":"text","content":"<br/>"}],"subheadlines":{"basic":""},"description":{"basic":""},"taxonomy":{"sections":[{"path":"/opinion","parent":{"default":"/"},"_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/","name":"Opinion","description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","_id":"/opinion","additional_properties":{"original":{"sponsor":{"sponsor_url_open_new_tab":"false","sponsor_desktop_banner":"","sponsor_mobile_banner":"","sponsor_url":""},"parent":{"AmpNav":"/","subnav_opinion":null,"TopicsBar2023":"/","BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"/","TopNav":null,"TopicsBar":null,"ComposerNav":"/","subnav_homepage":null,"default":"/","MainMenu2024":"/","MainMenuRedesign2021":null},"site":{"site_url":"/opinion/","section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","site_title":"Opinion"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"Opinion"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"Opinion","_id":"/opinion","ancestors":{"subnav_opinion":[],"TopicsBar2023":["/"],"MainMenu2024":["/"],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":[],"TopNav":[],"TopicsBar":[],"ComposerNav":["/"],"subnav_homepage":[]},"order":{"AmpNav":1033,"TopicsBar2023":1008,"default":1083,"MainMenu2024":1009,"SectionMap":1095,"ComposerNav":1012}}},"_website_section_id":"ajc./opinion","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"}],"primary_section":{"path":"/opinion","name":"Opinion"},"tags":[{"text":"readers write"}]},"related_content":{"redirect":[],"basic":[]},"type":"story","promo_items":{"basic":{"auth":{"1":"9c9032d0f59c49157c4924566c2c63759f635852f293e192017b3f69f43628ec"},"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"pskinner@ajc.com","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"Phil Skinner","type":"author","byline":"Phil Skinner"}]},"subtitle":"Readers Write","width":4180,"caption":"FEBRUARY 28, 2013-ATLANTA: Public art Provocateur, Randy Osborne works on his \"Letter A Day\" project in his Inman Park apartment on Thurs. 28th, 2013. 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Please explain to me why a tax credit is needed to induce a gun owner to store their weapons safely and to ensure they do not get into the wrong hands. Doesn’t public safety begin with a person acting responsibly? While gun ownership is allegedly covered under the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, shouldn’t we expect those owners to take responsibility when handling and storing their weapons?"},{"_id":"KV366MQY3JEKFEBQDI4IPPBZBA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739126316491},"type":"text","content":"If they can afford to buy ammunition, they can afford to buy a gun storage case. Or is our next step to give gun owners a tax break to buy ammunition?"},{"_id":"ASGMFWGXRFFCLLIJ4XHF3BVZ74","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739126316492},"type":"text","content":"<b>JOE PALLADI</b>, BROOKHAVEN"},{"_id":"XO6NKAS7RJBWRJTETCBS5UKEDY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739126316493},"type":"text","content":"<b>Trump disregards laws and separation of powers</b>"},{"_id":"6NDA2Z3C3RCFRJN2S6UXVULB6U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[{"date":"2025-02-06T22:12:31.520Z","start":29,"end":35,"text":"added first name to first reference to trump","user":"Amanda DeArmon","email":"Amanda.DeArmon@ajc.com"}],"_id":1739126316494},"type":"text","content":"In just two weeks, President Donald Trump has shown a disregard for our laws and the separation of powers under our Constitution. Here are examples that legal experts have identified."},{"_id":"6VOWJEYYFJG6VNFLBBD7STWWWM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":0,"comment":"President "}],"comments":[{"date":"2025-02-06T22:13:06.999Z","start":10,"end":17,"text":"last names only following first reference, per AP","user":"Amanda DeArmon","email":"Amanda.DeArmon@ajc.com"}],"_id":1739126316495},"type":"text","content":"Trump’s order to terminate birthright citizenship was blatantly unconstitutional."},{"_id":"6QXQRL7ITFCQRCZD36V3LEPTII","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739126316496},"type":"text","content":"His order to extend the TikTok ban violated the TikTok law. His “Friday night massacre” of inspector generals violated a federal law. His indiscriminate firing of dozens of federal employees violated our civil service laws. His spending freeze violated the Impoundment Act. His DOGE team has seized access to government data in violation of privacy and cybersecurity laws."},{"_id":"P65BOZIPYBDVVBGHSDZ6CVEULQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739126316497},"type":"text","content":"I realize that if I mention the “I” word, some folks will go ballistic. But, if any other president had taken these actions, does anyone seriously believe he would not already be subject to a justifiable impeachment proceeding? Tragically, the Republicans are abdicating Congress’ critical role as a separate branch of our government."},{"_id":"THDUN3UFRNCNRMIGCJMTJSJXRY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739126316498},"type":"text","content":"<b>DON HACKNEY</b>, ATLANTA"},{"_id":"NGGCKWQPCFBERHOB4RKUGHRVBM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739126316499},"type":"text","content":"<b>Nation’s political path needs a course correction</b>"},{"_id":"CW3TTCJD5BDXRDTFPSPCKESMFY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":71,"comment":","},{"pos":334,"comment":","}],"comments":[],"_id":1739126316500},"type":"text","content":"When political discourse prioritizes charisma, oversimplified solutions or mass appeal over competence, the democratic process can elevate unqualified leaders like Donald Trump. Historical and contemporary politics provide plenty of examples of leaders whose governance style has been characterized by impulsivity, a lack of expertise or policies driven more by spectacle than substance."},{"_id":"RZROJP5YEVHIJGMF6MLUBBTZZ4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":249,"comment":","}],"comments":[],"_id":1739126316501},"type":"text","content":"The rise of such individuals who lead us astray often stems from widespread dissatisfaction — real or imagined — where voters seek dramatic change rather than calculated progress. Politicians who capitalize on emotional rhetoric, conspiracy theories or simplistic answers to complex issues can sway the public, even if they lack the ability to effectively govern. Such a situation poses the risk of confusing relatability with capability, highlighting democracy’s Achilles’ heel: when voters prioritize short-term gratification or entertainment, the result may compromise long-term institutional stability and competent leadership. This is the path we are on. 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The beneficiaries are major construction firms and, perhaps, the PACs of politicians that the contractors fund."},{"_id":"EWJMULORWZDN5D664ELMZCEFEI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739126222716},"type":"text","content":"<b>CHRIS DYRDA</b>, ATLANTA"},{"_id":"FONZYKJMYZCLFK4VYX3GFJ6XKY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":0,"comment":"<mark class=\"hl_yellow\"><del><b>Ashamed to be an American </b></del></mark>"}],"comments":[],"_id":1739126222717},"type":"text","content":"<b>Greed, power driving today’s America</b>"},{"_id":"UZREOCCRQNGZZP4NOF2CQDDKXQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":63,"comment":","}],"comments":[],"_id":1739126222718},"type":"text","content":"Under the current regime, it is easy to succumb to apathy, fear or despair. This is what the bully wants; this is how the bully will win."},{"_id":"JKJCKPP7YVCWTCQTAWHSOUNCTI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":150,"comment":"non-violent "}],"comments":[{"date":"2025-02-06T21:22:00.178Z","start":162,"end":172,"text":"no hyphen, per AP","user":"Amanda DeArmon","email":"Amanda.DeArmon@ajc.com"}],"_id":1739126222719},"type":"text","content":"I am ashamed to be an American now, when greed and power occlude morality and compassion. I hope many of us will seek alternative paths that are both nonviolent and restorative."},{"_id":"7N3EEB56HBGTLDWEEV3FO6GTHA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739126222720},"type":"text","content":"<b>A. 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Allowing President Donald Trump to write executive orders such as those ending birthright citizenship is hurting his constituents, creating fear and real harm."},{"_id":"DWKOG7ABHNBXXGKW3NWYL3NGZQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739126222723},"type":"text","content":"Where are the oaths taken by Republican representatives to uphold the Constitution? Will they defend the Constitution or stand by as newborns and immigrant families are targeted in an illegal way?"},{"_id":"JX2TKG7LFVEY5ALRRMLOY6YFO4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739126222724},"type":"text","content":"<b>DARLENE COYNE</b>, ROSWELL"},{"_id":"45CXLTJ56FCMRKIZWM4QYDZHNY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739126222725},"type":"text","content":"<b>Musk should not have access to Treasury</b>"},{"_id":"KNXWVNP4NBA6BOFFWK2P24DMNU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739126222726},"type":"text","content":"I was disappointed to see the article, “Musk’s team gains access to Treasury payments system,” placed on page 2A of my paper rather than on the front page."},{"_id":"WECFB5HRF5CLNKBPRYVSMECBIY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739126222727},"type":"text","content":"Elon Musk is not an employee of the U.S. government and should not have access to our Social Security numbers or Treasury payment system. This action by him is actually a five-alarm fire that deserved front-page attention. My fellow Americans should pay attention to this takeover by someone who has no legal rights to this information. What if he decides to stop issuing their Social Security payments and tax refunds? I encourage everyone to watch this very important story."},{"_id":"ZIJF42DRMNF7JK2HRFW25D5UI4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739126222728},"type":"text","content":"<b>DONNA M. SKELCY</b>, DECATUR"},{"_id":"S3LBSH3V6BHGDLWUOZNV2DS4TU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739126222729},"type":"text","content":"<b>Stopping foreign aid opens doors for adversaries</b>"},{"_id":"PWCCFRHY7BBYLFNVRMIUKMXY74","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[{"date":"2025-02-06T21:23:47.314Z","start":251,"end":252,"text":"added comma here","user":"Amanda DeArmon","email":"Amanda.DeArmon@ajc.com"}],"_id":1739126222730},"type":"text","content":"Of all the misguided, vindictive and venal actions President Trump has taken in his first days in office, those in the foreign policy arena are the most dangerous. Bullying our allies with threats of punitive tariffs may produce short-term concessions, but will have long-lasting negative consequences by incentivizing our allies to consider alliances with other countries."},{"_id":"2KYP4IQ4VNDZDMVH3XAQRF2LRI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":239,"comment":"U.S. aid "}],"comments":[],"_id":1739126222731},"type":"text","content":"Likewise, stopping all foreign aid because a fraction of the spending went to programs the president’s inner circle doesn’t agree with opens the door for our adversaries to fill the gap. China has been making inroads across the globe, and USAID has been one of the few impediments to its rapidly expanding international presence and influence. And if it needs to be said, threats of invasion are never well received."},{"_id":"LVWONAT3BNEW7DY2SHCTA2SSHE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739126222732},"type":"text","content":"The United States’ star shined brightest when we worked with our allies to solve difficult problems and extended the hand of friendship to neighbors. International relations, unlike business, has always been a strategic process. Actions taken today cast a long shadow into the future. This is no time to be making new enemies of old friends."},{"_id":"AWJQ7I6Q35GPRLCYKHBWIGG2VA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739126222733},"type":"text","content":"<b>MARK HUNTER</b>, ATLANTA"},{"_id":"OVAXJJ2IPBHNVATSWZK5MFJOLA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739126222734},"type":"text","content":"<br/>"},{"_id":"64VGJ3WWTBENFM4E4N6PBUPB34","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739126222735},"type":"text","content":"<br/>"},{"_id":"F3BQYOJG7VE7RF7LC345NK7CEU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739126222736},"type":"text","content":"<br/>"}],"subheadlines":{"basic":""},"description":{"basic":""},"taxonomy":{"sections":[{"path":"/opinion","parent":{"default":"/"},"_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/","name":"Opinion","description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","_id":"/opinion","additional_properties":{"original":{"sponsor":{"sponsor_url_open_new_tab":"false","sponsor_desktop_banner":"","sponsor_mobile_banner":"","sponsor_url":""},"parent":{"AmpNav":"/","subnav_opinion":null,"TopicsBar2023":"/","BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"/","TopNav":null,"TopicsBar":null,"ComposerNav":"/","subnav_homepage":null,"default":"/","MainMenu2024":"/","MainMenuRedesign2021":null},"site":{"site_url":"/opinion/","section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","site_title":"Opinion"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"Opinion"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"Opinion","_id":"/opinion","ancestors":{"subnav_opinion":[],"TopicsBar2023":["/"],"MainMenu2024":["/"],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":[],"TopNav":[],"TopicsBar":[],"ComposerNav":["/"],"subnav_homepage":[]},"order":{"AmpNav":1033,"TopicsBar2023":1008,"default":1083,"MainMenu2024":1009,"SectionMap":1095,"ComposerNav":1012}}},"_website_section_id":"ajc./opinion","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"}],"primary_section":{"path":"/opinion","name":"Opinion"},"tags":[{"text":"readers write"}]},"related_content":{"redirect":[],"basic":[]},"type":"story","promo_items":{"basic":{"auth":{"1":"9c9032d0f59c49157c4924566c2c63759f635852f293e192017b3f69f43628ec"},"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"pskinner@ajc.com","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"Phil Skinner","type":"author","byline":"Phil Skinner"}]},"subtitle":"Readers Write","width":4180,"caption":"FEBRUARY 28, 2013-ATLANTA: Public art Provocateur, Randy Osborne works on his \"Letter A Day\" project in his Inman Park apartment on Thurs. 28th, 2013. 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Her poor decisions and performance are costing not only tax money but failed prosecution of criminals. She decided to chase the windmill of Donald Trump and lost sight of the purpose for which she was elected. 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Trump is a marketing expert where truth is what you want the gullible to blindly follow."},{"_id":"K6OIDTKDQNHR7LA5ZYZPBDSDGM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":24,"comment":"that "},{"pos":91,"comment":"; will "}],"comments":[],"_id":1739126179598},"type":"text","content":"A recent article states the oil/gas industry is outsourcing work to India (profit motive). Will Trump penalize them (tariffs on labor), or is he beholden to their money?"},{"_id":"OLZZNB35RREERFH22NGBYFCKGE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739126179599},"type":"text","content":"<b>BOB DALTON</b>, LILBURN"},{"_id":"76GVIAUW7BC4JMNL7ALY6EBQ3I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739126179600},"type":"text","content":"<b>Sectors of society are being dismantled</b>"},{"_id":"ZYIQEENTPBCXNDXLCJLP6ZCP3A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":215,"comment":","}],"comments":[],"_id":1739126179601},"type":"text","content":"As a family doc, I am profoundly disturbed by Trump’s nomination of an anti-vaxxer, misinformation-spewing candidate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Public health policies and organizations are being attacked, i.e., CDC, WHO and vital public health reports, putting all of us in danger."},{"_id":"FB5XRD3SD5EK5ASL4HRD65LNFI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739126179602},"type":"text","content":"And then there are all the other sectors of our society that are being attacked or dismantled:"},{"_id":"XIRMRVSFS5F5FB3IR22RUK6LRM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":0,"comment":"- "}],"comments":[],"_id":1739126179603},"type":"text","content":"— The Trump administration’s anti-immigrant sentiment is draconian."},{"_id":"LLH5NO6YKBHHHHRVITFOXY56XE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":0,"comment":"- "}],"comments":[],"_id":1739126179604},"type":"text","content":"— Climate change is being denied in the fact that 2024 was the hottest year on record, with 27 major climate disasters (fires, hurricanes, etc.) exacerbated by bizarre fluctuations in climate."},{"_id":"NXU4RHGIKBGFTKG4M3NQFLTPOU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":0,"comment":"- "}],"comments":[],"_id":1739126179605},"type":"text","content":"— Women’s rights over their bodies are being attacked."},{"_id":"2VNEQOOGFVHCFD42BSR74RJROQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":0,"comment":"- "},{"pos":16,"comment":", unhinged,"}],"comments":[],"_id":1739126179606},"type":"text","content":"— Administration blaming seemingly everything on “DEI,” which is pure racism and white nationalism, in my opinion."},{"_id":"AF4IOEOL2VGZPMBVUQBNIXR7YM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":0,"comment":"- "}],"comments":[],"_id":1739126179607},"type":"text","content":"— “Globalism” is being attacked in an era when humans (as well as viruses and other organisms) are able to travel halfway around the world in about 15 hours, to infect people anywhere on the globe."},{"_id":"APR42ZIVHRD2DFWMJHEMYZUDK4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":255,"comment":" --"},{"pos":268,"comment":"at "}],"comments":[],"_id":1739126179608},"type":"text","content":"The current administration is wasting so much time turning our country insularly backward, whereas we Americans, with global cooperation, could help make the world a safer and better place for all humanity. The isolationist policy does not “make us great” — just look what happened in Afghanistan when reactionary voices took over."},{"_id":"MM5KBKZLGZDKHHSQVZRJMXTV4I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":0,"comment":"Quoting Jonathan Blitzer, staff writer for The New Yorker: “We’re in a moment when the politics have veered off so drastically from any of the actual policy discussions of what needs to be and should be happening, that there’s a level of dysfunction (in the current administration) that is new.”"}],"comments":[],"_id":1739126179609},"type":"text","content":""},{"_id":"BHPASUMS5NH2XIFHFPOQYTZV6I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739126179610},"type":"text","content":"<b>SALPI ADROUNY, M.D.</b>, JOHNS CREEK"},{"_id":"EOX6ROJIDNALRIQZ4DBZMCTOU4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739126179611},"type":"text","content":"<br/>"}],"subheadlines":{"basic":""},"description":{"basic":""},"taxonomy":{"sections":[{"path":"/opinion","parent":{"default":"/"},"_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/","name":"Opinion","description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","_id":"/opinion","additional_properties":{"original":{"sponsor":{"sponsor_url_open_new_tab":"false","sponsor_desktop_banner":"","sponsor_mobile_banner":"","sponsor_url":""},"parent":{"AmpNav":"/","subnav_opinion":null,"TopicsBar2023":"/","BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"/","TopNav":null,"TopicsBar":null,"ComposerNav":"/","subnav_homepage":null,"default":"/","MainMenu2024":"/","MainMenuRedesign2021":null},"site":{"site_url":"/opinion/","section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","site_title":"Opinion"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"Opinion"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"Opinion","_id":"/opinion","ancestors":{"subnav_opinion":[],"TopicsBar2023":["/"],"MainMenu2024":["/"],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":[],"TopNav":[],"TopicsBar":[],"ComposerNav":["/"],"subnav_homepage":[]},"order":{"AmpNav":1033,"TopicsBar2023":1008,"default":1083,"MainMenu2024":1009,"SectionMap":1095,"ComposerNav":1012}}},"_website_section_id":"ajc./opinion","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"}],"primary_section":{"path":"/opinion","name":"Opinion"},"tags":[{"text":"readers write"}]},"related_content":{"redirect":[],"basic":[]},"type":"story","promo_items":{"basic":{"auth":{"1":"9c9032d0f59c49157c4924566c2c63759f635852f293e192017b3f69f43628ec"},"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"pskinner@ajc.com","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"Phil Skinner","type":"author","byline":"Phil Skinner"}]},"subtitle":"Readers Write","width":4180,"caption":"FEBRUARY 28, 2013-ATLANTA: Public art Provocateur, Randy Osborne works on his \"Letter A Day\" project in his Inman Park apartment on Thurs. 28th, 2013. 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The station, its on-air personalities and benevolent activities in our communities have been an impactful blessing and will be missed. Well done, good and faithful servants."},{"_id":"SDQRCME3F5DNXI6PHODGVAGSSM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739125466711},"type":"text","content":"May God bless all those (and their families) who have contributed to this “gem” in broadcast radio."},{"_id":"5NBHQL4V3BGVPCJJSVBRTHFCIU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739125466712},"type":"text","content":"<b>JOHN IORILLO</b>, MARIETTA"},{"_id":"XEWI7ME7MVHGDGUKBGCODKRWAY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739125466713},"type":"text","content":"<b>DEI being blamed for everything</b>"},{"_id":"UCM2QATSNZBNRM7JXTY4OCXRCU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":274,"comment":" dead"}],"comments":[{"date":"2025-02-04T18:04:50.412Z","start":280,"end":288,"text":"slight tweak here","user":"Amanda DeArmon","email":"Amanda.DeArmon@ajc.com"}],"_id":1739125466714},"type":"text","content":"I was going to start this letter with the word unbelievable, but it really isn’t. Sixty-seven people were tragically killed in a midair collision, and President Donald Trump spent more time attacking diversity, equity and inclusion efforts than consoling the families of the deceased. Has the man any compassion or common sense? He has no idea what caused the crash, yet he was happy to use it to promote his racist — let’s call them what they are — anti-DEI efforts."},{"_id":"R33VMD6OZNF4TJGDOYTWDSQDRU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739125466715},"type":"text","content":"We can assume DEI will now be blamed for anything that goes wrong in our country. Egg prices too high? Blame DEI. Longest government shutdown in U.S. history? Blame DEI. Ship hits a bridge? Blame DEI. Hurricane hits Puerto Rico? Blame DEI."},{"_id":"JJTC7F3ERNDZFAPLRJF5SXKTFI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739125466716},"type":"text","content":"I assume Trump is not a fan of former President Harry S. Truman, as the buck definitely does not stop with this president."},{"_id":"OLD3FPLKSNC4TFVLBPLSYP3TOY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739125466717},"type":"text","content":"<b>ERIC DUSENBURY</b>, ATLANTA"},{"_id":"Q7747WNUT5H6HCYNAOOGEKPSYY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739125466718},"type":"text","content":"<b>Not too difficult to speak up on convictions</b>"},{"_id":"UTTGCCFO2ZDHFPPCT4O7JVSKKA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739125466719},"type":"text","content":"Former U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler was recently questioned before her appointment to head the Small Business Administration. Though I still think she has some conflicts of interest, I’m interested in why she would not address hypothetical questions."},{"_id":"2SIZHXBRIBBULGBUVLE6R2JJWM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739125466720},"type":"text","content":"When asked if she would do something illegal for President Donald Trump, she said she wouldn’t address it. To me, that means she would."},{"_id":"AARCGSTASJGRTHFHNGFSXZZBGE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739125466721},"type":"text","content":"We all address hypotheticals every day. It’s not that hard, especially if you have morals and convictions. Most times, it’s called “Plan B.”"},{"_id":"3ZLXWM4T3VCE5CGYZUUG6YSG24","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739125466722},"type":"text","content":"<b>BRAD FERGUSON</b>, SANDY SPRINGS"},{"_id":"DCSWQCFII5CHBNSUXLBOUX2TKA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739125466723},"type":"text","content":"<b>Look who’s calling the kettle black</b>"},{"_id":"WF4LCQ4IIZAVDNZFCJFXXN3WAA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739125466724},"type":"text","content":"President Donald Trump issued an executive order that targets transgender service members, asserting that “many mental and physical conditions are incompatible with active duty.”"},{"_id":"M5FHTSVT5FCNZJO63O6RPJ352E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":304,"comment":"Defense "}],"comments":[],"_id":1739125466725},"type":"text","content":"The order accuses transgender military personnel of living in conflict “with a soldier’s commitment to an honorable, truthful and disciplined lifestyle, even in one’s personal life.” But here is where the extreme lowering of standards by Trump has brought us. The commander in chief and the secretary of defense are either unable or unwilling to meet that standard of an honorable, truthful and disciplined lifestyle. How can they expect those who serve to meet a standard that those in command are incapable of meeting themselves?"},{"_id":"KHT2U6UGFVFO3GCGWY2AW6EHHA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739125466726},"type":"text","content":"<b>SUSAN LAUTENBACHER</b>, DUNWOODY"}],"subheadlines":{"basic":""},"description":{"basic":""},"taxonomy":{"sections":[{"path":"/opinion","parent":{"default":"/"},"_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/","name":"Opinion","description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","_id":"/opinion","additional_properties":{"original":{"sponsor":{"sponsor_url_open_new_tab":"false","sponsor_desktop_banner":"","sponsor_mobile_banner":"","sponsor_url":""},"parent":{"AmpNav":"/","subnav_opinion":null,"TopicsBar2023":"/","BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"/","TopNav":null,"TopicsBar":null,"ComposerNav":"/","subnav_homepage":null,"default":"/","MainMenu2024":"/","MainMenuRedesign2021":null},"site":{"site_url":"/opinion/","section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","site_title":"Opinion"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"Opinion"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"Opinion","_id":"/opinion","ancestors":{"subnav_opinion":[],"TopicsBar2023":["/"],"MainMenu2024":["/"],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":[],"TopNav":[],"TopicsBar":[],"ComposerNav":["/"],"subnav_homepage":[]},"order":{"AmpNav":1033,"TopicsBar2023":1008,"default":1083,"MainMenu2024":1009,"SectionMap":1095,"ComposerNav":1012}}},"_website_section_id":"ajc./opinion","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"}],"primary_section":{"path":"/opinion","name":"Opinion"},"tags":[{"text":"readers write"}]},"related_content":{"redirect":[],"basic":[]},"type":"story","promo_items":{"basic":{"auth":{"1":"9c9032d0f59c49157c4924566c2c63759f635852f293e192017b3f69f43628ec"},"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"pskinner@ajc.com","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"Phil Skinner","type":"author","byline":"Phil Skinner"}]},"subtitle":"Readers Write","width":4180,"caption":"FEBRUARY 28, 2013-ATLANTA: Public art Provocateur, Randy Osborne works on his \"Letter A Day\" project in his Inman Park apartment on Thurs. 28th, 2013. 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Nothing “unfair” happened to Samson Tours when it had to answer for its role in the death of our clients’ 8-year-old daughter. Georgia bus laws exist to keep children safe. One law prohibits a school bus from activating its visual signals to load children at a traffic light. A school bus stop sign that conflicts with a green traffic light can be confusing, particularly when drivers are making split-second decisions. The approved route, provided to Samson Tours, did not include the traffic light intersection where my client’s child was killed."},{"_id":"MA2XS6PZGRDBRGD77MSELXN6TM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738597720229},"type":"text","content":"The lawsuit alleged the bus stop was unlawful, which confused a driver and resulted in this tragedy. Samson Tours knew how and where to safely and legally load children. If Samson Tours had abided by the list of approved stops and followed the law, this tragedy could have been avoided. Obviously, the skilled lawyers that represented Samson Tours agreed, because they offered Samson’s insurance policy limits to resolve the case and protect it from a jury verdict."},{"_id":"PBATOGJXNBCB5H5YYYYBUHOXII","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":356,"comment":"-"}],"comments":[],"_id":1738597720230},"type":"text","content":"Sambdman has not used this tragedy to improve the safety of kids who ride school buses. Instead, he has made himself a victim and the poster child for so-called “tort reform,” which is what insurance companies call efforts to make it harder or impossible for injured people to be fully compensated for their injuries. But whom should Georgia protect: multimillion-dollar companies that refuse to take responsibility or the thousands of Georgia children who ride the bus every day?"},{"_id":"QTM2IMBC7FAOJPPC27YICJN34Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738597720231},"type":"text","content":"Thank goodness the citizens of Georgia have courts where they can turn to for justice when corporations refuse to take responsibility."},{"_id":"6ADJ2ZQ7MFHPXFNWRLJFTLIE3Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738597720232},"type":"text","content":"<b>TEDRA L. CANNELLA</b>, DECATUR"},{"_id":"TJWV6EJQUVASTKFG3EALQMYUZA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738612349191},"type":"text","content":"<b>Clarity needed on Project 2025</b>"},{"_id":"3JEFXPDCXZACNGEZBQ7FY5RQFU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738612349192},"type":"text","content":"Isn’t it clear now that President Donald Trump was not truthful when he claimed to not know anything about Project 2025? We saw the photos of him and an architect of the plan in a private plane, and many millionaires and billionaires in his Cabinet were integrally involved in its planning."},{"_id":"AAEMIJEADRAYZABCMB47MNEDTI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738612349193},"type":"text","content":"I have some questions about its implementation regarding education. Project 2025 requires all public school students to take a military entrance exam. Since the ruling class in Georgia decided that public school funds should be diverted to private schools in the form of vouchers, would the private school children also be required to take the exam?"},{"_id":"FELVVX5JCZD2JPJUAGPBBENSHE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738613123306},"type":"text","content":"Also, because the GOP wants to rid the military of gay and transgender people, couldn’t all the children just pretend to be gay to get out of service? It would be a better excuse than bone spurs."},{"_id":"KVXVSBDPLNELROJMYT6FUZ5PTM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738612349195},"type":"text","content":"<b>ANNE COOK</b>, MARIETTA"},{"_id":"UUWBL7WRJRC5XII5SEZXKWHSXQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738612349196},"type":"text","content":"<br/>"}],"subheadlines":{"basic":""},"description":{"basic":""},"taxonomy":{"sections":[{"path":"/opinion","parent":{"default":"/"},"_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/","name":"Opinion","description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","_id":"/opinion","additional_properties":{"original":{"sponsor":{"sponsor_url_open_new_tab":"false","sponsor_desktop_banner":"","sponsor_mobile_banner":"","sponsor_url":""},"parent":{"AmpNav":"/","subnav_opinion":null,"TopicsBar2023":"/","BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"/","TopNav":null,"TopicsBar":null,"ComposerNav":"/","subnav_homepage":null,"default":"/","MainMenu2024":"/","MainMenuRedesign2021":null},"site":{"site_url":"/opinion/","section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","site_title":"Opinion"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"Opinion"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"Opinion","_id":"/opinion","ancestors":{"subnav_opinion":[],"TopicsBar2023":["/"],"MainMenu2024":["/"],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":[],"TopNav":[],"TopicsBar":[],"ComposerNav":["/"],"subnav_homepage":[]},"order":{"AmpNav":1033,"TopicsBar2023":1008,"default":1083,"MainMenu2024":1009,"SectionMap":1095,"ComposerNav":1012}}},"_website_section_id":"ajc./opinion","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"}],"primary_section":{"path":"/opinion","name":"Opinion"},"tags":[{"text":"readers write"}]},"related_content":{"redirect":[],"basic":[]},"type":"story","promo_items":{"basic":{"auth":{"1":"9c9032d0f59c49157c4924566c2c63759f635852f293e192017b3f69f43628ec"},"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"pskinner@ajc.com","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"Phil Skinner","type":"author","byline":"Phil Skinner"}]},"subtitle":"Readers Write","width":4180,"caption":"FEBRUARY 28, 2013-ATLANTA: Public art Provocateur, Randy Osborne works on his \"Letter A Day\" project in his Inman Park apartment on Thurs. 28th, 2013. 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How about “improvements” emanating from President Donald Trump’s immediate actions reversing the damage of the Biden administration’s policies?"},{"_id":"RS4EOSSETZEPZOEBPSRP4PIGCM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":350,"comment":"common sense "}],"comments":[{"date":"2025-01-30T21:01:21.603Z","start":363,"end":375,"text":"hyphenate as a compound modifier","user":"Amanda DeArmon","email":"Amanda.DeArmon@ajc.com"}],"_id":1738596985337},"type":"text","content":"Aligning policies with voters’ preferences, moving toward a market-driven economy rather than a heavy-handed, federally controlled economy of edicts and subsidies, and securing our borders are welcomed results. Allowing people automobile choices is more American than force-fed electric vehicles demanded by a socialist-style central government. 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Bring on the “fallout.” It’s needed."},{"_id":"IYH5WHAEAVEV7JVUTJK5AWGADA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596985340},"type":"text","content":"<b>GREGORY MARSHALL</b>, MARIETTA"},{"_id":"CQQWAF2IBNBOHCZTWRC7RGLJOE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596985341},"type":"text","content":"<b>Jan. 6 pardons show lack of support for police</b>"},{"_id":"VKC7MQI53NETDI4LUDVKIU4BTM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596985342},"type":"text","content":"When President Donald Trump pardoned all the rioters who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, he showed no support for the Capitol Police and police in general."},{"_id":"C3XC3P7RDRFKDGIEBB7GGHZHPY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596985343},"type":"text","content":"I understand people’s frustration. I am extremely disappointed with all the Republicans who lined up to give their talking points in support of Trump. Trump’s pardons also will embolden right-wing groups who live just on the edge of violence anyway. But the absolute worst thing is the next time there is trouble on the Capitol grounds, the Capitol Police will already know, in a conflict with Trump’s supporters, they will probably not be supported then either."},{"_id":"MLJKXO2P2RCEPLQIKQ764PMULA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596985344},"type":"text","content":"America voted for this. 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While serving on the bench in Atlanta, he was assigned a very controversial case involving the “Mariel Boat Cubans,” who had been locked up in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary by the Immigration Service. Shoob ruled that, even though these Cuban refugees were not U.S. citizens, they had due process rights that entitled them to a hearing about their incarceration. Shoob, like Carter, believed that all people have inalienable human rights, a hard lesson Shoob learned firsthand while serving his country as a 19-year-old Army private, fighting in Europe to end Nazi oppression."},{"_id":"2Y4XHUO2AJD4RO5HMLVLS4FNFI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739125349572},"type":"text","content":"Shoob’s judicial career also included handling a multiyear prison conditions case involving the Fulton County Jail. He ruled repeatedly that the jail did not meet fundamental constitutional requirements. Shoob also was called upon from time to time to enforce the Constitution’s requirement of the separation of church and state. Last, he lived out his creed by treating all litigants who appeared before him with dignity and respect. Judge Shoob is a wonderful testament to the Carter judicial legacy."},{"_id":"X4N544AMRRA3JB5SDUCWGU4ATM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739125349573},"type":"text","content":"<b>MIKE EGAN</b>, ATLANTA"},{"_id":"XS5RBFAXGNES5IV6KRHCXRYX6M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739125349574},"type":"text","content":"<b>Vaccines are a cost-effective benefit to public health</b>"},{"_id":"TD5EB2EPQFAHJFCJPONPNB3D24","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":132,"comment":"SNPhA "}],"comments":[],"_id":1739125349575},"type":"text","content":"As a student pharmacist and global health advocate, I’ve seen vaccines’ life-changing impact. Through my work with policymakers and the Student National Pharmaceutical Association, I’ve witnessed progress in fighting preventable diseases — and the challenges that remain."},{"_id":"65TCYEJC4BFVZHFA53IRIOAUSM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":92,"comment":"one in five"}],"comments":[],"_id":1739125349576},"type":"text","content":"Even today, 1.5 million children die annually from vaccine-preventable diseases, and 1 in 5 lacks basic immunizations. These aren’t just statistics — they’re real lives lost."},{"_id":"AUHCHL3PAVEX7NOOXUWUKF5GIY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739125349577},"type":"text","content":"This issue is personal. I work with communities facing health care barriers daily. 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The commander in chief and the secretary of Defense are either unable or unwilling to meet that standard of an honorable, truthful and disciplined lifestyle. 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(“Ga.’s top judge: No more partisan judicial elections,” Jan. 29)."},{"_id":"WQYEONR4PRF6DFYS5LJV2U73RU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":106,"comment":"State’s "}],"comments":[],"_id":1738596829019},"type":"text","content":"I applaud his wisdom about so many matters, but most of all, his desire to see the election of all of the state’s judges be nonpartisan. It makes no sense to have judges campaigning with a party affiliation. I cannot think of any legal decisions that would be served by a judge being identified with a particular party. I also found his support for using a digital system to record certain court hearings very wise."},{"_id":"XOIRFY7LDRGIFFNPR52FHOUBPA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596829020},"type":"text","content":"<b>MARGARET E. 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The reality is that Republicans have gotten most judgeships into Republican-leaning hands by using a little-known law that allows early-retiring judges to be appointed by the Republican governor, who can then push back scheduled elections by two years, thus giving the de-facto Republican, appointed judge the power of incumbency and the electoral shield of “impartiality” by removing all reference to party beliefs."},{"_id":"VWL6TWNNLZDAHMDP7JAI3BN35A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":158,"comment":"then "},{"pos":217,"comment":","},{"pos":324,"comment":"Roe v Wade "},{"pos":346,"comment":"Constitutional "}],"comments":[{"date":"2025-01-30T20:46:05.436Z","start":220,"end":221,"text":"moved comma inside quotation marks","user":"Amanda DeArmon","email":"Amanda.DeArmon@ajc.com"}],"_id":1738596829023},"type":"text","content":"This is how the Georgia Supreme Court has become stacked with Republican judges. Yet those same party beliefs clearly impact rulings: most evidently with the clearly unconstitutional and unscientific “Heartbeat Bill,” the six-week abortion ban before a heart even exists that was handed down by Republican legislators while Roe v. Wade was still constitutional law. The Supreme Court ruling on the subsequent lawsuit was filled with retroactive and theological justifications to enable that clearly unconstitutional action."},{"_id":"NFBUFZQ7HFDS5MS7ZNVP3EKI6I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596829024},"type":"text","content":"<b>BARBARA SHARP</b>, MARIETTA"},{"_id":"4BXZ7VAJ3ZDVVK6BDIVHKWGMNM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596829025},"type":"text","content":"<b>Trump wages war on public schools</b>"},{"_id":"BSGWTKTS7JF4BBD4VOOQL6E4QI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":127,"comment":","}],"comments":[{"date":"2025-01-30T20:41:52.487Z","start":0,"end":17,"text":"added title and first name on first reference to trump","user":"Amanda DeArmon","email":"Amanda.DeArmon@ajc.com"}],"_id":1738596829026},"type":"text","content":"President Donald Trump’s threat to withhold federal funding from any public school that teaches anything regarding race, gender or politics is just the latest offensive in the ongoing Republican attack on public education. Republicans don’t want an educated electorate. That’s why they’re waging war on public education, as reflected in school vouchers that take badly needed funds from public schools and transfer them to private institutions; MAGA-inspired curriculum reform, including a Christian orientation and a sanitized version of American history; failure to support teachers and pay them a competitive salary; and banning “immoral” books from classrooms and libraries. Their goal is to privatize public education because they consider public education “socialist.”"},{"_id":"3HH7FQEQAVFSLEFU2CLL4QK7V4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596829027},"type":"text","content":"When Trump said, “I love the uneducated,” it was because he knows they constitute a major source of Republican support and are more easily manipulated by emotion than by critical thinking and facts."},{"_id":"Y2Y7XCB3QVDNDNQ3AV3HEHYVOU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596829028},"type":"text","content":"<b>LUCAS CARPENTER</b>, CONYERS"},{"_id":"6RIXTJXNZZGPJCPPMR7XQ67H3Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596829029},"type":"text","content":"<b>Dems failed to hold Trump accountable</b>"},{"_id":"TEMCEBVZQFAY3MROUSC6VNYGCI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":28,"comment":"Op-Ed "},{"pos":379,"comment":","}],"comments":[{"date":"2025-01-30T20:42:31.663Z","start":196,"end":198,"text":"added \"to\" here","user":"Amanda DeArmon","email":"Amanda.DeArmon@ajc.com"},{"date":"2025-01-30T20:43:11.158Z","start":282,"end":285,"text":"added first name on first reference to biden","user":"Amanda DeArmon","email":"Amanda.DeArmon@ajc.com"},{"date":"2025-01-30T20:44:25.116Z","start":433,"end":440,"text":"added first name on first reference to fauci","user":"Amanda DeArmon","email":"Amanda.DeArmon@ajc.com"},{"date":"2025-01-30T20:43:50.620Z","start":451,"end":455,"text":"added first name on first reference to cheney","user":"Amanda DeArmon","email":"Amanda.DeArmon@ajc.com"}],"_id":1738596829030},"type":"text","content":"Carolyn Bourdeaux’s Jan. 24 op-ed about the lack of guardrails for Trump mostly nails the problem: Trump is uncontrollable (“There are no more guardrails for president”). However, in trying to show balance in her opinions, she has to cast some blame on Democrats. If you were Joe Biden faced with Trump promising all kinds of vindictiveness, wouldn’t you protect your son, family and other innocent and courageous people like Anthony Fauci and Liz Cheney from gross abuse of hateful power?"},{"_id":"2NGBZGCISBEA3L3XSHLFM42FHY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[{"date":"2025-01-30T20:45:01.082Z","start":118,"end":120,"text":"added comma here","user":"Amanda DeArmon","email":"Amanda.DeArmon@ajc.com"}],"_id":1738596829031},"type":"text","content":"The real fault of the Democrats was not their policies (which have given us the best economy in the world under Biden), but not forcefully contradicting Trump’s lies and misinformation about Democratic successes. The Biden administration (notably Merrick Garland) made the huge mistake of focusing too much of its efforts on the Jan. 6 rioters and not convicting Trump of his many crimes. This enabled Trump to play the same delay game he had played all his life. He should be in jail now instead of being president."},{"_id":"VU2HYJ4Q4NCFVFFI53QMNGZJ6U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596829032},"type":"text","content":"<b>JOHN SHACKLETON</b>, ATLANTA"},{"_id":"VHONJOWACJF57IZAL2ZVUP2XJU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596829033},"type":"text","content":"<br/>"},{"_id":"4CG5FVUNVRDC3JAJBES2ZETFMA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596829034},"type":"text","content":"<br/>"}],"subheadlines":{"basic":""},"description":{"basic":""},"taxonomy":{"sections":[{"path":"/opinion","parent":{"default":"/"},"_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/","name":"Opinion","description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","_id":"/opinion","additional_properties":{"original":{"sponsor":{"sponsor_url_open_new_tab":"false","sponsor_desktop_banner":"","sponsor_mobile_banner":"","sponsor_url":""},"parent":{"AmpNav":"/","subnav_opinion":null,"TopicsBar2023":"/","BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"/","TopNav":null,"TopicsBar":null,"ComposerNav":"/","subnav_homepage":null,"default":"/","MainMenu2024":"/","MainMenuRedesign2021":null},"site":{"site_url":"/opinion/","section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","site_title":"Opinion"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"Opinion"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"Opinion","_id":"/opinion","ancestors":{"subnav_opinion":[],"TopicsBar2023":["/"],"MainMenu2024":["/"],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":[],"TopNav":[],"TopicsBar":[],"ComposerNav":["/"],"subnav_homepage":[]},"order":{"AmpNav":1033,"TopicsBar2023":1008,"default":1083,"MainMenu2024":1009,"SectionMap":1095,"ComposerNav":1012}}},"_website_section_id":"ajc./opinion","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"}],"primary_section":{"path":"/opinion","name":"Opinion"},"tags":[{"text":"readers write"}]},"related_content":{"redirect":[],"basic":[]},"type":"story","promo_items":{"basic":{"auth":{"1":"9c9032d0f59c49157c4924566c2c63759f635852f293e192017b3f69f43628ec"},"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"pskinner@ajc.com","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"Phil Skinner","type":"author","byline":"Phil Skinner"}]},"subtitle":"Readers Write","width":4180,"caption":"FEBRUARY 28, 2013-ATLANTA: Public art Provocateur, Randy Osborne works on his \"Letter A Day\" project in his Inman Park apartment on Thurs. 28th, 2013. 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It is inefficient, and it puts our lives at risk."},{"_id":"SG7XFABJUFHANFKB47GLTESJXY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596740120},"type":"text","content":"This was the first week that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did not publish its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the most widely read public health journal in the world. This is alarming. Our government is shutting down historically open pathways of information sharing, leaving everyone in the dark about our own health. We are now unable to access scientific data about current and emerging health threats."},{"_id":"B2KWYT3YIBBPDLR327VUS5MWKM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":76,"comment":","}],"comments":[],"_id":1738596740121},"type":"text","content":"Kansas has a large tuberculosis outbreak. We are in the middle of flu season with bird influenza spreading in cattle and birds in our country, affecting food prices and threatening humans. Tanzania and Rwanda, countries that are a plane flight away, are seeing an outbreak of Marburg disease."},{"_id":"PYYJVITRI5D6FILNDMMPLAQTTM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596740122},"type":"text","content":"A nonpartisan, science-based agency tasked with guarding our public health has been silenced. We should ask our elected representatives if our lives matter to them at all."},{"_id":"LQFFRYBFXVAVXK5MN3K57WVGYM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596740123},"type":"text","content":"<b>JENNIFER LOWANCE</b>, ATLANTA"},{"_id":"37BWN4ZMBRC5TPSLRD43MUIKNI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596740124},"type":"text","content":"<b>Racism definitely not a thing of the past</b>"},{"_id":"SKXNCQ3D7JDTJA5RQQHTYWFD5Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596740125},"type":"text","content":"Jack Bernard’s Jan. 24 AJC essay decrying the “misguided, willfully ignorant push from MAGA to declare bigotry a thing of the past” was surprising. He is a Republican, but he is willing to speak up against President Donald Trump. That takes extraordinary bravery from a Republican these days, so good for him."},{"_id":"XAZ57IPB6RBNZJD7VKO2FD2S4I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":415,"comment":","}],"comments":[],"_id":1738596740126},"type":"text","content":"I’m a boomer. The post-World War II GI benefits allowed my father to be the first person in his family to graduate from college, go to medical school, buy a house and build our family wealth from nothing. It wasn’t all that long ago that I learned these benefits were, practically speaking, not available to Black veterans. I loved my father very much, but he was not a one-in-a-million person. If he had been Black he would have been working class, and we could never have bought a house in that fast-growing Minneapolis suburb and watched the value skyrocket."},{"_id":"MMRLMBAUNZH47FC22WIVYKRI7U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596740127},"type":"text","content":"The racism those Black veterans and, by extension, their children experienced is deeply embedded in our society today. It is most definitely not a thing of the past."},{"_id":"ZXOSGD45YFDE7FHQLJ2GVKF4OQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596740128},"type":"text","content":"<b>PAM WOODLEY</b>, ATLANTA"},{"_id":"BTHNXKPLBREAHERVNXF3ZVLFJU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":13,"comment":"<b>s</b>"}],"comments":[],"_id":1738596740129},"type":"text","content":"<b>Rep. Collins’ comments were unacceptable</b>"},{"_id":"KXMIGCFQTNG4TEHMA7QBQYUC5E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596740130},"type":"text","content":"Rep. Mike Collins said Bishop Mariann Budde should be “added to the deportation list” in reaction to her plea for mercy for many Americans who will be affected by President Donald Trump’s draconian orders on immigration."},{"_id":"FZWXTUU4FJD7ZISTRS4TXK6SSI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":169,"comment":"that "}],"comments":[],"_id":1738596740131},"type":"text","content":"This Georgia congressman apparently does not know that an American-born citizen cannot be deported for saying what she thinks. This is protected free speech. I remember Trump and the MAGA crowd thought an attack on the Capitol was “free speech.” Apparently, a plea for mercy at an interfaith service was unacceptable to Trump. Collins’ comment was unworthy of an elected official."},{"_id":"DPXHAPPRUFFGVFPUKRUILBIW7U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596740132},"type":"text","content":"<b>KARLA PEABODY</b>, CUMMING"}],"subheadlines":{"basic":""},"description":{"basic":""},"taxonomy":{"sections":[{"path":"/opinion","parent":{"default":"/"},"_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/","name":"Opinion","description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","_id":"/opinion","additional_properties":{"original":{"sponsor":{"sponsor_url_open_new_tab":"false","sponsor_desktop_banner":"","sponsor_mobile_banner":"","sponsor_url":""},"parent":{"AmpNav":"/","subnav_opinion":null,"TopicsBar2023":"/","BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"/","TopNav":null,"TopicsBar":null,"ComposerNav":"/","subnav_homepage":null,"default":"/","MainMenu2024":"/","MainMenuRedesign2021":null},"site":{"site_url":"/opinion/","section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","site_title":"Opinion"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"Opinion"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"Opinion","_id":"/opinion","ancestors":{"subnav_opinion":[],"TopicsBar2023":["/"],"MainMenu2024":["/"],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":[],"TopNav":[],"TopicsBar":[],"ComposerNav":["/"],"subnav_homepage":[]},"order":{"AmpNav":1033,"TopicsBar2023":1008,"default":1083,"MainMenu2024":1009,"SectionMap":1095,"ComposerNav":1012}}},"_website_section_id":"ajc./opinion","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"}],"primary_section":{"path":"/opinion","name":"Opinion"},"tags":[{"text":"readers write"}]},"related_content":{"redirect":[],"basic":[]},"type":"story","promo_items":{"basic":{"auth":{"1":"9c9032d0f59c49157c4924566c2c63759f635852f293e192017b3f69f43628ec"},"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"pskinner@ajc.com","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"Phil Skinner","type":"author","byline":"Phil Skinner"}]},"subtitle":"Readers Write","width":4180,"caption":"FEBRUARY 28, 2013-ATLANTA: Public art Provocateur, Randy Osborne works on his \"Letter A Day\" project in his Inman Park apartment on Thurs. 28th, 2013. 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On arrival, doctors checked for contagious diseases in less than a minute while processors asked questions about occupation, origination point and financial status. These new Americans scattered across the land, taking up residence in large U.S. cities or heading west for a chance at the American dream. They came here to flee persecution, escape famine, pursue freedom or because of difficult economic conditions. Though held in contempt by those (also immigrants) already here, they soon became vital contributors to America."},{"_id":"TNSWMIZNYJC2VPMG3MI7P7YE3U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596679402},"type":"text","content":"This history rings familiar compared with today’s immigration issue, yet there is one big difference. To be processed out of Ellis Island and into the fabric of our country took less than five hours. Now it takes five years. Would many of us be Americans if our ancestors had to wait that long? We know that answer. Stop complaining about the immigrants and fix the process, or tell grandpa he should’ve stayed home."},{"_id":"CZQQVC3ZRVE3FAWIQUOWVPROJQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596679403},"type":"text","content":"<b>MICHAEL BUCHANAN</b>, ALPHARETTA"},{"_id":"AHZQUVENHFGY5GMJL5P6WW6QTA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596679404},"type":"text","content":"<b>Jan. 6 pardons cause concern for supporters</b>"},{"_id":"4FWVJLHBQFFCTDTXNZ4DFDFY7A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596679405},"type":"text","content":"President Donald Trump was elected with a mandate for his policies on immigration, diversity, the economy, technology and national security. In his words, “making America great again.”"},{"_id":"7RRNSZLXFFDXFA45OESXF5OPJ4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596679406},"type":"text","content":"But with the recent pardoning of all the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrectionists — a bit too crazy for even his most ardent supporters — it makes one wonder. Will Trump make the same mistake the Democrats made? Will overzealous conservative actions equal the overzealous progressive actions of the Democrats?"},{"_id":"UQYUWECVTFDUJI2VMBLEPXSPOI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596679407},"type":"text","content":"Trump was elected on grandiose promises he made to bring back conservative sanity. He was not elected to reward any group that fought for him or punish any group that fought against him. He was elected to fulfill the promises he made on the campaign trail. Time will tell if these promises are fulfilled or if they were all just political smoke and mirrors."},{"_id":"XFEJHRKQXFHGZBNOM36DAAE3A4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596679408},"type":"text","content":"<b>BECKY SMITH</b>, ROSWELL"},{"_id":"M3NZKAYDYRFBLK7MJYK22FGHQ4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596679409},"type":"text","content":"<br/>"}],"subheadlines":{"basic":""},"description":{"basic":""},"taxonomy":{"sections":[{"path":"/opinion","parent":{"default":"/"},"_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/","name":"Opinion","description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","_id":"/opinion","additional_properties":{"original":{"sponsor":{"sponsor_url_open_new_tab":"false","sponsor_desktop_banner":"","sponsor_mobile_banner":"","sponsor_url":""},"parent":{"AmpNav":"/","subnav_opinion":null,"TopicsBar2023":"/","BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"/","TopNav":null,"TopicsBar":null,"ComposerNav":"/","subnav_homepage":null,"default":"/","MainMenu2024":"/","MainMenuRedesign2021":null},"site":{"site_url":"/opinion/","section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","site_title":"Opinion"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"Opinion"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"Opinion","_id":"/opinion","ancestors":{"subnav_opinion":[],"TopicsBar2023":["/"],"MainMenu2024":["/"],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":[],"TopNav":[],"TopicsBar":[],"ComposerNav":["/"],"subnav_homepage":[]},"order":{"AmpNav":1033,"TopicsBar2023":1008,"default":1083,"MainMenu2024":1009,"SectionMap":1095,"ComposerNav":1012}}},"_website_section_id":"ajc./opinion","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"}],"primary_section":{"path":"/opinion","name":"Opinion"},"tags":[{"text":"readers write"}]},"related_content":{"redirect":[],"basic":[]},"type":"story","promo_items":{"basic":{"auth":{"1":"0490fd3ff31a85b8113d580adfdd3b14ab8f9cb5261cff26f205f6897078116f"},"credits":{},"subtitle":"READERS WRITE","width":4180,"caption":"PHIL SKINNER / PSKINNER@AJC.COM","type":"image","distributor":{"mode":"reference","reference_id":"8aec2b8c-455c-4816-903d-79fc8fdf8019"},"url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/ET32KJ4TDGWV6ET2AVOOMJJIDQ.jpg","height":2772,"resized_obj":{"src":"https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/ET32KJ4TDGWV6ET2AVOOMJJIDQ.jpg?auth=0490fd3ff31a85b8113d580adfdd3b14ab8f9cb5261cff26f205f6897078116f&width=1260&height=840&smart=true"}}},"canonical_url":"/opinion/readers-write/IJYWKP7R4VEATKB3NLCOISOPRY/","canonical_website":"ajc","display_date":"2025-01-30T15:31:00Z","credits":{"by":[]},"subtype":"Article","headlines":{"basic":"Readers write"},"first_publish_date":"2025-02-03T15:32:07.787Z","last_updated_date":"2025-02-03T15:32:07.956Z","_id":"IJYWKP7R4VEATKB3NLCOISOPRY","teaseImageObject":{"auth":{"1":"0490fd3ff31a85b8113d580adfdd3b14ab8f9cb5261cff26f205f6897078116f"},"credits":{},"subtitle":"READERS WRITE","width":4180,"caption":"PHIL SKINNER / PSKINNER@AJC.COM","type":"image","distributor":{"mode":"reference","reference_id":"8aec2b8c-455c-4816-903d-79fc8fdf8019"},"url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/ET32KJ4TDGWV6ET2AVOOMJJIDQ.jpg","height":2772,"resized_obj":{"src":"https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/ET32KJ4TDGWV6ET2AVOOMJJIDQ.jpg?auth=0490fd3ff31a85b8113d580adfdd3b14ab8f9cb5261cff26f205f6897078116f&width=1260&height=840&smart=true"}}},{"content_elements":[{"_id":"UY3UJKMTV5AUDPRMJ2FV6M5RZY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596622305},"type":"text","content":"<b>Kemp gives no explanation of ‘frivolous lawsuits’</b>"},{"_id":"IAPP5DL3AJBPVNBJUDFVJE3MPI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596622306},"type":"text","content":"What are the “frivolous lawsuits” Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp ardently wants to eliminate? There are no specifics offered. Nothing is ever spelled out. The appearance is that Republicans are preparing to ram through tort reform without revealing how it affects people."},{"_id":"VKPCMVAKFJHFDFK43IVDJAK7IE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596622307},"type":"text","content":"This suggests it might be good for business and not so good for the average person. To clear things up, the governor should enumerate these “frivolous lawsuits” for the public. That is if he’s really doing this for the benefit of all."},{"_id":"L5474DXF4JCSRE2AEA42YJYHGI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596622308},"type":"text","content":"If his goal is to protect Georgians from future insurance rate increases, he should say so. But a state insurance commissioner who’s a strong advocate for consumers is equally crucial. If the person in that role is as indolent as our Public Service Commission, our insurance rates will go up with or without tort reform."},{"_id":"5VB7GBTG25H4RCA437FWQJO734","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596622309},"type":"text","content":"So far, the governor has hinted that the “frivolous lawsuits” he’s targeting drive doctors away from Georgia. Is that really the impetus for tort reform? If so, how does that compare with the role of the state’s legally murky abortion restrictions in driving doctors away?"},{"_id":"HWUT7FMC6NHTJKIKZOGHXTR7KI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596622310},"type":"text","content":"<b>DEAN POIRIER</b>, LILBURN"},{"_id":"7RLQ3ZQGQRG7DBG66RLW7MI2XY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596622311},"type":"text","content":"<b>Don’t mess with the Beltline</b>"},{"_id":"33TQQ226HBC77NQ5GY6U3ALECI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596622312},"type":"text","content":"The Beltline is Atlanta’s most ingenious and wonderful urban event. It is a unique linear park/art gallery that provides sociability, health, art and culture. It is a wonderful place to meet, walk, jog, see art and hear music (at times). Don’t destroy its humanity."},{"_id":"ASLLI3DHV5HHPEHZEG7OOIIY6M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596622313},"type":"text","content":"Pods and streetcars on the Beltline are dumb ideas, especially pods, a technology that can move 10,000 people a day."},{"_id":"CMEXV5SV5JANLJQTBXDXHZKIKM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596622314},"type":"text","content":"In a pedestrian-friendly environment, equally stupid are streetcars on the Beltline, a protected system that must be fenced, creating a “Chinese Wall” that will separate, divide, and destroy the character of this marvelous community."},{"_id":"CMYUTQCSWRB25EUU7EENQ43XQI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596622315},"type":"text","content":"Keep the Beltline beautiful in its simplicity and wonder. Stop the pod! Stop the streetcar! Leave well enough alone."},{"_id":"XLRLRX2TLFCFFPJTX4Y7SD6QYM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596622316},"type":"text","content":"<b>PAUL MULDAWER, </b>ATLANTA"},{"_id":"RJ6VG4QZDRFRJORYT7EMSW7GGA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596622317},"type":"text","content":"<b>Democrats need to get over their fear of the future</b>"},{"_id":"LDSPCOPSXNG5FDTJDF4JOG4G54","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596622318},"type":"text","content":"Beyond her concerns with President Donald Trump’s recent pardons, Carolyn Bourdeaux’s Jan. 24 essay, “There are no more guardrails for president,” illustrated the notion that Democrats spend a tremendous amount of time worrying about what Trump might do. By contrast, Republicans have focused a lot on what the Biden administration actually did: drive inflation sky high and contribute to global strife, especially in the Middle East, by funding Iran."},{"_id":"BYKVSCQC7FD7VEMJPQXL3QWDYI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596622319},"type":"text","content":"Might Trump do some things that people don’t like? Sure, including some of his pardons. He also might clean up the border crisis, get prices and government waste under control, stabilize the Middle East and Europe, and get us focused on merit rather than identity."},{"_id":"TLCRSNZUZBCBFLDP5Q242JSPIU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596622320},"type":"text","content":"Fear of the future can be paralyzing. See what happens before you freak out."},{"_id":"NF753QOWXNHVTPO747Q7IELD34","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596622321},"type":"text","content":"<b>DANA R. 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If a birth certificate is not sufficient evidence to establish U.S. citizenship, there could be substantial problems for blue-blooded families in documenting their citizenship status."},{"_id":"7N5XQWJMUJE4HO4LSR2IOSDBTQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596570929},"type":"text","content":"For example, virtually all of my ancestral family lines extend to immigrants who arrived in the 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries before a documented naturalization process establishing U.S. citizenship. Fortunately for many of my native Southerner friends, their ancestors who fought in the rebellion afterward swore allegiance to the U.S. government and received formal reinstatement of citizenship."},{"_id":"VBNJLLGQBBC3PEE6PAUUMO2XTM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":216,"comment":"very "}],"comments":[],"_id":1738596570930},"type":"text","content":"Establishing citizenship based on an ancestor’s citizenship could require extensive genealogical efforts by long-established families, especially Unionists. For those families with illiterate ancestors, this can get difficult. The research standards for such documentation could be a major hurdle in states fighting voter registration fraud."},{"_id":"E3T5XKYHEBEDJKFGACXAPPU7LQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596570931},"type":"text","content":"Besides the potentially major problems for the Secretary of State’s office in establishing U.S. citizenship of voters to the new standards, there is another potential political impact. The Democrats have proportionately more members with recent immigrant ancestors with naturalization documentation to establish citizenship. Thus, Republicans could face substantially higher rates of disenfranchisement than Democrats. This could result in a Democrat sweep of Georgia political offices until the issue is resolved."},{"_id":"7XAJS7NGXVCJPD2IRVM6ACNIOY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596570932},"type":"text","content":"<b>A. WARREN LIPPITT</b>, COBB COUNTY"},{"_id":"OE3RUFRNPNHQVAD53XDPOKATIE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596570933},"type":"text","content":"<b>Better ways to improve education than vouchers</b>"},{"_id":"NQNZ6UMYOVGSLNORG6HR63ARKM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596570934},"type":"text","content":"I appreciate Mark O’Leary’s passion for education in his recent editorial column (“I’m a UGA student and I back school choice,” AJC, Jan. 16), but I disagree with his conclusion that state funding of “school choice” will meet the educational needs of Georgia’s students."},{"_id":"I7DNSAC2YJFBDGC2KSNMS66HDE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596570935},"type":"text","content":"Georgia’s current $6,500 voucher program doesn’t come close to covering the costs of many private schools and simply rob needed resources from public schools."},{"_id":"4PAADBWQ4ZDONCTQNVBZ6P45BM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596570936},"type":"text","content":"There are many other arguments against these vouchers, but to me the bottom line is that no one is opening a private school begging to be sent the tired, the poor, the huddled masses. As top students are cherry-picked from public schools, their results look even worse, leading to further condemnation of public school performance. There are better ways to improve our schools, and giving money to families who might already have children in a private school isn’t it."},{"_id":"HQ6B7PG5NNHFDA7OGAITWTSPRE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596570937},"type":"text","content":"I’d start by increasing the number of classroom teachers and reducing class size."},{"_id":"O3FXSYI43VGRBBEUXSMA4HEXPY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596570938},"type":"text","content":"<b>JOHN DONEGAN</b>, ATLANTA"}],"subheadlines":{"basic":""},"description":{"basic":""},"taxonomy":{"sections":[{"path":"/opinion","parent":{"default":"/"},"_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/","name":"Opinion","description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","_id":"/opinion","additional_properties":{"original":{"sponsor":{"sponsor_url_open_new_tab":"false","sponsor_desktop_banner":"","sponsor_mobile_banner":"","sponsor_url":""},"parent":{"AmpNav":"/","subnav_opinion":null,"TopicsBar2023":"/","BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"/","TopNav":null,"TopicsBar":null,"ComposerNav":"/","subnav_homepage":null,"default":"/","MainMenu2024":"/","MainMenuRedesign2021":null},"site":{"site_url":"/opinion/","section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","site_title":"Opinion"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"Opinion"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"Opinion","_id":"/opinion","ancestors":{"subnav_opinion":[],"TopicsBar2023":["/"],"MainMenu2024":["/"],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":[],"TopNav":[],"TopicsBar":[],"ComposerNav":["/"],"subnav_homepage":[]},"order":{"AmpNav":1033,"TopicsBar2023":1008,"default":1083,"MainMenu2024":1009,"SectionMap":1095,"ComposerNav":1012}}},"_website_section_id":"ajc./opinion","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"}],"primary_section":{"path":"/opinion","name":"Opinion"},"tags":[{"text":"readers write"}]},"related_content":{"redirect":[],"basic":[]},"type":"story","promo_items":{"basic":{"auth":{"1":"9c9032d0f59c49157c4924566c2c63759f635852f293e192017b3f69f43628ec"},"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"pskinner@ajc.com","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"Phil Skinner","type":"author","byline":"Phil Skinner"}]},"subtitle":"Readers Write","width":4180,"caption":"FEBRUARY 28, 2013-ATLANTA: Public art Provocateur, Randy Osborne works on his \"Letter A Day\" project in his Inman Park apartment on Thurs. 28th, 2013. 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Though executive pardons are subject to minimal checks and balances, practically speaking, this does not occur. Now justice, ethics and morality take a back seat to politics."},{"_id":"AMIPKYQKHFBPJIFTJ3WSZKO5IQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737753075373},"type":"text","content":"In our system of checks and balances, the executive, judicial and legislative branches are equal. However, when the president has the power to overturn judicial results, that balance is skewed. Yes, there are those rare instances of obvious judicial failings that cry out for atonement. But today, the application is primarily related to personal involvement of some nature between the president, his associates and someone with connections."},{"_id":"2W6IRMIKXRBNNGUIZBA6EUABCM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737753075374},"type":"text","content":"Congressional action, however difficult, must be initiated to curb this abuse of power."},{"_id":"FUMVVT3W7BB4BLG2FYFMYFLRPU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737753075375},"type":"text","content":"<b>MICHAEL L. SHAW</b>, STONE MOUNTAIN"},{"_id":"ICUDUTHNVRBG7H7K6JRDHGB2PM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737753075376},"type":"text","content":"<b>Trump overlooks urgency of climate action</b>"},{"_id":"4PLQNVVOPNEKBEITMSCWF6JQDI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737753075377},"type":"text","content":"President Donald Trump’s deeply troubling assertion that a “Golden Age” has begun overlooks the pressing realities of climate change and its serious consequences for Georgia."},{"_id":"4XN5ZTHFMFDLHKEXZTT4ZS4S2E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737753075378},"type":"text","content":"Our state is grappling with troubling temperature rise, more frequent droughts and worsening coastal flooding, which threaten agriculture, water supplies and vulnerable coastal communities. Returning to policies that dismiss the urgency of climate action — including withdrawing from the Paris Agreement — risks prioritizing short-term political wins over the well-being of future generations."},{"_id":"ANSUSOFCN5F75FRAODLBZIZWRA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737753075379},"type":"text","content":"Georgia is particularly vulnerable to a changing climate, and ignoring these challenges makes them harder to address. Instead of empty promises, we need leaders committed to protecting existing climate policies and advancing sustainable solutions that ensure a healthier, more resilient future for our state."},{"_id":"2OYTJG4IMFH2VAHSEUNO3FHHX4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737753075380},"type":"text","content":"<b>JEFF JOSLIN</b>, ATLANTA"},{"_id":"AZBAP3LBXBCY3HUU6FIBNNFN7Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737753075381},"type":"text","content":"<b>Threats of imperial conquest are terrifying</b>"},{"_id":"D4SFJO24KBG2HJVLKHR627EJK4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737753075382},"type":"text","content":"President Donald Trump’s recent threats of imperial conquest should terrify everyone. After repeatedly voicing disrespect for Canada and musing about making it our 51st state, Trump refused to rule out military force to seize Greenland and the Panama Canal."},{"_id":"UKJCGUZ4HBF4LOLIQYIZONM3JI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737753075383},"type":"text","content":"After the 20th century’s two world wars, the world codified a consensus that nations have no right to invade and conquer other sovereign nations to take them over. Trump has no understanding of this principle. He embraces the Putin paradigm that might makes right, and any country with enough military strength to expand its territory by force should be free to do so."},{"_id":"KVT7A7SY5VHCJAYFJ5YTSJWO7M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737753075384},"type":"text","content":"Let’s hope our military would defy an illegal order to attack Greenland or Panama. In general, the world should treat America under Trump as a pariah and a rogue nation."},{"_id":"6QG3ZGADFZD7RBXNFU4RXVYEIE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737753075385},"type":"text","content":"<b>CHRIS MOSER</b>, STONECREST"}],"subheadlines":{"basic":""},"description":{"basic":""},"taxonomy":{"sections":[{"path":"/opinion","parent":{"default":"/"},"_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/","name":"Opinion","description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","_id":"/opinion","additional_properties":{"original":{"sponsor":{"sponsor_url_open_new_tab":"false","sponsor_desktop_banner":"","sponsor_mobile_banner":"","sponsor_url":""},"parent":{"AmpNav":"/","subnav_opinion":null,"TopicsBar2023":"/","BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"/","TopNav":null,"TopicsBar":null,"ComposerNav":"/","subnav_homepage":null,"default":"/","MainMenu2024":"/","MainMenuRedesign2021":null},"site":{"site_url":"/opinion/","section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","site_title":"Opinion"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"Opinion"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"Opinion","_id":"/opinion","ancestors":{"subnav_opinion":[],"TopicsBar2023":["/"],"MainMenu2024":["/"],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":[],"TopNav":[],"TopicsBar":[],"ComposerNav":["/"],"subnav_homepage":[]},"order":{"AmpNav":1033,"TopicsBar2023":1008,"default":1083,"MainMenu2024":1009,"SectionMap":1095,"ComposerNav":1012}}},"_website_section_id":"ajc./opinion","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"}],"primary_section":{"path":"/opinion","name":"Opinion"},"tags":[{"text":"readers write"}]},"related_content":{"redirect":[],"basic":[]},"type":"story","promo_items":{"basic":{"auth":{"1":"9c9032d0f59c49157c4924566c2c63759f635852f293e192017b3f69f43628ec"},"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"pskinner@ajc.com","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"Phil Skinner","type":"author","byline":"Phil Skinner"}]},"subtitle":"Readers Write","width":4180,"caption":"FEBRUARY 28, 2013-ATLANTA: Public art Provocateur, Randy Osborne works on his \"Letter A Day\" project in his Inman Park apartment on Thurs. 28th, 2013. 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And don’t forget the higher grocery prices and inflation these policies will cause."},{"_id":"UIYANZXYHBHMDFTLEL4LWTT3C4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737655454203},"type":"text","content":"Thanks a lot to those of you who voted for this. We will be reminding you in the next election cycle."},{"_id":"PIZNWXGQJZE7JOLRWCFCZIMKH4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737655454204},"type":"text","content":"<b>THOMAS ANDERSON</b>, DECATUR"},{"_id":"N56X7OCS7ZAB3D74HZLK4LLMNU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737655454205},"type":"text","content":"<b>What happened to common values and common sense?</b>"},{"_id":"NDXYBT73UJG7PK3AL7U2RHNVTM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737655454206},"type":"text","content":"As an American citizen, I wonder how we speak of justice when we pardon those who assaulted police officers at the Capitol."},{"_id":"WC25F2TKFNERLG7Z6NTQE4CC7A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737655454207},"type":"text","content":"How do we speak of fairness when we punish the undocumented workers rather than the corporations who employ them? How do we claim to love our children when we bow to the National Rifle Association instead of requiring safe storage of guns? How do we insist on loving life when we restrict women’s reproductive freedom and don’t offer these same women universal day care? How are we the home of the brave when our politicians, including Gov. Brian Kemp, and our tech billionaires chase money and power rather than challenge misinformation and vengeance?"},{"_id":"ZXPICTWS3JGHBP3OW42DSX3CCQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737655454208},"type":"text","content":"I was taught to love our country, but right now, the country seems to love only some of us. Can we find common ground, common sense and common values to care for all of us?"},{"_id":"CCTCZNV5PZB5VM276BDIYIQQXQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737655454209},"type":"text","content":"<b>JENNIFER LOWANCE</b>, ATLANTA"},{"_id":"NOLNDIQLGFGV7NCB3YMORPNGSI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737655454210},"type":"text","content":"<b>Hard to believe we voted in this regime</b>"},{"_id":"UJZKVD3QTNCVJNL3Q3SPTH6PJU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737655454211},"type":"text","content":"President Donald Trump has rigged the courts, brainwashed the Republicans, enlisted the “broligarchs,” emptied the prisons of his violent supporters, conned the masses, licensed the racists and created a grift scheme to empty their pockets. Golden sneakers and a “Never Give Up” T-shirt complement the Trump-likeness toy coins."},{"_id":"AOYZWVVZUZDAPPROO2O7DNG63Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737655454212},"type":"text","content":"Expect celebration. The Republicans caved long ago, except for a handful who have been voted out. We’re going to get what our neighbors voted for. We aren’t the first to have such a regime. We’ve been privileged and seemingly exempt in our lifetimes. It’s such a tragedy to waste what so many earned in the past century. It is hard to believe, but it is here in the United States."},{"_id":"QH35WRI53JEZZH6ZVHLBPV6AVM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737655454213},"type":"text","content":"<b>BARRY DAVIS</b>, MARIETTA"},{"_id":"LRVOONE6D5AB7AEZBZEAHQGIHU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737655454214},"type":"text","content":"<b>Trump will have a stronger second term</b>"},{"_id":"IQSLL6T77RHJ5P2IH3Y57SCVS4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737655454215},"type":"text","content":"I just read Carolyn Bordeaux’s Jan. 19 essay stating that President Donald Trump will have a weaker hand in his second term, and I strongly disagree."},{"_id":"OHZZMFZCJRATDETVWUXD6WNBSI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737655454216},"type":"text","content":"Trump now knows our Justice Department and intelligence agencies cannot be trusted. Trump is going to be on the lookout for FBI agents illegally obtaining warrants and Democrats alleging Russia collusion. Trump is going to accomplish great things and will appoint an attorney general who won’t allow his administration to be crippled by obstructionist Democrats getting their wish of a special counsel this time."},{"_id":"CUJSLIV2Y5GIRFM27PTVSWTWI4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737655454217},"type":"text","content":"<b>ALLEN JOHNSON</b>, JOHNS CREEK"},{"_id":"OMLIYGOBDJGQFGNFR4GH5MM3OY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737655454218},"type":"text","content":"<b>Rep. Carter lacks empathy for fragile sea creatures</b>"},{"_id":"NKNFCBKQBJG6PIXL4TVC5IXCQA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737655454219},"type":"text","content":"I am again appalled at the lack of empathy Rep. Buddy Carter has for the beautiful, fragile creatures who inhabit our coastal waters. He has already proved that he is against protecting the Okefenokee, so it’s not surprising that he cares nothing about protecting the right whale. Extinction is an ugly word, and this is what will happen if nothing is done to lower the speed of vessels that travel up and down our coast."},{"_id":"DD6FNQVSWVCDXJWHOIGGTUABDY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737655454220},"type":"text","content":"He says he wants a grant to study this problem. I would like to ask Carter this question: How many of these gentle giants will die while you “study” this problem?"},{"_id":"XJOETDYU3ZARBOSBKX6FJC7WPI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737655454221},"type":"text","content":"<b>DONNA HARTSFIELD</b>, POWDER SPRINGS"}],"subheadlines":{"basic":""},"description":{"basic":""},"taxonomy":{"sections":[{"path":"/opinion","parent":{"default":"/"},"_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/","name":"Opinion","description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","_id":"/opinion","additional_properties":{"original":{"sponsor":{"sponsor_url_open_new_tab":"false","sponsor_desktop_banner":"","sponsor_mobile_banner":"","sponsor_url":""},"parent":{"AmpNav":"/","subnav_opinion":null,"TopicsBar2023":"/","BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"/","TopNav":null,"TopicsBar":null,"ComposerNav":"/","subnav_homepage":null,"default":"/","MainMenu2024":"/","MainMenuRedesign2021":null},"site":{"site_url":"/opinion/","section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","site_title":"Opinion"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"Opinion"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"Opinion","_id":"/opinion","ancestors":{"subnav_opinion":[],"TopicsBar2023":["/"],"MainMenu2024":["/"],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":[],"TopNav":[],"TopicsBar":[],"ComposerNav":["/"],"subnav_homepage":[]},"order":{"AmpNav":1033,"TopicsBar2023":1008,"default":1083,"MainMenu2024":1009,"SectionMap":1095,"ComposerNav":1012}}},"_website_section_id":"ajc./opinion","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"}],"primary_section":{"path":"/opinion","name":"Opinion"},"tags":[{"text":"readers write"}]},"related_content":{"redirect":[],"basic":[]},"type":"story","promo_items":{"basic":{"auth":{"1":"9c9032d0f59c49157c4924566c2c63759f635852f293e192017b3f69f43628ec"},"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"pskinner@ajc.com","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"Phil Skinner","type":"author","byline":"Phil Skinner"}]},"subtitle":"Readers Write","width":4180,"caption":"FEBRUARY 28, 2013-ATLANTA: Public art Provocateur, Randy Osborne works on his \"Letter A Day\" project in his Inman Park apartment on Thurs. 28th, 2013. 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I urge them to come together and support a red flag law to prevent any more mass shootings in Georgia."},{"_id":"FPAJJF6CVZGPRAVU6C2EPUSYXA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596402333},"type":"text","content":"The red flag law, sometimes known as the extreme risk law, allows family members, school employees and law enforcement personnel to ask a local court to determine if a person is a threat to himself or others. After a hearing, the court may order that all firearms be temporarily removed from the home and the person be prohibited from possessing guns until a mental health and/or substance abuse evaluation has been conducted. The law, which has been passed in 21 states, keeps guns out of the hands of troubled individuals and is a common sense approach to preventing senseless tragedies in our state."},{"_id":"5OFOV3AEENFDVDLXGK3DJDSUQY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596402334},"type":"text","content":"<b>KRISTINE F. ANDERSON, </b>SMYRNA"},{"_id":"H36Z2U35QRHXPHM7S4NCQVAMDE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596402335},"type":"text","content":"<b>‘Pathways to Coverage’ is a road not many take</b>"},{"_id":"LZRYQ2Q75ZFTFFYYUXK3INNHOU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":13,"comment":"the "}],"comments":[],"_id":1738596402336},"type":"text","content":"According to census.gov, in 2022 the state with the lowest proportion of uninsured was Massachusetts, with less than 3%. Massachusetts has “Romney-care,” which was put in place decades ago when Mitt Romney was governor. It was the template for Obamacare. The state with the largest proportion of uninsured was Texas, about 18%. Next came Oklahoma and then Georgia. Ours was about 13%."},{"_id":"3VK5ZJER7RCGLLABIFSYFBYWKM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596402337},"type":"text","content":"Since then, Gov. Brian Kemp’s “Pathways to Coverage” has been a road not much taken. By design, it excludes tens upon tens of thousands of people. So, what exactly was he bragging about in his State of the State speech?"},{"_id":"K376LVRDYNDHTAYNJKMYT6WVMI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596402338},"type":"text","content":"<b>DEAN POIRIER</b>, LILBURN"},{"_id":"IITD425RCVBRFHQRJ7VNWO353U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596402339},"type":"text","content":"<b>Embarrassed by ‘wrestling’ legislators at Capitol</b>"},{"_id":"LSSFB6NZXRACDPFLIMDBC447SU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596402340},"type":"text","content":"They say a picture is worth 1,000 words. The photo of state Sen. Colton Moore wrestling with “colleagues” outside the Georgia House chambers says everything there is to say about politics today."},{"_id":"EM5ILCRGRRGQ7BT7SXRP54EYOM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596402341},"type":"text","content":"Thomas Jefferson said, “We elect the government we deserve.” We’re about to get the government we elected. I don’t think we deserve it, but that’s what we elected. I hope the voters who chose the people who are now running our state and federal government are happy with their choices."},{"_id":"HLBPSKCU2JGQJILBSOOCF5X4WA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596402342},"type":"text","content":"Seeing this photo disgusts me and makes me sick. I am embarrassed to be represented by such a disgusting group that supposedly is doing the “people’s business.”"},{"_id":"HQFQMSOWDBES5GJDEBQWOL7IFQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596402343},"type":"text","content":"Where are leaders like former President Jimmy Carter and others who have integrity and service commitment?"},{"_id":"I32PSYYDAVBSFG4P45UHN3HCPM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596402344},"type":"text","content":"Pray for us."},{"_id":"4RTQCDNNSNAPJDUKO2D5WOM3NQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596402345},"type":"text","content":"<b>SCOTT BEAMER</b>, PEACHTREE CITY"},{"_id":"NJGKLAQFMBACTBECOYGXDSGPDA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596402346},"type":"text","content":"<b>Party loyalty required</b>"},{"_id":"YIXKEKGY2VB3ZKZ3ENIKI2HHMI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596402347},"type":"text","content":"What happened to Georgia Sen. Colton Moore is yet another example of power corrupting political leaders."},{"_id":"ETAD5QR56BA7LI2QIRJHOH6PYE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596402348},"type":"text","content":"Free speech? No. Taxation without representation? Yes. Party loyalty? Absolutely required."},{"_id":"BDQXUPOQ5VHKRLDJJRVL6E7C6Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596402349},"type":"text","content":"The people in his district should have their state tax liabilities prorated for each day/event he is not allowed to participate."},{"_id":"42ANMHQHIBCM7KFW6O6VOOFF3Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596402350},"type":"text","content":"<b>ALLEN BUCKLEY</b>, SMYRNA"}],"subheadlines":{"basic":""},"description":{"basic":""},"taxonomy":{"sections":[{"path":"/opinion","parent":{"default":"/"},"_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/","name":"Opinion","description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","_id":"/opinion","additional_properties":{"original":{"sponsor":{"sponsor_url_open_new_tab":"false","sponsor_desktop_banner":"","sponsor_mobile_banner":"","sponsor_url":""},"parent":{"AmpNav":"/","subnav_opinion":null,"TopicsBar2023":"/","BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"/","TopNav":null,"TopicsBar":null,"ComposerNav":"/","subnav_homepage":null,"default":"/","MainMenu2024":"/","MainMenuRedesign2021":null},"site":{"site_url":"/opinion/","section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","site_title":"Opinion"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"Opinion"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"Opinion","_id":"/opinion","ancestors":{"subnav_opinion":[],"TopicsBar2023":["/"],"MainMenu2024":["/"],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":[],"TopNav":[],"TopicsBar":[],"ComposerNav":["/"],"subnav_homepage":[]},"order":{"AmpNav":1033,"TopicsBar2023":1008,"default":1083,"MainMenu2024":1009,"SectionMap":1095,"ComposerNav":1012}}},"_website_section_id":"ajc./opinion","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"}],"primary_section":{"path":"/opinion","name":"Opinion"},"tags":[{"text":"readers write"}]},"related_content":{"redirect":[],"basic":[]},"type":"story","promo_items":{"basic":{"auth":{"1":"9c9032d0f59c49157c4924566c2c63759f635852f293e192017b3f69f43628ec"},"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"pskinner@ajc.com","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"Phil Skinner","type":"author","byline":"Phil Skinner"}]},"subtitle":"Readers Write","width":4180,"caption":"FEBRUARY 28, 2013-ATLANTA: Public art Provocateur, Randy Osborne works on his \"Letter A Day\" project in his Inman Park apartment on Thurs. 28th, 2013. 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Four men were shot to death in a rural grocery store, my dad among them. I have always been grateful for an article in The Atlanta Constitution by Reg Murphy, “Afterword: The Flawed Minister Who Was Shot.” It gave voice to our personal tragedy in an unembellished and unapologetic manner."},{"_id":"5FDKZ6EA6BCHXDMUCBXE5KXGUY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":307,"comment":"court judge "}],"comments":[{"date":"2025-01-21T20:43:26.543Z","start":319,"end":324,"text":"no court need in appellate titles and capitalized judge before name, per AP","user":"Amanda DeArmon","email":"Amanda.DeArmon@ajc.com"}],"_id":1738596324586},"type":"text","content":"Three men were charged in connection with the murders. One was tried and acquitted; the other two entered plea agreements and served some time in prison. I reviewed the court files and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation materials. I have spoken with people who still remember — including retired appellate Judge Herbert Phipps, who, along with C.B. King, defended the man who was acquitted. I spoke with the woman who first stumbled on the horrific murder scene. The acquittal included key legal events, notably a successful motion challenging the racial composition of the jury pool and a successful motion for mistrial after prospective jurors saw the defendant in shackles."},{"_id":"BCEMDMLM6ZFNDFTFGQ5NRUIUQE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":9,"comment":"that "}],"comments":[],"_id":1738596324587},"type":"text","content":"Some say the verdict was racially motivated (the victims were white, the defendants were Black, and the jury was all Black). I was 12 when my dad was killed. I think justice became unavailable to me the moment the shot entered my dad’s body. But I spent my adult life working as a trial lawyer and a judge, and I think it is not really possible to know why the jurors voted as they did."},{"_id":"3FOQP4UMPRF63PCOIWL5U6UPCM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":6,"comment":"judge "},{"pos":190,"comment":"Judge "}],"comments":[{"date":"2025-01-21T20:45:37.395Z","start":202,"end":208,"text":"removed title following first reference, per AP","user":"Amanda DeArmon","email":"Amanda.DeArmon@ajc.com"}],"_id":1738596324588},"type":"text","content":"Trial Judge Walter I. Geer’s rulings required the county to create a jury list that accurately reflected its racial composition. His rulings required adherence to all of the rules of court. Geer’s views on race and the impact of those views on how he managed his courtroom are a matter of public record. His rulings in the trial were different from what anyone expected. The defense team succeeded on motions that the judge had never before granted."},{"_id":"IFVT5IYCLVCORKPISZ5MJ4JVDI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596324589},"type":"text","content":"Justice seemed to ride into Clay County on the shoulders of those who fell to their early deaths in that tiny little store on Jan. 22, 1975. That counts for something, doesn’t it?"},{"_id":"UJJTQL4BSJDLRBW2TQ7XYXH5QA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596324590},"type":"text","content":"<b>JODIE MOONEY</b>, EUGENE, OREGON"},{"_id":"UXDDC5R5DVARRJ52NCRJ2E6T3I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596324591},"type":"text","content":"<b>Voters knew what would be good for them</b>"},{"_id":"EU3XRWTJ5ZHA7IGYINDO2SA7WE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596324592},"type":"text","content":"Democrats and some media can’t seem to understand that President Donald Trump had a decisive victory. Democrats lament that voters just didn’t understand how awful Trump is and how horrible his policies would be for them. The media report that Trump barely won."},{"_id":"JMV3U7YA7VC77IJFZTGNBKWWW4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596324593},"type":"text","content":"When not lamenting their loss, Democrats are crossing their arms in defiance, looking dismayed. Voters did not like the progressive direction the country was going in. So they turned to the energetic, engaging Trump. He made promises of making America great again — more conservative and more traditional. He is keeping those promises."},{"_id":"UXDDC5R5DVARRJ52NCRJ2E6T3I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596324594},"type":"text","content":"<b>BECKY SMITH</b>, ROSWELL"}],"subheadlines":{"basic":""},"description":{"basic":""},"taxonomy":{"sections":[{"path":"/opinion","parent":{"default":"/"},"_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/","name":"Opinion","description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","_id":"/opinion","additional_properties":{"original":{"sponsor":{"sponsor_url_open_new_tab":"false","sponsor_desktop_banner":"","sponsor_mobile_banner":"","sponsor_url":""},"parent":{"AmpNav":"/","subnav_opinion":null,"TopicsBar2023":"/","BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"/","TopNav":null,"TopicsBar":null,"ComposerNav":"/","subnav_homepage":null,"default":"/","MainMenu2024":"/","MainMenuRedesign2021":null},"site":{"site_url":"/opinion/","section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","site_title":"Opinion"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"Opinion"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"Opinion","_id":"/opinion","ancestors":{"subnav_opinion":[],"TopicsBar2023":["/"],"MainMenu2024":["/"],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":[],"TopNav":[],"TopicsBar":[],"ComposerNav":["/"],"subnav_homepage":[]},"order":{"AmpNav":1033,"TopicsBar2023":1008,"default":1083,"MainMenu2024":1009,"SectionMap":1095,"ComposerNav":1012}}},"_website_section_id":"ajc./opinion","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"}],"primary_section":{"path":"/opinion","name":"Opinion"},"tags":[{"text":"readers write"}]},"related_content":{"redirect":[],"basic":[]},"type":"story","promo_items":{"basic":{"auth":{"1":"0490fd3ff31a85b8113d580adfdd3b14ab8f9cb5261cff26f205f6897078116f"},"credits":{},"subtitle":"READERS WRITE","width":4180,"caption":"PHIL SKINNER / PSKINNER@AJC.COM","type":"image","distributor":{"mode":"reference","reference_id":"8aec2b8c-455c-4816-903d-79fc8fdf8019"},"url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/ET32KJ4TDGWV6ET2AVOOMJJIDQ.jpg","height":2772,"resized_obj":{"src":"https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/ET32KJ4TDGWV6ET2AVOOMJJIDQ.jpg?auth=0490fd3ff31a85b8113d580adfdd3b14ab8f9cb5261cff26f205f6897078116f&width=1260&height=840&smart=true"}}},"canonical_url":"/opinion/readers-write/2BAPEQ7R55GYZK77YNZOTZ7OYM/","canonical_website":"ajc","display_date":"2025-01-23T15:26:00Z","credits":{"by":[]},"subtype":"Article","headlines":{"basic":"Readers write"},"first_publish_date":"2025-02-03T15:26:31.736Z","last_updated_date":"2025-02-03T15:26:31.842Z","_id":"2BAPEQ7R55GYZK77YNZOTZ7OYM","teaseImageObject":{"auth":{"1":"0490fd3ff31a85b8113d580adfdd3b14ab8f9cb5261cff26f205f6897078116f"},"credits":{},"subtitle":"READERS WRITE","width":4180,"caption":"PHIL SKINNER / PSKINNER@AJC.COM","type":"image","distributor":{"mode":"reference","reference_id":"8aec2b8c-455c-4816-903d-79fc8fdf8019"},"url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/ET32KJ4TDGWV6ET2AVOOMJJIDQ.jpg","height":2772,"resized_obj":{"src":"https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/ET32KJ4TDGWV6ET2AVOOMJJIDQ.jpg?auth=0490fd3ff31a85b8113d580adfdd3b14ab8f9cb5261cff26f205f6897078116f&width=1260&height=840&smart=true"}}},{"content_elements":[{"_id":"PHHGGWOBURCMXNXAMZ4XF4OPNM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596277891},"type":"text","content":"<b>Ironic for inauguration to be on King Day</b>"},{"_id":"NQ2RNC6NHBGUJP3ICZAHSONFXI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596277892},"type":"text","content":"Isn’t it ironic that Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th president on Jan. 20, the very same day as the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday?"},{"_id":"QI7NRDMBQJHJJFGQDIYJKVL3TU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596277893},"type":"text","content":"For 42 years, on the third Monday of January, we have celebrated and honored a man of integrity, love, peace and unity, which is the antithesis of Trump, who spews hate, revenge, divisiveness and violence. How ironic!"},{"_id":"R5P4DLSSBVD5NNJWYE4DPRAQFA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596277894},"type":"text","content":"<b>REBECCA POPE</b>, LITHONIA"},{"_id":"XZROWB3TXVC5HH77ON4NE4K3IQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596277895},"type":"text","content":"<b>Where’s the water to support mammoth project?</b>"},{"_id":"HVKEF5QY3RBLFO57J4IK3PSP6U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":166,"comment":"--"}],"comments":[],"_id":1738596277896},"type":"text","content":"While Atlanta and Savannah and the entire state of Georgia grapple with water shortages, the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners is busy approving “The Gathering” — an 18,500-seat arena, 670,000 square feet of office space, 500,000 square feet of retail space, three hotels and 1,800 apartments."},{"_id":"RA6SKJCZY5B3TFB4XRRDAO7KP4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596277897},"type":"text","content":"Where is the water for this behemoth supposed to come from? Forsyth County residents need accounting from the Environmental Protection Agency before such a vast project destroys the entire region."},{"_id":"A7VAPIL7CJHOBGILGG64A4FJ5I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596277898},"type":"text","content":"<b>ARNOLD SIMON</b>, ALPHARETTA"},{"_id":"AKVGNGWTOJC6ZLI2F76P2KM6PM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596277899},"type":"text","content":"<b>Give disabled vets relief from property tax</b>"},{"_id":"XVGNFCWPEBARBJBXVC77TYCARY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596277900},"type":"text","content":"As a 100% disabled veteran, I am deeply concerned about the lack of 100% property tax exemptions for disabled veterans in our state, particularly those rated as permanently and totally disabled and unable to work. It is time for our state to take meaningful action to support this deserving group of individuals."},{"_id":"K2IH6OA6WJH45OREYLQWBJHYKM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596277901},"type":"text","content":"Disabled veterans have made immense sacrifices in service to our country, often returning home with injuries and challenges that significantly impact their quality of life. Those with a permanent and total disability rating face unique financial and medical hardships, making it difficult to achieve long-term stability. Offering 100% property tax exemptions on their primary residences would provide much-needed relief and serve as a tangible acknowledgment of their service and sacrifice."},{"_id":"TUHRFNG5BJCHHBJDGY5E6KDPOY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596277902},"type":"text","content":"Many states have already enacted 100% property tax exemptions for permanently and totally disabled veterans, recognizing the moral obligation to support these individuals. Georgia should follow suit. Such a measure would alleviate financial burdens and honor our commitment to those who have given so much."},{"_id":"LGC25P4IOBD5FG24ZVEVNEA6XI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596277903},"type":"text","content":"Beyond easing financial stress, this policy could help veterans maintain independence and stability in their communities, reducing reliance on other public assistance programs, ensuring our state remains a supportive and welcoming home for our nation’s heroes."},{"_id":"63FEI2MQPZEQFESYM56UJMVDCM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596277904},"type":"text","content":"I urge our state lawmakers to support legislation granting 100% property tax exemptions for permanently and totally disabled veterans. This would profoundly impact countless veterans and their families, reaffirming our state’s dedication to those who have sacrificed for our freedoms."},{"_id":"JTOHT6FABRC2DCX6RDAF6D7EYI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596277905},"type":"text","content":"Let’s do right by our heroes. 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By joining 40 other states (many of which are red states), they could embrace the humanity and fiscal responsibility of full expansion, especially since the federal government pays 90% of the cost."},{"_id":"USMCANDO3NF43P7ZKCDAMFM6BI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":34,"comment":"Pathways"}],"comments":[],"_id":1738596230039},"type":"text","content":"Or, they can continue Gov. Kemp’s Georgia Pathways to Coverage program, which has already delayed full expansion for six years and, by any objective analysis, has been and will continue to be a failure."},{"_id":"AGEDXOCVO5GHNFQWXMQGAT25ZQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596230040},"type":"text","content":"A dramatic increase in Georgians’ access to health care is far more important than a potential blemish to the political aspirations of a single politician."},{"_id":"QCUNNVS4SNAN7EIVYOXP3W425A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596230041},"type":"text","content":"<b>DON HACKNEY</b>, ATLANTA"},{"_id":"5W3TTHGZSJHWZEPJGQOHHCAKIA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596230042},"type":"text","content":"<b>Not persuaded by school choice argument</b>"},{"_id":"HJTF7BTBZJD7JGIFMTX2K5YMAA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596230043},"type":"text","content":"I thoroughly read Michael O’Leary’s opinion piece on school choice, hoping he could sway my opinion about vouchers for any child, without special needs or special circumstances, in public school. Unfortunately, I just couldn’t get past two aspects of his argument. (“I’m a UGA student. I back school choice” Jan. 16)."},{"_id":"SDZYIA3ZTZEADNOBAPMED5LFCI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":0,"comment":"First, "}],"comments":[],"_id":1738596230044},"type":"text","content":"The first aspect was the concept that public schools are considered a “commodity” and, therefore, have to compete for excellence and public money. This leads to my second concern in his argument: competition, as it pertains to public education for children under 18."},{"_id":"UL6LG6RHNFG6ZL7CLO4Y6G7A6I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596230045},"type":"text","content":"To have fair competition, the playing field for all participants should begin on a fair and even starting point. I can’t think of any venue less fair than a public school competing with a private school (or homeschooling). Public schools are designed to educate all children, regardless of disabilities, language barriers and other special needs. Private schools have the luxury of handpicking the children they wish to teach. Even with government mandates that require some admission of special students, it is nowhere near a public-school ratio for special needs students."},{"_id":"CCVRAQA2CNEPJFFCKHWAWRBDAI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596230046},"type":"text","content":"These are a few ways the playing field for private vs. public school competition is unfair from the starting line. Insisting on unfair competition to justify a voucher program is inherently flawed."},{"_id":"HPQH7IRH4RGOLKWOZIK3YNSRGU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596230047},"type":"text","content":"His argument brings to mind the past failed concept of “separate but equal.”"},{"_id":"EVQHND2U7VBXRGKOKNCYBVVOMU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596230048},"type":"text","content":"<b>ANNE CONKLIN</b>, CARTERSVILLE"},{"_id":"64PPSSFQNBB6ZAZSP6UMGXMIUQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596230049},"type":"text","content":"<b>FBI’s Christopher Wray was one of the good guys</b>"},{"_id":"MZRI4J5XJNFGHDAVQ6S6FYALFA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596230050},"type":"text","content":"Reading the AJC’s profile on Christopher Wray (Exiting FBI chief cites threat posed by China,” Jan. 14) gives hope that not all of Trump’s cabinet choices are a dumpster fire. Not only is Director Wray an accomplished attorney and Georgian, he is a statesman, devoid of ego, who stuck to the mission of the FBI despite the relentless outside influences of politics. The long list of domestic attacks that his office thwarted reminds us of how critical that position truly is."},{"_id":"CSYC5NKPPNBJHMB75GSXQFKJ4U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596230051},"type":"text","content":"Perhaps there’s a statesman/stateswoman among this recent pledge class of cabinet nominees. 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Nothing he does Monday could ever erase the stain of what he did in 2021."},{"_id":"ZO7T7CQDHBBZREBZPDKS7FNVME","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596081752},"type":"text","content":"History will remember what he did — not what he says he did — and deal with him accordingly."},{"_id":"UVYS36D2CJF5BMUKGCFRGN4W64","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596081753},"type":"text","content":"<b>R.A. SMITH</b>, ATHENS"},{"_id":"O5KRDT6JPFCSJAVU6FU2H7BIGM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596081754},"type":"text","content":"<b>Time to return to basic moral values, like honesty</b>"},{"_id":"KH3G4VIMWJEBNHEH7B6MYFHPEY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596081755},"type":"text","content":"I was raised to be honest and adhere to basic Christian principles. If we believe in one of those quotes from the bible, “the truth will set you free,” as I do, we are no longer a free society."},{"_id":"ERQ4UN2I35ALRKHABTZD3YMZIE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596081756},"type":"text","content":"In the United States, we are repeatedly barraged with lies that, despite being debunked, are now being believed as truth. Now, social media has folded and will no longer fact-check. We are moving toward a government whose leaders will continue to plant false information while calling the media that perhaps fact-checks to challenge them as “false media.” If that doesn’t scare you, you need to speak with people from countries such as Russia or North Korea, where members of the media are arrested for publishing truth that makes the government look bad."},{"_id":"BSQA3AW4N5DWBBUFQUSLZXHJII","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596081757},"type":"text","content":"People wake up and go back to basic moral values, including one I hold dear to my heart: honesty. Fight this alarming trend so we can all be free."},{"_id":"KEDNPD3ISZGD7J27PHORMH2TOY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596081758},"type":"text","content":"<b>SUSAN MCLAUGHLIN</b>, HOSCHTON"},{"_id":"PXTJT4WNURHINKJ7TCJDHWJ3H4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596081759},"type":"text","content":"<b>Trump presidency reminiscent of 19th century</b>"},{"_id":"BYFGK5DNIZCU5AAV22HH2WOFVU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596081760},"type":"text","content":"The Jan. 12 Patricia Murphy column confirmed a truth: “Trump is eager to raze house Carter built.” Jimmy Carter was our first “21st-century” president. Optimistically, Donald Trump will be our last “19th-century” president."},{"_id":"V5J3YM4HMBHEZCT5BAHD6DNFLI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596081761},"type":"text","content":"Carter’s policies, actions and priorities anticipated key issues and values for the 21st century. He promoted energy independence, conservation and renewable energy. He prioritized ethical leadership to counter the Soviet Union. He established lasting peace between Egypt and Israel. He advocated for health care reform and universal coverage before Obamacare. He appointed more women and minorities than previous administrations. His 44-year postpresidency of world-changing humanitarian service will never be equaled."},{"_id":"BUTTUUDTPRB2XIGLUWVIKXCQDI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596081762},"type":"text","content":"Trump’s first-term policies, actions and priorities, and those promised in his second term, suit a 19th century president like Andrew Jackson. Jackson was a populist but advocated for slavery and the “Trail of Tears.” Appointing only allies to government positions brought instability and corruption to Jackson’s government. Trump’s anti-immigrant stance and isolationism are 19th-century attitudes. Political divisions of that era led to the Civil War."},{"_id":"AWAP2YMXXJEPPETXLIIWII7OEE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596081763},"type":"text","content":"Let us hope that tilt toward the 19th century ends with Trump."},{"_id":"6EBTWR7DGJBKNMBUVU7MKNJZPY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596081764},"type":"text","content":"<b>J.R. 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I know that’s not what the ruling party generally does, but make an exception."},{"_id":"3C74NFSVLJEVVNS6RIUZGLLME4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596027932},"type":"text","content":"<b>DEAN POIRIER</b>, LILBURN"},{"_id":"WFXBWDQTTRG6VIAVV3NEC7D5WE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596027933},"type":"text","content":"<b>Real ways lawmakers can make life better for kids</b>"},{"_id":"7FCZQNP5RNEV3N7XWU73VWGFMY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596027934},"type":"text","content":"I was happy to find in the Jan. 16 AJC article “Georgians agree there’s transgender discrimination, yet favor restrictions” this statement: “Republicans have been unable to identify any transgender children competing in sports in Georgia.”"},{"_id":"FV3ASHRP7BH6RDKLOLX3FDBSHA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596027935},"type":"text","content":"This reminds us that our Republican representatives have spent hours and hours worrying about something that plays to “their audience” — if there is real concern about safety for children in Georgia, they would be defining the new housing statements making rentals “habitable for humans.”"},{"_id":"KNJUEBOP7ZAIZHJAV6NZ7WPW4U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596027936},"type":"text","content":"Real concern about safety would cause them to examine red flag gun laws in other states. Real concern about children would require figuring out why so many schools are rated as “poor” and creating schools with the windfall of money the state seems to have. Real concern about children would cause them to carefully look at how hard it was for families to get back on Medicaid once their kids were put off."},{"_id":"V7JB3HOUMRF4RAGEJCPLGH3RKM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596027937},"type":"text","content":"Thank you, Republican legislators, for working hard on swim team safety. Now, start doing something real to make life better for our children in Georgia. We are waiting to see what you come up with. I’m not sure sports betting is it."},{"_id":"7CYUOCU26BDUVAJZQ5BN7CAP3A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596027938},"type":"text","content":"<b>DEBBIE GATHMANN</b>, CLARKSTON"},{"_id":"O7NSYPJIIZGG5CTF5FXTSUEEKM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596027939},"type":"text","content":"<b>Keep flags low in honor of Carter</b>"},{"_id":"5QCZLWCRMFADDDAWB2ZRSH6JKQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":248,"comment":"Jan. 20"}],"comments":[],"_id":1738596027940},"type":"text","content":"I am appalled that House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has caved to the vanity of a petty tyrant and has agreed to dishonor the memory of former Georgia Gov. and President Jimmy Carter by raising the flags at the U.S. Capitol to full staff on Monday, in contradiction of U.S. Code Title 4, Chapter 4, Paragraph 7(m), which calls for flags at half-staff for 30 days following the death of a president of the United States."},{"_id":"RC5RILV5V5BIHFOMRD4BED4EZY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596027941},"type":"text","content":"I call on the entire Georgia delegation to sponsor a resolution demanding that the flag fly at half-staff for the full 30 days to honor our native son. Once sworn in, the new president can still claim the flags were at full staff and the crowd was the biggest ever."},{"_id":"DIFIAXYFGRAJTNLASKONEWGTGY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596027942},"type":"text","content":"<b>ROBERT ABRAHAM</b>, MARIETTA"},{"_id":"UW6DZKNQGVBUXJ6CSODSFXXKVY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596027943},"type":"text","content":"<b>Nation divided by religious right vs. progressives</b>"},{"_id":"3EDWORGKPRF2FKM4KZENBELKDA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596027944},"type":"text","content":"Mike Luckovich’s recent cartoon about the Gulf of America was somewhat naive. The division in America today is not caused by those who are informed and those who are not. It is mostly caused by a brand of white Christian nationalism that despises what progressives stand for."},{"_id":"MLENYAOUHRGHZNRRTTRNZBJTBU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738596027945},"type":"text","content":"For more than five decades, men like Billy Graham, Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson (some of the better-known ones) have alarmed their congregations with lies and propaganda to suit their agenda. The white Christian nationalist religious right is full of misogyny, racism, hatred of the LGBTQ community and xenophobia. They have called on their men to be muscular and masculine “warriors” for Christ using violence and lies. These people are not uninformed. They are delusional zealots who are dangerous to our democracy. 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DeKalb District Attorney Sherry Boston penned an effective advocacy piece for the so-called “red flag” law many states have passed. I find it hard to see how such a common sense, safety-oriented law can be seen as a “barrier” to lawful gun ownership. Evidently, it is seen that way by a majority of our state legislators, even though it is very much in line with strengthened provisions around mental health. I am told the resistance is not rational, but I cannot give up the belief that legislating has to be rational."},{"_id":"LJUTL3V5KBHJHKFSVF2MXVYBXQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":110,"comment":"that "},{"pos":217,"comment":"that "}],"comments":[],"_id":1738595969099},"type":"text","content":"House Speaker Jon Burns appears to be a reasonable individual who cares about people of all ages. I am hoping he can lead the House to take two constructive steps toward gun safety in our state, which ranks so low on the issue nationally."},{"_id":"RRGQBOZMORGJ5BSRBNEDCXLNKE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738595969100},"type":"text","content":"<b>ALIDA C. SILVERMAN</b>, ATLANTA"},{"_id":"2AGBHH7HOJBCPJRE2TAW2UO2EU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738595969101},"type":"text","content":"<b>Taxes on gambling? Let’s add marijuana, too.</b>"},{"_id":"U4PLIHCPJFAT5EWP2MB2WS7PTQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738595969102},"type":"text","content":"I read that the Georgia Legislature is going to consider allowing gambling to raise money for state tax income, addiction treatment for gambling abuses and education. The intent is to compete with offshore gambling and illegal or online gambling that is revenue neutral for Georgia."},{"_id":"XDDB5A2VF5HRZLMPRAIA2NS72A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738595969103},"type":"text","content":"So what about legalizing marijuana sales for personal use to raise state income revenue, reducing, if not eliminating, illegal sales and the physical crime that it causes? Again, some money raised could address addiction and mental health treatments. Other states have been successful in doing so, and adopting their processes could shorten the time to implement, unlike the huge delay in legalizing medical marijuana."},{"_id":"6QX7QVI2TFHRVDY42LF2T4I3J4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738595969104},"type":"text","content":"So if the state can justify gambling because people want it, to regulate the rules and for the revenue, how is that different from legalizing marijuana for the revenue, to control its properties and to supply needed health care? Polls support legalization. It would also reduce or eliminate petty crimes and reduce policing and the cost of incarcerations."},{"_id":"SN4WYBHRGRBJNIGRNFUP37GNI4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738595969105},"type":"text","content":"<b>JOE PALLADI</b>, BROOKHAVEN"},{"_id":"4Y4HRUNP7FD2NFWY3KSDIC6GZQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738595969106},"type":"text","content":"<b>Second terms usually don’t end well</b>"},{"_id":"5POLOM6TZRDXJDP2PDBL7YR3WY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738595969107},"type":"text","content":"Before my Trump friends become too optimistic about a second Trump term, they might do well to study the history of second terms. Nearly all fall far short of inaugural confidence. That’s particularly true of Republican presidents. One need only remember the Great Recession at the end of George W. Bush’s second term, in addition to the consequences of his state-building in Iraq and Afghanistan."},{"_id":"ND7G7HB5QRAKJINKP76U6IYVOE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738595969108},"type":"text","content":"President-elect Donald Trump is not Bush. He might well be worse. Be careful what you hope for in a second Trump term. You are not likely to see it, and it might be much worse than you imagine."},{"_id":"J263BV4MSFEIXESPT2TV3FOIII","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738595969109},"type":"text","content":"<b>FRANK RUECHEL</b>, KENNESAW"},{"_id":"WMPLX52QPRFKLDX2Q2DXF5PB54","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738595969110},"type":"text","content":"<br/>"},{"_id":"GLGI6ZHAJVEHZBNBQJFHG2LEQM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738595969111},"type":"text","content":"<br/>"},{"_id":"UGCNBNNPO5ANLHQNFZDA6PIYNU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1738595969112},"type":"text","content":"<br/>"}],"subheadlines":{"basic":""},"description":{"basic":""},"taxonomy":{"sections":[{"path":"/opinion","parent":{"default":"/"},"_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/","name":"Opinion","description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","_id":"/opinion","additional_properties":{"original":{"sponsor":{"sponsor_url_open_new_tab":"false","sponsor_desktop_banner":"","sponsor_mobile_banner":"","sponsor_url":""},"parent":{"AmpNav":"/","subnav_opinion":null,"TopicsBar2023":"/","BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"/","TopNav":null,"TopicsBar":null,"ComposerNav":"/","subnav_homepage":null,"default":"/","MainMenu2024":"/","MainMenuRedesign2021":null},"site":{"site_url":"/opinion/","section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Opinion articles from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution","site_title":"Opinion"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"Opinion"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"Opinion","_id":"/opinion","ancestors":{"subnav_opinion":[],"TopicsBar2023":["/"],"MainMenu2024":["/"],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":[],"TopNav":[],"TopicsBar":[],"ComposerNav":["/"],"subnav_homepage":[]},"order":{"AmpNav":1033,"TopicsBar2023":1008,"default":1083,"MainMenu2024":1009,"SectionMap":1095,"ComposerNav":1012}}},"_website_section_id":"ajc./opinion","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"}],"primary_section":{"path":"/opinion","name":"Opinion"},"tags":[{"text":"readers write"}]},"related_content":{"redirect":[],"basic":[]},"type":"story","promo_items":{"basic":{"auth":{"1":"9c9032d0f59c49157c4924566c2c63759f635852f293e192017b3f69f43628ec"},"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"pskinner@ajc.com","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"Phil Skinner","type":"author","byline":"Phil Skinner"}]},"subtitle":"Readers Write","width":4180,"caption":"FEBRUARY 28, 2013-ATLANTA: Public art Provocateur, Randy Osborne works on his \"Letter A Day\" project in his Inman Park apartment on Thurs. 28th, 2013. 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Rick Scott reintroduced legislation to make daylight saving time year-round. Though I agree we need to stop the practice of changing the clocks twice a year, I believe the senator is wrong."},{"_id":"CRHLXJBKTNGRDKLKEW57XQL2NU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737067747845},"type":"text","content":"Daylight saving time adds an hour to the evening, costing an hour in the morning. Children need an earlier sunrise in the morning for a safer commute to school. Workers could also use that hour in the morning for a safer trip to work."},{"_id":"3Q5MEYJ7EJHEZNIRZOHJ2QNGBU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737067747846},"type":"text","content":"Farmers need extra sunlight in the morning to do their chores."},{"_id":"46JYDQWRCFBFXDCRS44TRPXGPM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737067747847},"type":"text","content":"I do not understand the logic of switching to daylight saving time. Can someone explain it to me?"},{"_id":"3JBTTTZHG5HEPASE5ZHRM2MIXQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737067747848},"type":"text","content":"<b>DAVE FEDACK</b>, DOUGLASVILLE"},{"_id":"TJR2YH3H55HQVIOO7BT5OSLKCA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737067747849},"type":"text","content":"<b>Let Atlanta’s inspector general do its job</b>"},{"_id":"4NCFRTV3LNBLTIMTM633UBTS4E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737067747850},"type":"text","content":"Here we go again! Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms had a good idea to install a city inspector general. Both federal and local investigations and convictions proved the need for this function — by someone. Now, five years later, the Atlanta “establishment” wants to handicap that office from enough independence to allow effectiveness in cleaning up government corruption."},{"_id":"57TFQDHZCND7ZADMY2MDM5UU3Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737067747851},"type":"text","content":"The appointment of all members of an “oversight board” over the inspector general by a current mayor is an immediate reinvigoration of Chicago-styled corruption in city government. It’s like telling someone to clean up with a bath — but disallowing the use of soap."},{"_id":"SS7STAKYVFDN5IO3WPBI6QWKUQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737067747852},"type":"text","content":"Living in denial does not resolve problems. The Rice Street jail is full of problems — many not yet admitted by the sheriff, even after a long federal investigation proved the realities there. Contractor kickbacks in Atlanta allegedly have been rife."},{"_id":"6P6WOVK4ZJEORPW3A5VU3LJE4Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737067747853},"type":"text","content":"Taxpayers deserve better government. Let the inspector general operate properly. Stop these blockades obstructing justice."},{"_id":"UMC4ZDU7FFBEBKC7U455FU45PE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737067747854},"type":"text","content":"<b>TOM STREETS</b>, ATLANTA"},{"_id":"TENFQPZABFHZ3FQHR7QA5FASF4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737067747855},"type":"text","content":"<b>Best gov’t system is where people have liberty</b>"},{"_id":"JKHC2G2UZBDXPK2SQIBNHITK7M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737067747856},"type":"text","content":"Competing letters to “Readers write” that alternatively criticized and espoused capitalism versus socialism have both missed the points with their arguments. Capitalism is based on free market conditions, and socialism (often confused with communism) has more centralized economic planning (think China)."},{"_id":"6OR75DRPYFF2XMKZUHXHDXCY7M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737067747857},"type":"text","content":"Many variations of these approaches are found in the world. Pure unregulated capitalism with greed at its core leads to oligarchies and extremes of wealth and poverty. That’s where some say the United States is currently headed. The United States has many positive socialistic aspects, such as Social Security and transfer payments. 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And if TikTok’s “content creators” lose their jobs, there are plenty of other platforms available to spread unsuitable propaganda for young and old."},{"_id":"2EXZTEMRUZAZRLJLP5WXIXHV2Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1736794932225},"type":"text","content":"TikTok’s content creators should attempt to write a book that would appeal to youngsters. My little great-grandchildren don’t have access to TikTok, and they read a book each night before bedtime. My grandchildren didn’t have TikTok, and they survived somehow. My children had a black and white TV with rabbit ears that didn’t warp their minds. My generation had no TV or phones when we were children. 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Yet the Democratic Party refuses to see its part in Donald Trump’s reelection."},{"_id":"ILK7ISAEH5E5DFVNDWJVPU7VS4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1736794932230},"type":"text","content":"President Joe Biden should never have become a second-term candidate. There were others who could have been chosen. One comes to mind: Dean Phillips, perhaps the first, and maybe only one who raised a red flag regarding Biden’s acuity. The party shushed him right out of the gate — almost en masse."},{"_id":"S6JMI77KKBBW3F7Q2TPJYERIBU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1736794932231},"type":"text","content":"Many voters were appalled that the next Democratic gaff was appointing a candidate who just walked into her candidacy. Both parties have disappointed the American people. The past two elections prove it."},{"_id":"RGBAN2RHEZFENIHN4PYIMZ2S6Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1736794932232},"type":"text","content":"<b>BARBARA KRASNOFF</b>, ROSWELL"},{"_id":"SJBI6LLJXFAKDAAJ2NZYBY5G4I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1736794932233},"type":"text","content":"<b>Forgiving Gov. Carter for measly teacher pay raises</b>"},{"_id":"CIITP2PQDZG5LDKCHNJQGZANQM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1736794932234},"type":"text","content":"I am a retired art professor who taught for 36 years at the University of West Georgia in Carrollton."},{"_id":"NFR4INUOXZE7PHGMV3QUCJQQCY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1736794932235},"type":"text","content":"Jimmy Carter was governor when I was a new art teacher at what was then West Georgia College. We got the poorest pay raises ever during his tenure. When he ran for president, I voted against him for this reason."},{"_id":"GE34RX2PCFGHHE3LPPWB37AGYY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1736794932236},"type":"text","content":"As years passed and he did his remarkable work for mankind, I praised him over and over. But my mother never let me forget I voted against him as president. I am now retired and live in Michigan, where I make ceramic art. I Georgia and my friends there."},{"_id":"HO7TPO4BOVC5BDC6E5DIRXZQLE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1736794932237},"type":"text","content":"Once, I rode to Plains from Atlanta and back with the Southern Bicycle League of Atlanta. Upon arriving in Plains, Carter greeted us all. 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