Vox populi, the voice of the people

Posted: Tuesday, July 24, 2001

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"Concerning the girl expelled from West Chatham Middle School -- maybe her parents should have spoken up about the friends she was hanging out with last year as much as they are speaking up now."

"Kudos to the Waste Management work force that had the intelligence and fortitude to reject the corpulent union leadership, in its bid to line their pockets and cost you and me in the end."

"You people at Waste Management who voted against the union -- think. If it hadn't been good for you, why do you think Waste Management fought so hard to keep it out?"

"Parents, please take your kids somewhere this summer before school starts back. I'm a teacher and I'm just always amazed by the number of students who have not even gone to the beach except for a field trip in school. The beach is 30 minutes away, Jacksonville is two hours away, Atlanta three-and-a-half. There's really no excuse."

"It will be some time before we find out the exact winner of the First Union and SunTrust battle for Wachovia, but this one thing's certain -- the real big winner are the newspapers and all the cities served by these banks. They are getting rich off this battle."

"This tax refund business is just a gimmick. Come this April, there's gonna be an awful lot of these fools who went out and spent their $600 that's gonna be needing to pay it back."

"People seem to think Condit owes the media and the public answers to the mystery of Chandra Levy. What everyone seems to forget is that he doesn't owe anyone an answer other than the police, who are trying to solve this matter."

"In regard to the people wondering about the 1,000-pound marlin caught -- if you would've watched ESPN, you would've seen that the fish was cut up, smoked and given to the rescue mission to feed the homeless."

"Regarding Georgia's low rank for quality of life for children -- when will politicians allow consolidation of the numerous small counties the state has? There is opportunity for economic strength in larger counties."

"If socialism is affording people equal opportunities and decent housing, then I say what's wrong with socialism?"

"Taking down the net at Grayson Stadium is a very stupid idea. We need a safe place from which to watch the game. Leave the net alone."

"Open containers of alcohol in a vehicle are illegal. Public intoxication is illegal. Under-age drinking is illegal. Drinking with a phony I. D. is illegal. To-go cups remain OK. The logic escapes me."

Compiled by Sarah Rosenblum

