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	Use caution in revamp of Sunshine laws The news that the Georgia General Assembly is considering a major updating of the state’s open records and open meetings laws is both welcome and frightening. Welcome in that the laws do need to be improved and clarified in some areas; frightening in that with the state legislature there is always the very real possibility that the laws could be weakened rather than improved. Read More
	Wordsmiths needed If you are a whiz at finding creative ways to use the letters Q and Z in seven-letter combinations, you may want to get in touch with the folks at Literacy Forsyth. Read More
	High schools earn AP honors We’ve become accustomed to individual schools in the county earning state and national honors for outstanding achievement, but it’s rare that all five of the county’s high schools would be honored for excellence at the same time. Read More
	New centers of attention at county parks “On time” and “under budget” are phrases you love to hear from government officials describing publically funded projects, and that’s exactly what county Parks and Recreation Director Jerry Kinsey had to say last week about two new recreation centers opening this month. Read More
	One economic forecast we can feel good about It’s nice sometimes to be reminded that the proverbial glass not only isn’t half empty, it’s more than half full and rising. Read More
	Big dreams, hard work, new school There was a lot of talk of dreams being fulfilled in connection with last week’s groundbreaking for a new college center off Pilgrim Mill Road at Ga. 400. Read More
	This law can come off the books Having perhaps seen the error of their ways, and hopefully having learned that faddish political movements aren’t necessarily the best way to improve education, Georgia lawmakers are considering eliminating an ill-advised mandate requiring local school systems to spend at least 65 percent of all education money received from the state in the classroom. Read More
	Ethics board status needs clarifying In its efforts to address perceived problems in the ordinance that created the county’s ethics board, the county commission seems to have cobbled together a poorly designed fix that creates more issues than it solves. Read More
	It's time to put Georgians back to work Funny how an act as simple as turning the page from December to January can infuse even the most pessimistic among us with hope for new beginnings. Here’s hoping 2012 proves kinder on several fronts than did the just departed year. Read More
	The real Christmas story And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. Read More
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