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Classic City News
Oct 20, 20242 min read
Never Met a Stranger: Tattoos
By T. W. Burger Tattoos have probably been around nearly as long as we’ve had skin. I don’t have any particular problem with them, though...
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Classic City News
Oct 19, 20243 min read
Victim advocate decries dysfunctional district attorney’s office
To the editor: This is an urgent request for your help to protect victims of violent crime in our community no matter what your politics....
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Classic City News
Oct 18, 20244 min read
Post- debate remarks by Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez
The following was released by Democratic District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez after her debate this week with Independent candidate Kalki...
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Classic City News
Oct 13, 20242 min read
A call for Congressman Mike Collins to take action against gun violence
During the two weeks prior to October 6, more than 350 people signed the following letter: Dear Representative Mike Collins: We, the...
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Classic City News
Oct 9, 20243 min read
We’re from Georgia AIM and we’re here to help
By Bill Crane In looking forward and embracing our future yet to come I often find benefit in looking back. One of my favorite quotes...
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Classic City News
Oct 9, 20242 min read
Refugees deserve to be welcomed with compassion
To the Editor of Classic City News : We speak of studying history so that it does not repeat itself, but when it comes to a hostile and...
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Classic City News
Oct 3, 20242 min read
Trump and the statute of limitations
By Albert DeSimone I am having difficulty understanding the Trump hush money trial and the statute of limitations. A few basics. The...
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Classic City News
Oct 2, 20244 min read
Open letter to Athens-Clarke County Board of Commissioners re: apartment complex living conditions
From: Michael McLendon < mhm@ix.netcom.com > Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2024 9:38 AM To: Carol Myers < carol.myers@accgov.com >;...
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Classic City News
Sep 30, 20245 min read
Something to sip on: facts about tea
Besides water, no beverage is consumed by more individuals across the globe than tea. For millennia, this beloved drink has been favored...
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Classic City News
Sep 30, 20243 min read
Shark teeth and weasels
By T. W. Burger Dan Stoneburner and I walked along the two tracks of what passed for a road on that barrier island off the coast of...
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Classic City News
Sep 29, 20241 min read
Turn Apalachee anger into action
It’s been a month since the shooting at Apalachee High School. What emotions have you felt since then? Perhaps, like me, you have gone...
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Classic City News
Sep 25, 20243 min read
Is heading off Georgia’s election train wreck on Brad Raffensperger?
By Leon Galis The state of Georgia’s Election Board, which nobody outside the state and hardly anybody in it had ever heard of before...
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Classic City News
Sep 22, 20242 min read
A closer look at Trump’s hush money case
By Albert DeSimone I suspect most people know of former president Trump’s conviction, but I wonder how many know the true nature of the...
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Classic City News
Sep 22, 20244 min read
Never met a stranger: At home on the cosmic camper
By T.W. Burger It had been a long walk in the muck, on legs that had spent too much time tucked under a computer table. And I will...
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Classic City News
Sep 19, 20244 min read
Athens mayor and commission squandering taxpayer money with out-of-state retreat
By Michael H. McLendon Today when Athenians are pinching pennies to pay for groceries and their electric bills, our mayor and...
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Classic City News
Sep 15, 20242 min read
Sometimes we need to look into the trees to see the forest…..
By Richard Burt In the day to day of our busy lives, there are often too many issues and too many immediate challenges to see the bigger...
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Classic City News
Sep 9, 20241 min read
Why don’t legislators want to protect our kids?
JD Vance says gunning down children with AK-style weapons is, “just a fact of life”. Governor Kemp says, “Today is not the day for...
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Classic City News
Sep 9, 20241 min read
Common sense on gun violence
The terror of a school shooting blanketed Barrow County last week. Four dead, nine wounded, a 14-year old arrested, teenagers...
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Classic City News
Sep 9, 20241 min read
Enough with the platitudes on guns
Enough already with thoughts and prayers and platitudes. Clearly, they are not enough, or we wouldn’t have 2 students and 2 teachers...
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Classic City News
Sep 7, 20243 min read
The Cellist of Sarajevo
By T.W. Burger We hear a lot about heroes in these days of endless wars. I’m afraid that we’ve had so much war in recent years that we...
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