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Mary wants to know
whatever happened to
law and order?
 What ever happened to all those people who were screaming about law and order a few
years ago?
I suspect many are hypocritically breaking the law themselves these days when it
comes to driving their cars.
Did you know polls show most people now fear being killed on the highway than by a
violent crime?
Yet, so many drive at excessive speeds, run red lights and cut other drivers off. Law and
order? Not around here, that’s for sure.
Some think it’s the Yankees who have caused this nightmare. The Beloved Publisher
says he was recently in Louisville, Lexington and Cincinnati and people respected the law.
They even stop at the very moment traffic lights are turning yellow! Well, imagine that.
He also expressed amazement that drivers in upstate New York
kept their speeds within reason.
We Southerners have always had a love affair with cars, that’s why race tracks are so
popular.
Our men think it’s manly to drive on the streets fast. Frankly, they’re acting like a bunch of
immature teenage boys.
I’m hoping they’ll grow up some day and slow down before it’s too late for them, or
someone else.
Previously
Marietta Will Eventually Regret It,
If Highrise Not Built
I must be the only OM who favors the highrise on Marietta Square.
 I just don’t understand the commotion. I’ve been to our beloved square at night and
have seen how empty it is of people. Maybe a few bums here and there, but not much else.
I keep thinking what a shame it is that Mayor Ansley Meaders has given in to her
friends, rather than look at the big picture, having the will to decide what’s best for the city.
The highrise will have people who will not only live there, but shop and eat on the
square and make it as lively at night as it is during the day.
No one can possibly argue with the building’s design. It’s beautiful and blends in nicely
with the old
structures there, unlike the tacky government buildings or those gross fast-food joints
along the loop.
I don’t understand the problem. What I do know is people like the Mayor, John-Boy
Sinclair and the dowdy Marietta Daily Journal live in the past.
And believe you me, if they get their way, some day their actions will catch up with the
city and I hope the residents a generation from now will know the names of the naysayers.
It will be Miss Meaders, John-Boy and a paper that probably won’t be around anymore
who destroyed the square rather than help to make it a lively, wonderful - livable -
centerpiece of our
wonderful city. 24 hours a day.
Little Antique Shop Owners
Are There To Impress Friends
The beloved publisher of this paper, Mr. Hines, told me his column was going to be
about some of the shop owners on the square.
He thinks some of them actually hurt business there, rather than help, by fighting efforts
to promote the square.
Dear Mr. Hines, you just don’t get it. I know some of the ladies who have shops.
They’re not there to make money, honey. They’re there for social status, so they can
impress friends with their ‘cute little antique shop on the square.’
I had a chance to go to the Welcome Center when family was in from elsewhere. If
this is the first impression people have about our wonderful city, then the Welcome Center
needs a lot work.
First, the old train depot looks run down. It really, really looks bad. Come on, raise
some funds and fix it up!
Second, what is it with that woman who sits behind that big desk? No personality at
all. OK, that’s the way she is, but in a job where a pleasant, cheerful attitude is important,
she is most certainly out of place.
Try to be a little, er, a lot perkier will you, dear. For the sake of the city.
Mary Blames 'John-Boy' Sinclair
For Whitlock's Destruction
What a rude little boy Johnny Sinclair has turned out to be. I’ve heard he actually ignores people who
come up to talk to him.
Who does he think he is, anyway?
Not a good councilmember, that’s for sure. When one sits on council, one must listen to all. Not be
selective. Let me remind John-Boy that he’s on council because people thought they
were voting for his Daddy.
He’s also there because residents wanted a voice to protect Whitlock Avenue from being destroyed.
They feared Dan Cox would vote for the widening.
Well, let me tell you....if there was one person responsible for the destruction of Whitlock, it’s John-Boy
Sinclair. He knew the vote was coming. Yes, he found a little time to get away from the World Gym to
tell a few residents about it. He should have done more...a lot more.
Knowing that his election was made possible because of the Whitlock threat, John-Boy should have
immediately had flyers made and dropped them off at every single household on and near the historic
district to warn residents.
Of course, he did nothing of the sort. That would have been too much work. That would have interfered
with his social schedule.
Had he done his job, the residents would have jammed the meeting, and council would have backed-off.
Now, part of Whitlock will be widened. The rest of it will surely follow. And we can all thank John-Boy
for it.
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