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Column: Are propane powered police cars safe?

by Officer Larry Jacobs

11:11 AM, Friday, May 17

Is a propane powered police car safe? I hope so. It’s used to fuel my Sandy Springs Police car. The SSPD has received a federal grant to convert 50 of its vehicles to run on propane. With the cost about $6,000 per vehicle for the conversion kit...

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Column: Legislators may finally be getting the message on ...
Don’t look now, but I think you are beginning to have some impact on the issue of unlimited lobbying expenditures in ...

03:10 PM, Wednesday, January 23

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Guest column: State Senate starts strong
The 2013 General Assembly began with the ceremonial call to order by Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, the "Pledge of Allegiance,...

02:57 PM, Wednesday, January 23

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Views on gun control not ‘extreme’
EDITOR: I appreciate [Claude] Werner’s [Jan. 16 letter in] response to my Jan. 9 [guest] editorial in which I call...

02:53 PM, Wednesday, January 23

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Column: Don’t ask Buckhead 50 Club, ‘What is in a name?’
The Buckhead 50 Club is an enigma wrapped in a mystery. Let’s start with that odd name. Why 50? Were there 50 foundin...

02:15 PM, Wednesday, January 23

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Column: Tips for safe winter driving
So the snow and ice was not such an inssue recently. We have been getting lucky; everyone else around us has been ge...

02:15 PM, Friday, January 18

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Column: Local papers provide info that empower us
I have the privilege of being with a group of newspaper publishers at the Georgia Press Association’s winter gatherin...

01:41 PM, Friday, January 18

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Guest column: So you say you want a resolution?
So you say you want a resolution? Well you know, we all want to change our world … if only in the form of a promise m...

01:27 PM, Friday, January 18

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Demonizing gun owners is wrong
EDITOR: I read with interest Mr. William EuDaly’s guest column, “Congress, President should take a stand on gun c...

01:23 PM, Friday, January 18

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Students need to learn respect
EDITOR: Now, we have video [of former Bartow County School Board member Angie Cornett]. Obviously there was room t...

01:17 PM, Friday, January 18

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Column: Bill to make Buckhead a park filed in 1899
In the late 1800s, a Georgia representative submitted a bill to the U.S. Congress that would have made much of Buckhe...

01:08 PM, Friday, January 18

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Column: To Cameron: Thank you for reminding us what really...
Dear Cameron Charles Yarbrough: Over the years it has been a tradition at the first of the year to impart some words...

11:21 AM, Thursday, January 10

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Guest column: Congress, President should take a stand on g...
Editor’s note: The following guest column is written as a letter addressed to the U.S. Congress. Dear members of...

11:11 AM, Thursday, January 10

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Guest column: Those pesky Tupperware lids
On top of everything else — global warming, the West Nile Virus, the stagnant economy – now I’m expected to deal with...

10:28 AM, Thursday, January 10

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Georgia legal community mourns Westm...
EDITOR: On behalf of the State Bar of Georgia, I am writing to express condolences to the family, colleagues and f...

10:25 AM, Thursday, January 10

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Column: Legendary coach delivered title 50 years ago
On New Year’s Eve in 1962, 50 years ago to be exact, 32 Northside youths won a disputed youth football national title...

10:00 AM, Thursday, January 10

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