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The residents of a quiet, peaceful town in north Georgia
have long embraced the tranquil atmosphere of the great state they live in. For
the past two weeks this calm way of life was very
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discourteously interrupted. Many of you assume it may be a
music festival or some sort of uninvited guest, no; we actually paid for this
to come into our lives. I am referring to the Governor’s drug task force
helicopters. Georgia
taxpayers pay around $190 an hour for fuel alone. Unfortunately I couldn’t obtain
any information regarding the budget allotted to the governor’s task force, so I
don’t have an exact number. To explain my approximation of the fuel costs; a
helicopter consumes around 45 gallons per hour and diesel fuel being an average
price of $4.22. Growing up in Madison
County and attending their public
schools made me painstakingly aware of the lack of money in our school systems.
Teachers complaining about pay cuts, obsolete text books, lack of text books,
music equipment dating back to 1970, and a Middle School with asbestos in the
ceiling. I can understand and accept these types of things, I assumed there
just wasn’t adequate funding. Somehow I feel that we have the money to fund our
schools and educate our future, but where is it going instead?
