tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39436072009-02-21T06:03:21.484-05:00X-Chairman's Corner of Colquitt County GeorgiaNotes on Southern Politics from Colquitt County, Georgia
Chairman of Colquitt County Commission
Senator Franklin Sutton,
Director of Sutton System Sales
Fax: 229-324-2226,
Home: 229-769-3141,
Work: 229-324-3141,
FSutton@Alltel.Net,
Also at the Sportsman Coffee Shop where I await the transition from maturity to senility.Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01724891744840823132noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943607.post-1103128465792016352004-12-15T11:34:00.000-05:002004-12-15T11:34:25.793-05:00Written this 15 day of December in the year of the Big Bang Theory 137,543,212,123 years ago.
This is written in respect of the opinions of those atheist who resent any reference or reference point to the birth of Jesus Christ.
They get their panties in a wad having to think of the concept of December, 15, as the year of our Lord 2004. They are 3% of the American public. They wish to have their Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01724891744840823132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943607.post-1065703811097361742003-10-09T08:48:00.000-04:002003-10-09T08:50:11.356-04:00X'Chairman's Corner Franklin Sutton week of Septmeber 9, 2003 Southern Bell v. Reuben Norman
Recently Southern Bell has sued a local Colquitt County citizen, Dr. Reuben Norman. The Atlanta Federal court has taken jurisdiction. Southern Bell claims an infringement on their trade mark in the site owned by Dr. Norman, Bellessouth.net. Bellessouth.net offers free e-mail service such as that offered Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01724891744840823132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943607.post-1065615442830223082003-10-08T08:17:00.000-04:002003-10-08T08:17:22.820-04:00X'Chairman's Corner Franklin Sutton Week of September8,03 L.A.Times = Pravda
The Los Angeles times is to the Democrat Party as Pravda was to the Communist Party.
Someone is going to charge me with a preconceived dislike for the Los Angeles Times. This is not correct. For years, I have used the Archives of the Los Angeles times for political research. I recommend their service. You can call, Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01724891744840823132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943607.post-1065095794038560792003-10-02T07:56:00.000-04:002003-10-02T07:56:33.440-04:00Franklin Sutton X'Chairman's Corner Week of Oct 2, 03 School Comparisons
More on School Comparisons
Last week my article was titled "on Comparing, Apples, Oranges, Pears, Bananas and SAT Scores." I felt that this title would indicate the impossibility of a definitive value on the performance of different school systems. The fact is such comparisons are and cannot be an exact science. The Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01724891744840823132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943607.post-1064493874427594912003-09-25T08:43:00.000-04:002003-09-25T08:44:33.990-04:00X-Chairman's Corner Franklin Sutton week of 03/09/25 on Sat scores.
ON COMPARING APPLES, ORANGES, PEARS, BANANAS AND SAT SCORES.
For the year 2003 Georgia came in dead last in the National ranking of SAT scores. Alabama, Arkansas and Mississippi have let us down. Historically we could point to them as preparing their students for life less well than us. No more. We now have to seek out Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01724891744840823132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943607.post-1063884160326285422003-09-18T07:22:00.000-04:002003-09-18T07:22:40.266-04:00 X-Chairman's Corner Franklin Sutton Freedom of Religion Article Week of Sept 15, 2003
I believe that it would be proper to take all vestiges of religion out of the public domain and relegate to the individual organized religions who have their civil places of worship, churches, synagogues, mosque, etc. However; if all is to be vestiges are to be stripped out, I mean, ALL.
A recent national poll Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01724891744840823132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943607.post-1063800729444486532003-09-17T08:08:00.000-04:002003-09-17T08:12:09.436-04:00 I believe that it would be proper to take all vestiges of religion out of the public domain and relegate to the individual organized religions who have their civil places of worship, churches, synagogues, mosque, etc. However; if all is to be vestiges are to be stripped out, I mean, ALL.
A recent national poll found that 77% of all Americans felt that the Ten Commandments should have been Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01724891744840823132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943607.post-1063799909584055642003-09-17T07:58:00.000-04:002003-09-17T07:58:29.760-04:00Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01724891744840823132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943607.post-1063512727745274542003-09-14T00:12:00.000-04:002003-09-14T00:12:07.746-04:00X-Chairman's Corner of Colquitt County GeorgiaLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01724891744840823132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943607.post-1063512651604048612003-09-14T00:10:00.000-04:002003-09-14T00:10:51.610-04:00GoogleLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01724891744840823132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943607.post-1063371180197393232003-09-12T08:53:00.000-04:002003-09-12T08:53:00.030-04:00 Abrogation of Contract by Alltel X'Chairman's Corner Franklin Sutton Week of Sept. 10, 03
I have written an article in which I point out that the change of the
telephone service from the Department of Administrative Services (DOAS)
to Alltell Communications was an illegal contract which was not bid, was
for an illegal term and offered services for less and charged more.
Following are some Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01724891744840823132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943607.post-1062765620421746882003-09-05T08:40:00.000-04:002003-09-05T08:40:20.346-04:00Franklin Sutton X'Chairman's Corner Why pick on Bush? Week of Sept 5, 03
Off the Top of My Head
There are nine men running for the Democratic nomination for President
of the United States. In a recent Gallop pole 65% of Americans could not
name even one of them.
They have this in common. Another thing they have in common is that they
seek to become acceptable to the American public by Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01724891744840823132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943607.post-1061380438173789542003-08-20T07:53:00.000-04:002003-08-20T07:53:58.020-04:00X'Chairman's Corner Franklin Sutton Norman Park, GA. Telephone overcharge
More about telephones
Recently I have written relative to the contract between the County and Alltel. Remember Alltel came in and promised a lower rate than the County was getting from the State. The rate was in fact about three times above that which they were paying to the State for long distance charges.
The contract Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01724891744840823132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943607.post-1061165973314750922003-08-17T20:19:00.000-04:002003-08-17T20:19:33.293-04:00Letter sent to Congress and Congressperson Sheila Jackson Lee.
Dear Representative Lee;
I wish to commend you on your vigilance in seeking to correct all vestiges of racial discrimination. This is in reference to your suggestion that hurricanes be named after blacks. This is an idea whose time has come. First, I would like to indicate that I feel a special fondness to you simply as a result of Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01724891744840823132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943607.post-1060441112395803372003-08-09T10:58:00.000-04:002003-08-09T10:58:32.360-04:00 X'Chairman's Corner Franklin Sutton week of Aug 8, 03 Telephone Scam on Colquitt County
A LITTLE TELEPHONE HISTORY
When I was a State Senator, telephone service was purchased in the State of Ga. just as individuals purchased it. Each local government agency went to their local telephone office and subscribed to their local service and long distance.
This resulted in extensive cost and mass Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01724891744840823132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943607.post-1059255447864052542003-07-26T17:37:00.000-04:002003-07-26T17:37:27.766-04:00Franklin Sutton X'Chairman's Corner Week of July 26-03 Hammers, Toilet seats, Coffee Makers & Shovels
$435.00 Hammers, $640.00 Toilet Seats, $7,600.00 Coffee Makers and $241.64 for a Chrome Plated Shovel
What does the above have in common? They were all paid for with tax funds extracted from the working public.
I understand that there were19 shovels purchased for the ground breaking of theLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01724891744840823132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943607.post-1059234838328516372003-07-26T11:53:00.000-04:002003-07-26T11:59:43.213-04:00X 'Chairman's Corner Franklin Sutton Week of July 23, 03
$435.00 Hammers, $640.00 Toilet Seats, $7,600.00 Toilet Seats and $949.00 for Powder Coated Shovels.
What does the above have in common? They were all paid for with tax funds extracted from the working public.
If each Commissioner had a shovel, this calculates to about $135.00 per shovel. If my memory serves me right, the ground breakingLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01724891744840823132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943607.post-1058360177016358122003-07-16T08:56:00.000-04:002003-07-26T12:02:01.873-04:00Franklin Sutton X'Chairman's Corner Week of July 16, 03 Fast Foods Addictive
HERE COME THE TRIAL LAWYERS
Recently O'Reilly interviewed a Woman neuoscientist reporting on her studies on Fat foods. She concluded that they are addictive. She did not say, O'Reilly did not ask, and the question was left hanging. Who funded your research? I would suspect that some advocacy group funded by the TrialLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01724891744840823132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943607.post-1058032611545883712003-07-12T13:56:00.000-04:002003-07-26T12:09:43.910-04:00Franklin Sutton X-Chairman's Corner Week of July 7- They all blame Bush
They blame Bush because his administration can't seem to catch Osuma Bin Laden. Yet their Hero Bill chased him for a longer period and when Sudan offered him up he rejected the offer.
They Blame Bush because his administration can't seem to find Saddam who has the protection of his followers in a foreign country, yet the Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01724891744840823132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943607.post-1056637181254054732003-06-26T10:19:00.000-04:002003-07-26T12:07:59.740-04:00Colqitt Commission Illegal Contract- Franklin Sutton- X-Chairman's Corner- 03/06/26
Say it ain't so Merle. Recently the Moultrie observer reported that the
County Commission had granted a contract to the Administrator to extend
his tenure beyond this present commission.
It had always been my thought that one commission could not bind a
succeeding commission.
If my impression is legally correctLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01724891744840823132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943607.post-958094612003-06-18T20:27:00.000-04:002003-07-26T12:11:38.990-04:00Franklin Sutton Week of June 19,2003 Southern Valley Farms
Southern Valley and Hamilton Farms in Mexico.
As usual when I e-mail my column it does not show graphics because of the remote possibility of transmitting a virus. I myself do not open attachment. To day this article needs illustration so I am send the pictures as attachments. I have run these files through Norton's. I am sending Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01724891744840823132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943607.post-955466862003-06-11T08:57:00.000-04:002003-07-26T12:06:11.893-04:00X-Chariman's Corner Week of 03-06-11 Southern Valley Mexico operation
There are three graphics which do not transfer as a text file. 1)the land while it was still jungle, 2)the land after it was cleared, )3 the thousand acre field being leveled.
Last week I did an article on my trip to Mexico to have my teeth worked on. I spent about 18 days down there but all of it was not in a dentist chair. Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01724891744840823132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943607.post-955466112003-06-11T08:54:00.000-04:002003-07-26T12:17:11.273-04:00X-Chairman's Corner by Franklin Sutton Week of 03-06-04
They Finally Caught Eric Rudolph
You remember he is the person who is thought to have bombed the Olympic games, a lesbian center, and abortionist doctor. They had hunted for him for more than five years. I was sorta pulling for him in a way. I cannot condone terrorism in any manner but I can't get terribly upset about someone killing an Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01724891744840823132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943607.post-955465372003-06-11T08:51:00.000-04:002003-07-26T12:14:54.410-04:00X-Chairman's Corner by Franklin Sutton Week of 03-05-27
I am back after having traveled 6429 miles in 18 days to have a tooth fixed.
I figured that the above would need some amplification. Several months ago, I made an appointment to have a tooth filled. Before the appointed time that tooth broke off, another split, and the cap came off another.
My Dentist took a glance and a serious look Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01724891744840823132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943607.post-936503532003-05-02T10:06:00.000-04:002003-05-09T22:32:19.000-04:00
4/30/03 X-Chairman's Corner Week of April 30 General Comments
My Friend said that his wife loved and appreciated him so much that one day he stayed home sick and when the mailman came she run to the door shouting, My Husband is home, My husband is home.
They're at it again. The County Commissioners that is. They are passing regulations which discriminate against some mobile homes. I must Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01724891744840823132noreply@blogger.com