Asset Management Tips

They never go away. Examples are add-on fees used to fund second and third retirement systems for some county officials, like sheriffs.

• The state should offer every child in Clayton County a voucher that could be spent in any public, private or parochial school inside the county or out. It's a crime to imprison children in dysfunctional systems. Free the Clayton 52,800.

• And imagine, Fulton County schools tracking down students whose families may have moved to other jurisdictions with the intent of booting them. The money should follow the child. Stop this misuse of the workday of public employees.

• State Rep. Mike Jacobs (R-Atlanta) would allow communities to hold referendums and become limited-authority townships. They wouldn't have power to condemn property, but could control construction, land use and liquor and contract for services. read more