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Nothing to do in Monroe Co.

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On the outside looking in

Editor's Note: Don Daniel reported in last week's "On the outside looking in" that he had gotten an e-mail from someone stating that the city of Forsyth had asked Wal-Mart not to put gas pumps at its new store. However, city officials at the time say there's no truth to that report, and that they in fact asked them to include fuel.

By the way, construction leaders on site say plans still call for the new Wal-Mart to open in March or April. The outside is largely finished but the inside remains a shell at present.

Once in a while, there is a Letter to the Editor or Vent comment lamenting "there is nothing to do in Monroe County" and bemoaning in their opinion there are no places to get a "decent meal no nice restaurants". aid the other inference is the is nothing to do for teeiigers, parents or adults. Those people who bemoan there are no good restaurants and nothing to do in Monroe County must have blinders on, deaf or don't read this newspaper.

For example, just last Thursday night the Forsyth/Monroe County Chamber of Commerce sponsored "A Taste of Monroe County" that was a sell-out--four-hundred tickets--that featured just about all the restaurants in the county. The Whopper diddly DQwen dymacs and other fast foodies were not featured although a lot of people think those are the only restaurants in Monroe County.

The comments overheard at the event included, "I didn't know we had such good food and great restaurants", "I am really surprised that so many restaurants participated" and "I wonder why a couple of places weren't represented". Bolingbroke, Culloden, Juliette and Forsyth restaurants were well represented } along with a couple of caterers. (I have to admit, my most favorite were the home-made tamales which to my chagrin, are not offered on the local Mexican restaurant's menu. Since they have a "Sheriffs Special", maybe they will add a "Don's Favorite Tamales.")

So, to the naysayers quit your griping about our county not having some nice restaurants, get out from in front of your favorite mayhem, murder and dancing feature on the tube and explore Monroe County.

AS PREDICTED, the county line issue is becoming more muddled and contentious now that Bibb County won't pay their share of the survey tab and the kin-to-county commissioner surveyor refuses to answer questions about his work. Actually, it is pretty easy to understand. Bibb County lost and has reneged on their promise to "settle" the issue once and for all when the dispute went through the outlined legal proceedings from the Governor's and Secretary of State's office. Once and for all is going to be a long way off not only because Bibb ' County feels they were treated unfairly. When the line is finally settled, there will be a lot people ready to stand in line to hire a lawyer and bog down the courts with their reasons for staying where they want to be use to be. Gird your loins and pocketbooks Monroe Countians, we are gonna have a lot of defending to do.

Writing about survey lines, brings to mind a recent headline in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "In Lumpkin, when surveys failed, gunfire ends 20-year land dispute." Hope our county line survey doesn't last 20-years and doesn't end in gunfire. Gun sales just might increase at the Bass Pro Shop

THERE IS no reason and beyond me why saying the Pledge of Allegiance in Spanish, carrying »



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