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Newspaper Page TextLetters Joins in criticism of museum We join Dr. Leslie J. Pollard in his concern regarding the com ments made by Richard Wescott, director ofthe Augusta-Richmond County Museum. The willful ex clusion of any exhibit based on race is unacceptable. Of greater concern are the inane and bigoted reasons given by Mr. Wescott in his attempt to justify the exclu sion of an African-American ex hibit. It is profoundly disrespect ful for a public official to refer to any group of citizens as “you peo Telecom bill passage mixed blessing The Georgia Legislature voted in 1995 to establish our state as a leader in the development of a competitive telecommunications marketplace. It passed Senate Bill 137 into law which provided the benefits of greater choice for Georgia’s consumers and will be a boon to businesses as competi tion flourish. Bell South actively endorsed passage of this law, as well as the national telecommu nications legislation that is al lowing competition to expand Illiteracy the root of all evil Much s in the news these days about education. Illiteracy is a problem affecting directly 27 millionilliterate American adults and indirectly all the rest of us Americans. You may assume that, because you can read this, illiteracy is no problem for you. Illiteracy lowers business pro ductivity. Illiterates may not be able to learn enough to know the difference between low and high quality. During training, every thing must be explained orally to illiterates. These costs are passed e i i L L ] s AT gu N ~ L N GcGén oor L R .M. Air Conditioned, AM/FM Stereo, Dual Air Bags ¥ s ‘0 D0wn,’169.99 . _ Sale price $10,221.30. Balloon: $3,363.64. APR 11% 59 : _ payments $169.99; 1 payment $3,363.64. Plus tax, title, tag. o @ The T i Ad = g e Taylor vanfage! day\ [W\O[N][EY) [B34\GK @WIANRANNTEE If you're not 100% satisfied with your purchase, just bring it back in the same condidtion as you bought it, within 5 days and 250 miles, for a full refund. 92 GEO STORM e o ... Sa9o '93 FORD ESCORT WAGON LX e e e '95 ESCORT 2-DR. COUPE Auto:, NG, BICMIOB. ONIY ik, iy oiiiinis, atisncsiisss 58,990 '94 MAZDA PROTEGE 4-DOOR Ry e SOMO 94 CHEVY BERETTA e . 80400 '94 GEO TRACKER CONVERTIBLE SOLEy T T 50.5%0 '95 FORD ESCORTS 4-DOOR LXs L i e e TAYLOR s ple.” It is impossible for an Afri can-American to read Mr. Wescott’'s comments and not be offended. The focus of the Augusta-Rich mond County Museum and that of the “Sister” Lucy Craft Laney Museum is different. The Laney Museum was established to pre serve the legacy of Miss Laney and recognize other local black individuals who have made sig nificant contributions to humani ty. These contributions might oth nationally. We support competi tion in our industry because it will be good for our region, for our company and, most impor tantly, for our customers. In spite of Georgia’s opportu nity to recognize the benefits of telecommunications competi tion, the recent Georgia PSC or der is a major step backward for our state, and for local telephone customers. The order sets unfair discounts for services provided to our competitors for resell. along to the consumers -— us. Illiterate workers are prone to have accidents because they can not read. Literate people can be hurt by the accidents. Illiterates who cause accidents are more like ly to draw worker’s compensation and other insurance benefits, sometimes involving lawsuits. Insurance rates are based on av erages, and ultimately we all pay higher insurance because of acci dents resulting from illiteracy. Illiteracy drives people into low-paying jobs, unemployment, HYUNDAI DELIVERS MORE! 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This order will result. in Bell South — and its customers — underwriting the entry of competitors into our markets, so they can make prof its. Bell South believes in competi tion. We have demonstrated this by signing comprehensive agree ments both with major competi tors and smaller niche firms that even welfare. Thus illiteracy weakens the tax base while in creasing the benefits paid. The federal debt, over $5 trillion, has partly arisen from unproductivity rooted nillitera cy. The federal debt hurts each of us when we borrow money and face high interest rates. In turn the federal debt wors ens the illiteracy problem be cause the government cannot fund programs to attack illitera cy when so much is going into welfare and other needs result '95 CHEVY $-10 PICKUP e R || '95 CHEVY CAVALIER M S 0 '95 OLDS ACHIEVA 2-DOOR § V-6 A '95 PONTIAC SUNFIRES 4-DOOR et e $12,490 '92 CHEVY S-10 BLAZER Y slam '95 HYUNDAI SONATA 4-DOOR ts oo ol Siee 95 NISSAN 200 SX S ek s S e O e monies. Mr. Wescott should strive to include exhibits of interest to all citizens. Ifhe cannot, he should step aside. The Delta House Inc., a subsid iary of Delta Sigma Theta Public Service Sorority, Inc. provides oversight for the Laney Museum. Asmembers, we want Mr. Wescott to understand that our sorority is dedicated to the principles of re spect, equality, and justice for all. Juanita L. Burney Augusta will allow them to go into busi ness in our local markets imme diately. All we ask is that the rules of competition be set fairly without favoring any one com petitor or one form of competi tion. The Georgia PSC has a choice: Let our statelead the way in the new telecom environment, or hurtboth competition and con sumers by their action in this order. Merle Temple District Manager, Bell South ing from illiteracy. Companies leave America to go where the worker can read. The jobs go too. Revenues de cline while the government’s bills continue. 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