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E.H. THANKS YOU
Dear citizens of Athens: Over the past several
months, I have thoroughly enjoyed meeting
so many wonderful members of the community
while campaigning as the independent candi
date for District 115 of the Georgia House of
Representatives. The campaign process, though
filled with many long days and a lot of hard
work, has been truly rewarding.
I owe a great deal of thanks to everyone
who supported me in my campaign, from those
who offered financial support, to those who cast
their vote in my favor, to those who signed the
petition allowing me to run in the first place. I
appreciate everyone
who went to the polls
to take part in the
democratic process
by casting their votes
for candidates in lo
cal state and national
races.
I want to congratu
late both of my worthy
opponents for running
such strong campaigns.
To both of them, I wish great success in their fu
ture leadership and service endeavors within our
community and beyond.
I believe that we have a bright future to look
forward to as residents of Athens-Clarke County
and I will continue to work for our community on
issues that will improve the quality of life for all
of our citizens.
In the words of Theodore Roosevelt, "Far bet
ter it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious
triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than
to take rank with those poor spirits who neither
enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live
in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor
defeat."
E.ri. Culpepper
Athens
P-GR00VE THANKS YOU
On behalf of everyone at Perpetual Groove,
I would like to extend a huge thank you to the
city of Athens, Flagpole Magazine and, of course,
all of our fans for welcoming us to Athens and
making it feel just a little bit more like home
each day. And extra big thanks to everyone who
came down to the benefit show at the Georgia
Theatre. We raised over $10,000 to put towards
the renovation of the building! Without your
help, none of this would be possible! Thank you,
everyone!
"It Starts Where It Ends" was accidentally
mistaken for the song "MayDay," both of which
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Thanks again!
Benjamin Ferguson
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ATHENS PATHETIC
You people are so pathetic. I’ve been away
from Athens for three years and what do I find
when I return? Some dipshit article about how
the "road to Hell is paved with Republicans"
and blablablablablablabla [Bumpersticker of
the Week, Nov. 15). £raq bad. Republicans bad,
blablablablabla. And while you just keep on re
citing the obvious and
the popular from the
worldwide/ nationwide
angle, you seemed to
have done ab^plutely
nothing to prevent
surveillance cameras
from being put up
all over downtown
Athens. No rallies, no
marches, nothing. Just
standard old "George
Bush sucks!" shit while cameras were put up to
watch your every move. Absolutely pathetic.
* Way to keep marching to the drummer, you
sad bastards.
Jason Wilson
Braselton
A JOKE :
A joke for Flagpole. You can print this or not.
Q: How can you tell Dark Meat is playing a
show?
A: All the restaurants are closed.
Arf arf arf arf.
Name Withheld
Athens
I enjoy being a patron of the Beechwood
movie theater. Since it is they who often show
the less-mainstream and the somewhat quirky
films, we non-mainstreamers prefer to support
them. Without current listings in the Flagpole, it
is somewhat tedious to realize when an eagerly
awaited film has arrived in Athens. Furthermore,
it is much more pleasant to glance at the
Flagpole's movie listings instead of suffering
through those dreadful seemingly endless record
ings at the theatre.
Meg
Email
BIG BOXES
Dear rich investor types of Athens:
Please... please... will someone open up a
grocery store in the old Winn Dixie building at
the Homewood Hills shopping center location?
Going to Kroger bites. It's too crowded, too
narrow, and just an all around pain in the ass to
get in and out of.
Thanks.
Name Withheld
Athens
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when there are far worse issues to deal with in
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that the Beechwood movie theater can not get it
together with the Flagpole to have current movie
listings as well as their showing times. Since I
have spoken with others and they are equally
miffed, I felt compelled to whine.
In the past, Beechwood has listed up-to-date
information in the Flagpole, hence they are not
incapable of doing it. For many months, however,
they have been unable to list what plays beyond
only one day past the Flagpole's distribution day.
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