- Athens-Clarke County District Nine Commissioner Kelly Girtz reviews the past year for us.

- J.T. talks about some possible changes to the editorial board at the Athens Banner-Herald. He's done a mighty fine job steering the ship over there, and he's been a gracious host to my columns.

- Froma Harrop is living in a fantasy world.

- Lee Becker conducted survey of Oconee County voters and found that more than half of those contacted lacked the necessary information to have an opinion on its earlier governmental change.

- This Wall Street Journal forum was pointed out to me yesterday, and I'm gonna suggest rather than high taxes driving the 'unhappiness' of the citizens of Michigan and New Jersey, it's instead the traffic congestion, cold weather and lousy food. You tell me ... would you be happier living in Florida or New Jersey?