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Gwinnett Opinions: READERS RESPOND

DAMON DUNCAN, DAVE W. HOLLAND, ROSEMARY ROUTMAN, JEFF SINGLETON, JEFF SCHWARTZ, ALLEN HUGHES, TERESA ANDREWS, KAREN ARMSBY, THERESA SCHRUM, ERIC JOHANSEN

2004

Overview

Gwinnett parents could choose a smaller, more intimate environment if Gwinnett would only allow charter schools to be paid the same per-pupil expenditure, minus the cost of these massive facilities, as they currently use to fund the government-run schools. I do not believe that corporations are responsible for how they treat our city . . . it is our City Council and county commissioners. Corporations cannot build in any area that has not been approved by our lawmakers, here in Gwinnett County and in the city of Lawrenceville. Nor can they abandon, dump or otherwise leave eyesores throughout our communities without prior approval to build and rebuild. State Rep. Hugh Floyd (D-Norcross) plans to introduce a bill in the current legislative session that would allow counties to deny or delay rezonings to allay school overcrowding. The Gwinnett Opinions page and ajc.com recently asked county readers for their thoughts on this issue. Here is the question and some of the responses:

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