Today is the National Day of Prayer. Fellowship of Christian Athletes will be having a prayer around the LHS flagpole at 7:40 AM with all students encouraged to join. Other schools around the county and nationally will have similar prayer events, and many are open to the public.

The LaFayette garbage can saga continues..

Some city residents are now being told new larger trash cans must be requested. But again the city hasn’t communicated this to anybody. They need to get their crap together.

To request a larger can, call LaFayette Public Works, 639 1509. Some say they called and were asked about the size of their family; several people called days ago and still haven’t gotten anything. Apparently we’re rationing trash bins now.

We don’t have a problem with the plan. We don’t have a problem with requiring people to call and request a bigger can. But we do have a problem with them not telling any of this to anybody. It shouldn’t be the Underground’s job to tell city trash customers about changes in their service and how to get larger cans to accommodate less frequent pickup.

The LU Facebook garbage can poll is holding steady at 10%; only 6 of 61 respondents say they’ve already gotten a bigger trash container.

Yesterday the governor signed a bill banning abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The new law, starting January 1st 2013, replaces current GA rules banning the procedure after 26 weeks.

A LaFayette native living in Dalton was arrested in April for stealing a prepaid phone from the LaFayette Walmart. He was also arrested back in March for stealing beer from Pit Stop, and has spent a considerable amount of his adult life in jail for the same kinds of minor crimes.

WQCH AM 1590 Radio: “DENISE BAKER HAS RESIGNED HER POSITION AS THE CONTROLLER OF ERLANGER AT HUTCHESON, EFFECTIVE MAY 18th. SHE WILL BE REPLACED BY A FORMER HUTCHESON EXECUTIVE, FARRELL HAYES.”

“HUTCHESON CEO ROGER FORGEY SAID MS. BAKER TOOK-ON A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY DURING THE HOSPITAL’S TRANSITION TO MANAGEMENT BY ERLANGER HEALTH SYSTEMS. IT WAS HER JOB TO KEEP THE VARIOUS BOARDS ‘UP TO DATE’ ON THE AILING HOSPITAL’S FINANCES.

“HAYES IS A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT… AND FORMERLY SERVED AS HUTCHESON’S CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR MOST OF THE PERIOD BETWEEN 1976 AND 1987.

“BOTH ERLANGER IN CHATTANOOGA… AND ERLANGER AT HUTCHESON IN FORT OGLETHORPE… HAVE LOST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THEIR OPERATIONS OVER THE LAST YEAR. IN BOTH CASES, REPORTS HAVE INDICATED TWO MAIN CAUSES: AN EXODUS OF DOCTORS – AND LARGE INCREASES IN UNCOMPENSATED CARE.”

Liberal environmentalist group Sierra Club has joined conservative anti-tax TEA Party groups in opposing the TSPLOST sales tax. TSPLOST advocates say this shows they’re “mainstream” but if you get enough people on both sides opposed, that middle gets awfully narrow.

Groups in support of TSPLOST include the local and state-wide chambers of commerce, local governments, and the governor. They’re salivating over the 25% of new tax revenue that will go to general budgets for things like golf course maintenance.

A new group calling itself Transportation Leadership Coalition has a Web site slamming TSPLOST in the Atlanta area.

TSPLOST is formally known as “Special District Transportation Sales and Use Tax” or SPIDITSLUT.

Residents in West LaFayette (including Linwood) were without water service sporadically on Wednesday as the city did water line repair.

On Tuesday many AT&T Wireless customers, T-Mobile customers, and Windstream landline users lost phone service due to a cut cable. AT&T users who call to complain about being inconvenienced for a day report getting a small credit on next month’s bill.

More detail about the new fire training tower Walker County is planning to buy.

Wednesday in Atlanta, the GA Senate Ethics Committee met to decide if the state legislature’s most powerful man violated rules about expense reimbursement.

The meeting was closed, all reporters and outsiders were made to leave, State Patrol officers kept people away, and paper was taped over windows. No decisions were announced and no comments made when the meeting ended.

Fundraiser Thursday for Hope Rebirth Homeless Shelter in Summerville. $6 plates with pork, beans, slaw and cake from 10 AM to 2 PM. Order your plate at 706-844-5308. The only shelter around will be opening soon and available to homeless from Walker County.

The town of Toomsboro, in Wilkinson County, is for sale. The entire town. Roughly 700 residents, or 10% of LaFayette’s population. (That’s still more than twice the population of Lyerly.)

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