Couple of things

- The confusion in this story regarding even why the ticket was dropped is enough reason to revisit the ordinance. Considering some commissioners have gone on record as saying it wasn't their intent to restrict smoking outside, even in partially enclosed structures, I think it merits revisiting the language (particularly since a ban on indoor smoking should only apply to, you know, indoor structures). Former Solicitor General Mo Wiltshire dropped the charge due to ambiguity. Mark Bell and his attorney Bill Overend think they've won. Athens-Clarke County attorney Bill Berryman doesn't plan to change his interpretation at all. And current Solicitor General C.R. Chisholm is no where to be found.

- Lady, please. We're going with regional bias now? Did you actually read the article on the Clarkston refugees? It was a great read.

- Ugh. Banging proverbial head against proverbial wall after reading Brian Hall's letter. Because an 'either-or' response to an 'either-or' column is clearly the best way to go ...

- Bill Shipp isn't as cranky today as he talks about Bobby Kahn heading out and continues to perpetuate the falsehood that Mike Berlon is the 'frontrunner' to become the next chairman of Democratic Party of Georgia.