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and their friends have made or the high-powered lobbyists they have hired or the company’s dubious track record. I will save that for future discussions in case this bad idea doesn’t go away.

Today, I am respectfully requesting that you tell my readers where you stand on this issue. Will you allow an Alabamabased company to drag mine Trail Ridge on the edge of the Okefenokee — our Okefenokee — for materials to make paint and toothpaste? (Oh, and I forgot chewing gum.) Just give it to us straight, governor. Please.

You can reach Dick Yarbrough at dick@dickyarbrough.com; at P.O. Box 725373, Atlanta, Georgia 31139.