sounds like a bitter commissioner that has post-partum depression from office. good luck, buddy. other school systems are doing this program to much praise, as far as i can see...

it turns out to be a hiccup and not a bump in the road.

As in, capital L on the forehead . . .

bet he has a lot of Microsoft and Dell Stock

"I didn't vote for laptops for every student in the county, and I don't think anyone else did," Thompson said.

We best cain't be havin edumuhkashun goins on threw owt all dees skools speshully nots ats the same times.

Good luck with the lawsuit dickhead. I'm sure you can easily prove that everyone on the school board except yourself was in cahoots (i.e., secretly in agreement - not physically in Cahoots, Georgia) to misspend the taxpayers money. And on computers for students yet. The shame.

I wonder if he will be getting any current or delayed benefits from the Dell/Microsoft group?

"I didn't vote for laptops for every student in the county, and I don't think anyone else did," Thompson said.

You know, I always thought the whole point of governments was to vote for people to get into office so they'd make the decisions and, theoretically, spend your money the way they best see fit (yeah, I know, its a pipedream). If you want the populace to vote on every expenditure, why even bother having commisioners, just put everything on the ballot.

Listen, I live in Atlanta and this does not surprise me. Cobb County is notorious for being the selfish freeloaders of the city. All they care about is there strip malls, cars, and large houses. Additionally, I believe the Cobb County sales tax is the lowest in the state. Even if this tax went into affect, it will still be lower then Atlanta’s sale tax by 2 points.

Atlanta really isn't in a position to complain about local government in other areas. After all, it's Atlanta!!!

The lawsuit contends that language was not specific enough to inform voters that the system intended to provide computers for all students in grades six through 12. "I didn't vote for laptops for every student in the county, and I don't think anyone else did," Thompson said.

So... because he didn't read the language closely enough, he assumes every other voter in the county was just as irresponsible. Great.