Though we believe that raising taxes should always be a last resort, a guest column, “Using smokes and mirrors to resolve Georgia budget woes,” by Frank Stephenson (Rome News-Tribune, Feb. 4) contains inaccuracies and fails to fully examine what is at stake this year with Georgia’s budget and health-care system. In fact, perhaps the question isn’t really if we want to increase the tax on tobacco, the question is, who and what are we will ... Jump to full article >>