Couple of things

- Today's editorial endorses inefficient, micro-managed government.

- As was noted on a local sports radio show yesterday, it's interesting that today - 24 hours after a story broked that Ben Roethlisberger was being sued for sexual assault - there is still nothing regarding the story on ESPN's web site or on its on-air coverage. It's featured in a variety of other places, but nothing from ESPN ... though the network was all too eager to feature stories on Michael Vick, Kobe Bryant and Randy Moss when they went through legal troubles.

- The Tanyard Creek sewer line is fixed, though raw sewage leaks aren't vogue only in Athens-Clarke County. Oconee County just patched up a pair of them.

- Here's where the aforementioned editorial is rather silly to me. It argues that elected officials, such as current Oconee County Commission Chairman Melvin Davis, can't possibly have the necessary experience and skill set required to manage the day-to-day operations of a local government. Understandably, this is flawed for two reasons. First off, the editorial goes to great length to demonstrate that Davis does have those skills through his professional experiences, including eight years doing just those very things as chairman of Oconee County. Second, it issues a blanket assumption that a non-elected official magically possesses those skills solely because he or she is a non-elected official.