The Courier reports a split opinion on the Pope County governing body in Russellville on a proposal to ban county employees from using Facebook and Twitter during work time.

The Internet is an addictive substance. And you can look SO busy madly tapping away at a keyboard at work (while actually playing Sudoku, messaging friends, watching puppy videos and otherwise eating up vast chunks of time in utter non-productivity.) My own keyboard time is, of course, strictly work related.

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