PTC's West Village: it's all about
sewer, money, power
By CAL BEVERLY
Publisher
Well, the other giant shoe just
dropped with a thud in Peachtree City — plans to
annex the empty west side of Peachtree City and stuff
5,000 more people into a traffic corridor already
groaning with overgrowth.
Walk a mile in the other person's
shoes
By DAVE HAMRICK
Editor-at-large
It's no wonder that race
relations don't progress any faster than they do.
M.L. King was more than just a
dreamer
By LEE N.HOWELL
Politically Speaking
This past
Monday was a national celebration of the birth of the
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the only Georgian
ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize — but as far
as most folks, black as well as white, are concerned,
it is just an excuse to be off from work.
- Presidential time
machine...
BILLY
MURPHY
Laugh Lines
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- I had a dream that some of
our most famous and infamous presidents got
together to discuss the election process and
campaign reform for the President of the United
States. So, on this 4th of July the father of our
country and poster child for orthodontic termite
control, George Washington, is sitting with our
16th president, Abraham Lincoln, who in high
school was voted, “Most Likely to
Emancipate.” Next to Lincoln we find the
last president who was a member of the Whig Party
and died after just one month in office, William
Henry Harrison. He reportedly caught a cold after
his inaugural address while walking to the White
House in the snow, which developed into a fatal
case of pneumonia.
Letters to
the Editor
PTC city attorney vote raises
conflict issues
A city attorney is paid to
represent the interests of our city. Whether it is to
do battle to defend our ordinances, or to provide
legal opinions to our city council that will affect
how they vote on an issue, the city attorney is often
our front line of defense against those who may be
more interested in their profits than in what is best
for the citizens.
Why not more time for jail?
It amuses me that what I heard
said at the Fayette Commissioners meeting is such a
contradiction to what I read in The Citizen regarding
the jail issue.
Developers, please take note: We
like those trees
It is so unfortunate that some
developers consider trees to be such a nuisance when
they are trying to build.
Thanks for online daily news
Cal, congratulations! I keep up
with news of my old friends and happenings with The
Citizen Online and now you have refined and improved
that.
Well, F'ville? How about it?
Is the city of Fayetteville
attempting to do anything about the traffic gridlock
at the intersection of Ga. highways 85 and 54 that
occurs during traffic peaks, which began when the
one-way streets were implemented?
Cities reap sales tax bonanza at
expense of county residents
So you buy a shiny new car for
$30,000, and of course expect to pay an extra $1,500
for the sales tax, which includes $300 for the
Fayette local option sales tax (LOST, big brother to
SPLOST), also known as “the penny tax.”
(This must be where the expression “paying a
pretty penny” comes from.)
Come on, get off Rocker's back and
let's play ball
I am not an advocate of anyone
who verbally attacks, insults, or degrades another
person for any reason. When we open our mouths before
putting our brains in gear, there are always
consequences to face. However, I am more concerned
about special interest groups who are so thin-skinned
that they take offense at the least infraction of
decorum. Calls for punishment, boycotts, and/or
apologies only give credence to the remarks. “I
think thou doth protest too much.”
Cost of lack of big-box planning now
evident
If you will remember, several
members of our Peachtree City Traffic Task Force had
implored Mayor Bob Lenox and city staff members to
provide them with much needed information on the Ga.
Highway 54 West corridor.
School survey is back-door way to
get SPLOST approved this time
Many children were sent home
with a Citizen/Staff Survey paper last week for
parents to fill out and send back to school.
Chipper
campaign results in record number of trees recycled
Keep Fayette Beautiful would
like to thank all who participated in the Christmas
tree recycling event. At six Fayette County drop-off
centers, local residents made the effort to
“Bring one for the Chipper,” in record
numbers. Over 6,000 trees were brought to an
environmentally friendly conclusion.
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