I was at the Peachtree City Council meeting March 16 and listened as the mayor read parts of his letter that The Citizen published Wednesday. For some reason he neglected to read the part about Dan Tennant being a “self-righteous, pompously indignant — woefully inept — councilman.” Anyway, none of what I heard there or read in the letter itself changes anything.

The mayor said that he had 30 seconds to decide what to do. He then presents three reasons why he did what he did. He could not even say those three things in 30 seconds, much less think them up. If his reasons for stopping Steve Brown from speaking were thought up at the meeting, why did the mayor not share them at that time? The only explanation is that Mr. Lenox came up with them long after the meeting.

In soccer, the referees determine what kind of game is played. Some will allow rough play, while others will make calls on minor contact. No one really minds which way the game is called, as long as it is called the same for both sides. On the 16th, “my meeting” Bob stated that he was 60 percent responsible for the problems Mr. Lindsey created. Since he did not call a ”foul” on Mr. Lindsey,he should have allowed the same “rough play” for Steve Brown. But as we often find at away games, only the home team gets the calls. And if you ever criticize the mayor you are certainly not on the home team.

I am sure Mr. Lenox did not want his preliminary notes published with his letter, bit I applaud The Citizen for doing just that. Is that not just like the mayor, ordering people around? Control freaks never do let up. And the mayor does enjoy being in control.

Bob Lenox reminds me a lot of my children. They think that if they use enough words it will change what the rest of us have just seen and heard. As I tell my kids, mayor, if you would just make good choices when you have a chance, you would not need to lie or make up lame excuses for what you did.

Bill Webster

Peachtree City

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