Does Mayor Lenox know more about the proposed West Village annexation issue than anyone? Good question. I believe Mayor Lenox probably knows a great deal of detail regarding the annexation. However, the detail is irrelevant if the citizens of Peachtree City feel this annexation should not go through.

In this same March 22 edition under the “Tennant `free-speech' law tabled,“ Mayor Lenox is quoted as saying, “these meetings are not for your benefit, they are held to do the business of the city.“

I ask you, Mayor, who or what is the city if not the citizens?

I believe that the city council needs a certain level of decorum and that meetings are not clearing houses for every citizen grievance. However, either the city council represents the citizens of Peachtree City or they don't. If they don't (and maybe Mayor Lenox again has been misquoted but this is my interpretation of the above and published quote) then whom do they represent? There should be some way that concerned citizens can voice their opinions at these meetings. The length of the meetings should be kept reasonable; however, denying citizens the right to speak their opinion in front of their elected representatives is unconscionable. Especially when their comments are relevant to the issues at hand.

As far as “What Really Happened,“ all of this will come out in the wash. It's too bad a citizen can be sued for libel for an op-ed letter published in any paper. This all makes me wonder about the law firm Webb, Stuckey and Lindsey. I know that if I was currently using their services and saw this lawsuit, which is in my opinion frivolous, I would reexamine my relationship with them.

Throughout this letter I had used the term, “in my opinion.“ Thankfully the First Amendment of our Constitution allows me to do this in any fashion I wish to.

My only suggestion to all elected officials in our city, county and state is to start paying attention to what the people want if you expect to keep your jobs. I still believe Mayor Lenox and the rest of the city council can preserve their jobs through the next election if they stop and listen to the voices of the people, whether these are letters to the editor, concerned citizens at a council meeting or e-mails, faxes or telephone calls.

Since it is my opinion that these have largely been ignored, I doubt this will occur. I also believe as another writer put it in the March 22 edition of this paper that “the silent majority“ is out there, and they are waiting to vote.

Don Campbell

Peachtree City

donc@bellsouth.net

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