| Credit PTC's Tennant
for vote against west side annexation
I was surprised but pleased to learn
the Peachtree City Council voted not to annex the 914 acres on the west
side of Peachtree City, the so called “West Village.”
I was amused to read in the paper that council members Brooks, Fritz,
and McMenamin echoed what Dan Tennant has been saying all along about
annexation, that it will make a disaster of our worsening traffic situation,
that the density is too high, and that it will put too much pressure on
the school system and related infrastructure.
Tennant won every precinct in the city in his election by being the only
candidate to have the guts to firmly oppose annexation, since that is
what the people demanded. He stuck to his word, and led the fight to save
the Peachtree City we all know and love.
My guess is that the other council members, who voted to lift the annexation
moratorium earlier this year, knew Tennant would eventually have his say
in council chambers once the task force had completed its mission. And
they probably realized the arguments Tennant would raise were in sync
with the majority of the citizens of Peachtree City.
So we have a case of “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.”
Thanks, Mr. Tennant, for keeping your word and for listening to the people.
Kent Sisler
Peachtree City
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