Wednesday, June 5, 2002
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Wednesday, June 5, 2002 |
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Mayor denied voters just representation last week Last week 69 percent of Peachtree City voters went unrepresented at the City Council meeting. That's right, more than two-thirds of those who cast their vote in the council election more than two years ago were denied representation. Councilwoman McMenamin was never informed of an issue that the mayor had long planned to add to the meeting. He unilaterally decided that an elected representative of the people should be denied the information necessary to do just that, represent the citizens of Peachtree City. The mayor claims that Councilwoman McMenamin would sabotage his efforts. That which he calls sabotage, others call representative government. Who authorized the mayor to deny the voters their duly elected representative? On which legal statute is this action based and with what due process? Who will be denied future access and upon which issues? This council delayed action on issues for meeting after meeting because they claimed not to have time to read the information and be prepared to discuss the issues. Mayor Brown intentionally denied your elected representative the information necessary to prepare for that meeting. Was he trying to silence his opposition? If this is not illegal, is it unethical? If it is not unethical then what is it? Who died and made him chancellor? It gets better. Next, the mayor and his minions decided to cast aspersions about the city attorney as well as the former mayor. Their remarks, regarding the intergovernmental agreements, seemed to imply either wrongdoing or gross incompetence. Mayor Brown is challenging the validity of the authority agreements approved last year. Councilman Weed has called for the resignation of the city attorney. Together they have called for a special investigation to determine the validity of the contracts. Now, we find the mayor and Councilman Weed back-peddling. They reportedly have offered to drop the issue of the invalid agreements if the Development Authority will just renegotiate the agreement. Meanwhile, where is the investigator? As of the date of this letter, he or she has not spoken to former Mayor Lenox, Councilwoman McMenamin or former Councilwoman Carol Fritz, all of whom voted on the allegedly invalid agreements. These attacks are part of the continuing effort of Mayor Brown to rebuild Peachtree City in his likeness. This particular attack is aimed at the city attorney. The mayor and council have every right to select any attorney they choose. Given the mayor's past written attacks on the law firm of the city attorney, it is a surprise it has taken this long. It is only a shame that the mayor and Councilman Weed choose to make this a personal attack rather then admit that this is an act of retribution. Gary Rower Peachtree City [Mr. Rower ran against Brown in last fall's mayoral election and lost in the runoff.]
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