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F'ville
Council must explain annexations
Citizen
Editorial
The city of Fayetteville
is Fayette County's annexation champion. No other municipality, even
one several times Fayetteville's population size, comes close in the
sheer volume of land being consumed for new, denser development.
You
want my vote? Here's the cost
By
SALLIE SATTERTHWAITE
sallies@juno.com
As regularly as
Independence Day, Thanksgiving and Mother's Day, a columnist has to
deal with Election Day. But although fireworks and turkeys may
be involved it's not near as much fun.
Multiple
maniacs at your service
By BILLY
MURPHY
Laugh Lines
A specific evil
lurks in the neighborhoods of America like senior citizens at a Picadilly
buffet. A brilliant, sinister conspiracy is afoot. The perpetrators
make Kenneth Lay look like Mr. Rogers. They make the Lindberg kidnapping
look like a plot from an episode of "The Powerpuff Girls."
Most people have fallen victim to crimes by these offenders ... at the
drive-thru window or the walk-up counter.
For
the 1st time, Big Brothers- Big Sisters require gay mentors
By WILLIAM J MAIER
It's a brave new
world at your local Big Brothers-Big Sisters office. As of this month,
the Big Brothers-Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) will require that all
500 of its local affiliates include active homosexuals as volunteers
and mentors to children.
LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR
Name
PTC tennis center for Tom Farr
In my 19 years of
living in Peachtree City, I can think of only a handful of people whom
I would say were instrumental in giving us the exceptionally high quality
of life we enjoy every day. Tom Farr was one of those people.
Ask
Joseph about child support
For the past week,
I have been troubled by the column by the Rev. [David] Epps concerning
paternity and child support payments.
PTC
Council: Who's cooperating, who's not
Mayor Brown wrote
Councilwoman Annie McMenamin a sophomoric e-mail message and copied
each of the council members. In it he complains about her not being
cooperative. I wonder if the other council members agree with the mayor's
statements?
Does
the [ethics board's] admonishment of [Peachtree City Councilman Steve]
Rapson mean that the investigation of [former Mayor Bob] Lenox for purportedly
changing the written body of a council vote now void?
Wells:
'I did what I said I would do, hold the line'
Four years ago I
ran on a platform of "Reclaiming our county." As you probably
recall, rezonings and rampant development were threatening to turn Fayette
County into a carbon copy of Fulton county. Certain developers got preferred
treatment and the average citizen did not have a voice. Too many decisions
were made behind closed doors and too many special favors were granted.
County
should inventory, preserve historic sites
Meredith is on vacation
this week and will be back Monday. Last week we counted three more letters
attacking the Mike Wheat campaign. That brings the total to seven attack
letters from our opponent over the last three weeks and no letters on
issues important to our county.
Will
Wheat's vision for Fayette be same as F'ville?
I was amused by
Mike Wheat's communication director's call for discussion of the issues
vs. attacks by supporters of Greg Dunn.
Instead
of an 'attack meter,' how about a 'truth meter'?
The Mike Wheat Campaign
Committee recently introduced us to "the Attack Meter." However,
it seems to me that what this campaign really needs is a "Truth
Meter."
Commissioners
have 2 functions; word has 2 M's
Mike Wheat seems
to be running for office without understanding what he'd be doing if
elected. In a letter to the editor from his campaign, they referred
to the county commission job as just a "policy-making job that
takes only three or four meetings per month."
Incumbents
broke Sunshine law, should be voted out
After carefully
reading the many political letters to The Citizen so far, especially
those against Mike Wheat, I feel the need to remind our voters of some
past history.
Farmers,
bring us your best
I left my house
this morning mouth watering, with anticipation of tables full of fresh,
homegrown peaches, blackberries, fresh-baked bread, bell peppers, sweet
onions, butter beans and crowder peas, squash, bright flowers and more.
Girl
Scouts get awards old-fashioned way
I would like to
take issue with your paper, The Citizen, and two of the articles in
the June 19 issue regarding the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. On Page
4A, you have a headline that reads, "Four earn Eagle Scout award"
while on Page 10A the headline reads, "Fayette County Girl Scouts
win gold."
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