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Elections
mean choices: Wish there were better ones available
By CAL
BEVERLY
Publisher
Can we postpone
the election until next year?
Thoughts
about a ho-hum election
By SALLIE
SATTERTHWAITE
sallies@juno.com
Impossible that
I should miss the Rotary Candidates Forum. Impossible!
In
PTC and Tyrone, how I would vote, if...
By
MICHAEL BOYLAN
mboylan@TheCitizenNews.com
Part of my job requires
me to attend meetings in Peachtree City and Tyrone. I attend the meetings
so you don’t have to, though it would be nice if you stopped by
once in awhile. When I attend the meetings, I am impartial, a silent
observer. I document what is said on both sides of the issues and, though
I have my opinions, I keep them to myself. Until now.
- LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR
Cellmate:
Rapist was once a regular teen
The crime committed
at the Hampton Inn on Oct. 22 came as a shock to the citizens of Peachtree
City and neighboring towns. Yes, everyone knows these kind of criminal
acts occur everyday all around the globe, but not in Peachtree City.
But with this heinous and sadistic act, the eyes and fears of this small
middle-class paradise have been opened forever.
Too
many questions remain unanswered about library
Peachtree City does
not need to spend $4.9 million on a new library. Do not get me wrong:
PTC is in very bad need for a new library, but spending $4.9 million
is not going to get the city the “state of the art, collegiate
environment of learning” it wants. A couple of months ago when
the Library Commission finally spoke and told the citizens of PTC that
the cost of the library was to be $4.9 million, I was floored.
Kedron
Target protestors have broad support in PTC
Regarding Tyler
Wells’ “Target Protestors Misfire with Clueless Objections”
[The Citizen, Oct. 22].
‘Faces’
series reminds us of those who shaped our lives
To be chosen as
the family to begin your series, “The Faces That Built Fayette,”
is such an honor. We appreciate The Citizen showing such an interest
in the history of our county.
Kourajian:
Bring business experience to city gov’t
It seems that everyday
that we open a local paper, we read something about our city leadership,
and most of the time it’s not very positive.
Mayor’s
accusations mostly distortions, lies
Peachtree City Mayor
Steve Brown, in a letter to the editor in last week’s Citizen newspaper,
told readers that he is not endorsing my bid for a second term on city
council.
DIRECT-PAC
endorses Rutherford for PTC Post 1
In consideration
of potential for DIRECT PAC to endorse one of the candidates for City
Council Post 1, our organization, on Oct. 9, met with Adduci, Poolman,
and Rutherford. The candidates had graciously accepted our invitation
to talk with us. Thereafter, we attended the Rotary Forum to again listen
as the candidates answered questions from other citizens.
Check
for candidate’s character behind all the political smoke
I read Mayor Brown’s
recent article and it got me to thinking. As we all know, there are
many silver-tongued politicians throughout this world (and locally)
who have a certain genius for their ability to blow smoke. Before we
vote, citizens have the obligation to look at the facts and not the
smoke. Smoke can temporarily seem to have substance, but just evaporates
into thin air.
In
this democratic republic, your vote counts; don’t use it to take
away my rights
The primary difference
between a constitutional republic and a democracy is that a democracy
is a system of majority rule and a republic is a system in which the
supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent
them.
Say what? That doesn’t make sense. Or does it?
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