Fayette County Planning Commission is looking into possible changes to the county's tree preservation ordinance, and the process is engendering some interesting discussion.

I'm getting too old for —
BILLY MURPHY
Laugh Lines

 

For those people who have seen me in person, you know I look pretty good for a 54-year-old man. Problem is, I'm 41.

 

At JFK Jr.'s loss, we remember Camelot
By LEE N. HOWELL
Politically speaking

 

Not since the senseless death of Princess Diana in a car crash in Paris nearly two years ago has there been such an outpouring of international grief and concern as has been expressed since the world learned of the disappearance of a small planed piloted by John F. Kennedy Jr. Friday night (or, for those who were not listening to CNN's “graveyard” shift Saturday morning).

Letters to the Editor

With new taxes ahead, where are officials who created this problem?

Now is a good time to be living in Fayette county. Our roads are in gridlock, our drinking water is being polluted by sewage spills, our schools are overcrowded, 10 percent of our classrooms are trailers, we need a new jail and our taxes are going up.

Further sewage spills into Lake Peachtree unacceptable

I attended the July 12 meeting [of the Peachtree City Water and Sewerage Authority] which dealt with the recent three sewage spills into Lake Peachtree.

PTC church, find an open field

Think you know what the initials “E-R” stand for in real estate zoning restrictions? Think again, if you live in Peachtree City. The zoning commissioners recently tagged that restriction with a new meaning: “Except religion.”

Instead of SPLOST, we opt out of system

As the parents of three children who attended Brooks Elementary, we are appalled at the Fayette County School Board's nerve to ask us the taxpayers for additional monies to build additional facilities in this county.

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