Some of today’s leaders in Peachtree City are not based in reality and seem to have no clue as to what is going on. As a 20-year resident who lives and works in this town, I see the changes for the worst every day and they are obvious and everywhere.

In order to maintain a well-armed militia, our Constitution (which protected slavery) gives all the right to own guns. Iraq today shows us the real price of well-armed (but opposing) militias as they battle for control of their country in their streets instead of the voting booth.

The bold front page headline of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Wednesday forced a question upon us. In the wake of “the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history” our nation is stunned and searching for answers to the question, “How safe are our students?” Is there any way such a diabolical deed can be prevented?

I waited several weeks to write my response to an article in “Free Speech” several weeks ago pertaining to “How sad it was to see children practicing baseball at the Redwine complex on Sunday mornings instead of being in Sunday School.”

On April 17, 2007, The Citizen published a Terry Garlock article which brought direct and public criticism to the perceived behavior of the 15 British seamen captured and imprisoned by Iranian Special Forces last month.

The 2007 session has now ended. Looming now is a special session to deal with the 2007 amended budget. I thought I would take a moment to pass along the details of why we are looking at a special session.

On April 18 the Georgia Court of Appeals visited Fayetteville on the invitation of the Fayette County Bar Association. In conjunction with the Fayette County Board of Education, the Court held a regular session of court in front of over 750 members of our community.

The role of the Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) can be boiled down to a simple formula: Someone expresses concern about a child and DFCS investigates.

My name is Roy Robison and my wife’s name is Caryle. What follows is totally our opinion, our observations, and our perceptions of what has occurred at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Peachtree City over the past few weeks.

“The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone.” This verse from Psalm 118 has been used to describe a typology in Judeo-Christian history, one that involves God’s chosen people rejecting a prophet because his words were too hard to hear. Ultimately, Christ was the stone rejected by the Jews, and he became the cornerstone of the Christian Church.

It came as no surprise that the state Ethics Commission shot down Direct PAC’s latest attempt to censor public speech from those with whom they disagree. The pro-development-at-any-cost political action committee tried to use official ethics charges with the state Ethics Commission to intimidate local residents from speaking out on issues that are of concern to all of us.

The letter to the editor in the April 10 edition of The Citizen by Maj. Gen. (Ret) Wheeler with the title, “Sen. Hagel, where were you when ...?” raises several issues addressed to the staunchly conservative Republican senator from Nebraska as they relate primarily to his positions on the Iraq war and terrorist-initiated attacks both in the United States and abroad.

Subject: Let me make this brief

I appreciate your printing my reply to Trey Hoffman three weeks after the publication of his unresearched claptrap.

Recently The Citizen published a letter to the editor from Gary Rettmann in which he accuses the Peachtree City Police Department of — at best — dereliction of duty, and — at worst — attempted extortion in a moral, if not legal sense.

On April 5, 2007, the Georgia State Ethics Commission heard the allegations filed by Direct PAC against [me].

The allegations were as follows:

Yes, there was pain and, yes, God’s Church presses on.

St. Andrew’s in the Pines Episcopal Church in Peachtree City has gone though a tremendous upheaval.

My son has been enrolled in the Fayette County School System for four years. He started fifth grade at Burch Elementary and then went to Flat Rock for middle school.

The city of Newnan’s annual Market Days starts Saturday, April 9, and continues every first Saturday of the month through December.

On behalf of the Fayette Counseling Center, and McIntosh Trail Community Service Board, our parent organization, I thank the Fayette County Board of Commissioners for their gracious consideration of our request for rent-free space.

American churchgoers can start a revolution to free America from our dependence on foreign oil. We need only to follow the law and use common sense. Would Jesus drive faster than the speed limit? I think not. Would Jesus observe common courtesy on the road? Of course.

Senator Hagel, normally I would not be writing a senator who did not represent me in the U.S. Senate. But, yesterday, you voted on a measure, tipping the scales of a serious measure on Operation Iraqi Freedom that will affect a family member who has already willingly served two tours in Iraq, and will no doubt serve more if called upon to do so.

Mr. Hoffman’s letter to the editor titled: “Liberals, mainstream media on mission to destroy all Bushies” is factually incorrect, practically in its entirety.

Below is the reply I sent directly to Mr. Soper last week in response to his letter that came directly to me and was also published last Wednesday in the letters to the editor [The Citizen, March 28, 2007].

Things might appear to be heading in the right direction in Peachtree City. The local citizens have awakened from a deep sleep, and now they are willing to protect the dream.

Good science is being done everyday in laboratories and universities across the country. Good science happens when proper rules (protocols) are established and followed. It is good science that leads to breakthrough discoveries in medicine, technology and countless other avenues of research.

I am writing to ask Fayette citizens to please not buy small animals as Easter pets. I know they’re cute, but baby rabbits, ducks and chicks are not toys; they are fragile animals who need special care for a lifetime.

I admire the work of John Munford greatly and will continue to respect him for his fairness and objectivity. However, his article quoting various sources about the alleged “secret” impact fee meeting gave the impression that the meeting was actually secret and that representatives of the city did not follow the law.

As you may know, St. Andrew’s in-the-Pines Episcopal Church in Peachtree City has recently gone though a tremendous upheaval.

Have you noticed? No cops. They’ve all disappeared. Saturday and Sunday while I was out running my weekly errands I never spotted one, not one. How can that be?

In answer to the anonymous letter covering the choice of David Mullis for chief of police: Tyrone is fortunate to have such a chief, one with much experience, integrity, humility, common sense (a rare commodity these days) a willingness to listen to the facts, and a great sense of humor.