The largest budget in the history of the Fayette County School System got a unanimous “thumbs up” Monday night.

Fayette property owners will pay more school taxes this year as a result.

As in past years, The Citizen is again opening its opinion pages to candidates for contested local and locally-decided political offices.

The good news is that Fayetteville property owners can expect no tax millage rate increase when the Fiscal Year 2007 budget is adopted later this summer.

A request to consider rezoning a 7-plus acre parcel from general commercial to multi-family has been denied by the Peachtree City Council.

The Metro Fayette Kiwanis is holding a political forum on Thursday, June 29. The forum is open to qualified candidates for the county commission seats and will be at the Sams Auditorium, Fayetteville, at 7 p.m. The format will be governed by a moderator and timekeeper and Comcast will be recording the event.

Linda Wells, vice chairman, Fayette County Commission, brought a “state of the county” address to the Metro Fayette Kiwanis.

The Peachtree City Rotary Club wants to give voters a chance to meet candidates who are seeking local offices. The club is hosting a “Meet and Greet” event Tuesday June 27 from 7-9 p.m. at the Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center.

An “Extreme Ground Breaking” is tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. for the Chick-fil-A at Wilshire Pavilion in Peachtree City. Chick-fil-A will have event tents set up on the site where the new store is to be located off Ga. Highway 74 at Wilshire, adjacent to Publix plaza. The company will have lots of fun activities, games, giveaways, and of course the cow will be there to host it all. Chick-fil-A will be giving FREE food to the first 500 people.

The Fayette County School System’s first ever Air Force Junior ROTC (AFJROTC) program has graduated its first four-year cadets.

The Board of Regents, the 18-member governing body for the University System of Georgia, elected Regent M. Allan Vigil to a one-year term as the board’s chair.

A Peachtree City teen who was shot at a party early this morning has died from his injuries, police said. And the Sharpsburg teen who pulled the trigger will be brought up on murder charges, police said.

The Tyrone Town Council passed a record $5.7 million budget Thursday night, but once again, Mayor Sheryl Lee had to break the tie and help end a contentious debate.

Magician Ken Scott entertained the kids this week at storytime at the Tyrone Library.

Margaret Vail was a long-time contributor to her community, until her death last October. She was active in the Metro Fayette Kiwanis, in the Fayette County Chamber of Commerce, and the Fayette County Republican Party.

By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizen.com
and JOHN THOMPSON
jthompson@TheCitizen.com

The Fayette County Board of Elections plans to notify the county board of education that BOE member Greg Powers is no longer eligible to serve on the board.

Council spends $303K to add turn lanes; store to open July 23

A traffic light will help handle the onslaught of vehicles on Ga. Highway 74 north that will flock to the new Target shopping center in Peachtree City.

Accused murderer Richard Nelson Brown has pleaded not guilty in the Sept. 30 murder of Senoia businessman Ken Crook. No trial date was set at the June 13 arraignment in Coweta Superior Court in Newnan.

Crime usually increases in a community as the population increases. But that is not what is currently happening in Fairburn. The most recent weekly crime reports tracking both criminal and law enforcement activity by the week, month and year-to-date show that the more serious Part 1 crimes have increased less than one-half percent since January compared to the same period in 2005, even though the city’s population has increased more than 9 percent in the past year.

There was plenty to see and plenty to buy June 10 at Fairburn’s annual citywide yard sale at Duncan Park.

They have not been as visible lately as when the group formed last year, but the newly re-named Tri-County Alliance is back and determined to find a way to alleviate the growing traffic concerns in South Fulton, Fayette and Coweta counties.

South Fulton Regional Municipal Water and Sewer Authority board members June 9 received an audit report outlining the authority’s current financial status. A cash analysis by authority Financial Manager Dan Post in connection with the issuance of $42 million in Series 2003 Bonds showed that the authority has spent $7.185 million as of Dec. 31, 2005.

Due to overwhelming opposition by residents of the Fife neighborhood the City of Union City has amended its Annexation Map to remove approximately 220 acres of property centered at the intersection of Spence Road and Fayetteville Road. The Annexation Map illustrates areas of close proximity to Union City’s existing limits that have been considered for annexation in response to recently passed Senate Bill 552 which gives existing municipalities until October 30th to annex property prior to setting the potential boundary for incorporation of South Fulton.

The next meeting of the Fairburn Business Association takes place June 19, 2006 at 6:30 p.m. at the Fairburn Annex, 40 Washington Street in Fairburn. Barkley Russell will be the featured speaker.

Peachtree City’s newest restaurant has fully re-opened after its kitchen was shut down due to ventilation problems.

The Peachtree City Council has officially removed City Manager Bernie McMullen from supervising the police department.

Thursday night, the Peachtree City Council denied a request to consider rezoning a 7-plus acre parcel from general commercial to multi-family for high-end townhomes aimed at empty-nesters.

Children enjoyed a puppet show and stories relating to fairy tales at this week’s storytime at the Senoia Library. The puppet stage was donated to the Senoia Area Library by the Newnan-Coweta Public Library to which the Children of Senoia say “Thanks”. Pictured are children displaying dragon puppets made during Storytime. The June 21 program is at 10:30 a.m. at the Freeman Sasser Building at the Senoia Park. The guest will be the famous “Music Man,” Eric Litwin. On June 28, storytime is back at the Senoia Library. “Queen Glitter” arrives on July 12 at the Freeman Sasser building. The remaining two events will be July19 and 26 at the library. Photo/Special.

James Wingo is pictured with his family after giving $5,000 to the Peachtree City Library to establish “The Marquis de Lafayette Collection” in memory of his parents, Marvin and Della Wingo, “to honor those brave and courageous men and women that gave birth to liberty. The collection of American Revolution books will be unveiled to the public next Friday. Photo/Special.

Jenny Lyon and Megan Fox slip and slide in Fox’s backyard in Peachtree City while ushering in the summer season. Photo/Special

Council spends $303K to add turn lanes; store to open July 23

A traffic light will help handle the onslaught of vehicles on Ga. Highway 74 north that will flock to the new Target shopping center in Peachtree City.