In three years and four months, Peachtree City will celebrate its 50th birthday. Whoever we elect mayor Dec. 6 will be representing our city and projecting our image to the world at large during this year-long celebration.

Our city’s image has been tarnished during the Brown-Rapson-Weed era, but not beyond repair. We need to set a goal of refurbishing our city’s positive reputation and shorten, as much as possible, any lingering negativity.

I suggest that we begin this restoration process Dec. 6. A clear and convincing majority of voters choosing to end Brown’s term as mayor would have a profound and positive impact on our city’s future.

In two years, we need to accomplish the goal of giving our small town of Peachtree City a respected, professional image once again.

The mudslinging, character assassinations, blame games, and overall pettiness of the prior administration needs to come to an end.

If this abnormal behavior is allowed to fester any longer, our city’s 50th anniversary will never realize its civic potential. Our city’s loss of dignity and pride during the past four years may become institutionalized.

In the general election, it was established that Brown and his followers represent a minority view. It goes against logic and common sense for Brown to continue as mayor, to lead city council, and to represent our city’s philosophy to the outside world since he represents the minority view of our community.

Brown is not the person to act as master of ceremonies for our city’s 50th birthday celebration. Harold Logsdon has earned this honor by virtue of winning 42 percent of the vote in a six-way race, and by subsequently receiving the enthusiastic endorsement of two formidable rivals.

It would be a travesty of the general election in November if voters fail to restate emphatically in the runoff what they made perfectly clear beforehand. The far-left, the vocal minority, and radical elements of society don’t need much encouragement to be heard when given a forum. Rallying the majority, however, is generally only possible in times of crisis.

Dec. 6 is a crucial and decisive point in our city’s history. On that Tuesday, let’s start planning for Peachtree City’s 50th anniversary by getting out to vote. Let it be our goal to put the troubled past behind us, so that we can proudly celebrate our 50th birthday.

It doesn’t take goats to “eradicate the Brown-Rapson weed.” It just takes your vote.

Bill King
Peachtree City, Ga.