No free rides for developers on PTC westside!

The recent article “PTC ducks density issue for annexation” has the developers sounding like they are victims or something. Kathryn Zickert of Levitt and Sons acts like we owe her something for the privilege of her subdivision being in Peachtree City.

“Zickert said the company was willing to ‘slow down’ the process so it could insure it will keep all the promises it makes to the city. Her concern was how the proposed impact fees will cut into Levitt’s ability to meet those promises.” Wait a minute, how do the impact fees keep them from fulfilling their promises? If I’m not mistaken, most of us paid impact fees on our homes if we were the original owner. We didn’t cry when an impact fee was built into the price of our home, we just paid it.

The Wieland people can’t get their 399 townhomes so they pull the public amenities they had planned. Why would we want to work with a developer who acts like that? And what are we going to do with the 1,000 school kids from the new Wieland subdivision? Who is paying for the new school? We're paying enough taxes for schools now.

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What is in it for the LITTLE guy
Submitted by truth monger on Thu, 02/15/2007 - 11:57am.

The developers act like they are doing us a favor by coming to PTC. What are they offering us? More traffic, more people, more kids in our schools and more stress on the infrastructure of PTC. We don't want anymore big developers coming into town and acting like they are doing us a favor. We (the citizens of PTC)are tired of the status quo. We don't want McDuff extended through!! Who benefits from that? Just the people in Cenntenial a John Wieland neighborhood (of which we have a city council member)and John Wieland, INC. because they trade annexation into the city for the building of that road. J.W. sells his houses for alot more money if they have the PTC address. Wake up people this is not benfitting the people that already live in this town. It benefits Politicos!!!

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Centennial people will love the new McDuff Bridge..for a time
Submitted by PTCGA1 on Thu, 02/15/2007 - 1:42pm.

I know they REALLY want the McDuff Extension, but I really feel for those people. When the McDuff Extension and Bridge are built, the new road will look soon look like Highway 74. The Centennial home owners are really in a no win situation. They hate having to come out to 54 and going around. But when the bridge over the RR tracks is completed (near kedron), tens of thousands of to and fro Coweta cars will be using that route. It will be very hard to get on McDuff in the AM.

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NO West Village!!!
Submitted by truth monger on Tue, 02/13/2007 - 9:59pm.

PTC needs to say "NO" to annexing the West Village!! PTC is being greedy by wanting the added tax revenue!! We the citizens want to know what is in it for us? I don't want more traffic, more kids to displace kids already here in the county schools, and I can't see anything good coming from the annexation. I don't want the extension of McDuff Pkwy...I think that there is already enough traffic on 74. I'm disgusted by theTDK extension. PTC Mayor and cronies should listen to the little people that care about this city and call it home! What has happened to the dream??

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RobeMudcat W. Morgan Dazed And Confused (School Redistricting)
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Submitted by Spear Road Guy on Wed, 02/14/2007 - 8:41pm.

I thought RobeMudcat W. Morgan said he didn't inhale. Jones said the woman worked for Levitt & Sons.

The students belong to the new Wieland development annexation. Jones was right again. Good question though - What school is going absorb all those students? And we thought the latest school redistricting was rough!

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Actually, jones Zickert works for Levitt
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Submitted by mudcat on Tue, 02/13/2007 - 7:53pm.

Or more to the point, she is one of the very best rezoning attorneys in Atlanta who was retained by Levitt.

The comment about kids and school buses shows you are not paying attention. Levitt develops senior retirement communities - no kids.
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mud: not clear?
Submitted by dollaradayandfound on Tue, 02/13/2007 - 7:55pm.

Your job is to muddle the vision of others, you must make money on development.

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