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Cal is right: No financial discipline from PTC CouncilMayor Harold Logsdon needs to get off his can and stop putting off his duties as mayor. All the talk about financial accountability was nice during the campaign, but it’s time to back it up! Killing our town with big boxes as a way to get around his ineptitude as mayor and properly handling our city budget is ridiculous. In the end, we’ll get the Lowes and the Kohls and still have our taxes increased. Look at the following from an Atlanta Journal article in 2006 entitled, “Ga. city awaits remedy for EMS problem.” “Peachtree City was hoping for an agreement to end what it calls ‘double taxation.’ Peachtree City has its own EMS but still helps fund the county's to the tune of $220,149 a year. That's nearly 20 percent of the tax-funded portion of the county EMS budget. Logsdon and council members Judi-ann Rutherford, Stuart Kourajian and Steve Boone want the county to create an EMS tax district that excludes Peachtree City from contributing to county EMS.” So what has happened since then? Well Mayor Logsdon and crew have done absolutely NOTHING. Fayette County is adding 25 new employees, in part, with our Peachtree City funds and we still get nothing in terms of service. I think calling Mayor Logsdon a paper tiger is an exaggeration. He’s more like a paper worm. He is going to increase our taxes, add harmful big box stores and let the county keep our quarter of a million dollars every year. The 2008 budget is going to be a disaster and the crime and traffic will make it a whole lot worse. Doug's blog | login to post comments |