It was annexed into Fayetteville?...wow, I didn't remember that. I've got good friends that live really close to that, and they're saying the traffic is already bad enough over there with the schools and the proposed YMCA, but it'll just get worse.

Ah well, say goodbye to more of good old Fayette County. Everybody wants to live here, but what they don't get is at a certain point the reason we move here goes away because we're looking at nothing but houses and "amenity packages". Maybe they'll follow the example of development found in Peachtree City. They should call Pathways

On all the fuss about not allowing developers in, Big Boxes and such.

For those who don't want any more growth they ARE the enemy.

They have more money than PTC and will bankrupt a city to get in.

Did you know only one area has ever kept Walmart out?

They did it because everyone in the area were million or billionaires. They outspend Walmart.

Now, that is just pathetic to me that such is how they work.

But that is why you must always view developers with suspicion. Even those building small developments.

I have lived in two while still under developer control War, war and more war. They constantly tried to get away with things.

So, of course those who understand these points and have had experience are going to turn a telescope on any candidate backed by them or those in partnership with them.

And can understand why a candidate or Council that opposes what they want will still vote for it. It is called financial pressure and legal threats.

It also says those who sing the praises of developers as the mighty folk who made PTC what it is are lacking in full understanding.

Developers did nothing to be nice guys. It was always about money.

They have a right to make money. The do the building. But that does not make them heroes or civic leaders.

PTC Guy has fallen upon the "secret".

People are, in general, interested in obtaining wealth. And how do they obtain wealth? By giving people what they want.

Will you move into a brand new development in Techwood? No, you say? Why? Because the city is too crowded, too big, and what you want is provided here, by those who developed the area!

The alternative - I guess we could revert to farmland.

Why does WAL*MART (don't forget the *) work? Because it gives people what they want. Things to buy at such a rate to allow them to retain the wealth they have.

I was at WAL*MART in Peachtree City last weekend, and I parked across from a Porsche. Interesting "paradox", indeed.

As long as it's done right, development isn't bad. It's a balance. At some point, too much development may modify all our lifestyles. And this may not be a bad thing. I don't say close the door behind you at all. At some point, someone will have to say that, or the Atlanta area will extend from Nashville to Tallahassee.

It's the pendulum of life, that's all. A lamentation for the good old days.

Ah, but the point of Community choice. Developers can strip that away.

Which is not a good thing.

By the way, it is listed as WalMart, WALMART, Wal*Mart and Wal-Mart by WalMart.

Go chastise them.