Tyrone Developers Hire Lawyer

High density developers, Olde Town Tyrone, has hired top zoning lawyer Doug Dillard to make their final push for 4 houses to the acre in Downtown. After having been thwarted twice in 2007, they will reapply in early 2008 with new engineering plans on the advice of Attorney Dillard. But, with Barry Amos, Valerie Fowler & Town Atty. Brad Sears still on their side, and all the other problems left by the old Council, the new Council will have their hands full. Although the Council will probably vote against the rezoning, they will not heed past warnings, and the Planning Commission is ill-equipped to deal with Dillard. Procedural mistakes will be made, Dillard will sue and win. Past promises made by Amos to the developers will undermine Tyrone’s legal defense. Once the zoning is in place, sewer will follow, and the citizens will be duped again. Its not that the Council wants all this to happen, its because they will follow poor legal advice and not take individual initiative to learn the true facts from their lawyers.

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Submitted by Emmyjune on Wed, 12/26/2007 - 4:50pm.

Ms. Winton:
I just wanted to write and let you know how grateful I am that I do not live in Tyrone, as you have no direct influence over my community. I do, however, live in Fayette County, as I have my whole life, and have always read, with interest, the disturbingly juvenile comments you post here. I am appalled that you have any position of power anywhere, but particularly so in Tyrone. The fact that you can even hold a job is a miracle to me. I would certainly hope you have no position that requires any amount of leadership...

You sound like a 13-year old little girl who is ticked off at the world when you write. And frankly, when I was 13, I spoke and wrote a heck of a lot better than you do now. You are a blithering idiot, and I feel terrible for the citizens of Tyrone who have an imbecile like you to represent them. I'm curious who your father was, also. My father has been a firefighter in Fayette County for years, and I'm sure he would be utterly mortified if I behaved as you do. You have brought no honor to his name, I can assure you. You have merely served to embarrass yourself, and ultimately your community. It is amazing to me that you would actually sign your name to your posts. Do you know how damning that looks? That you can barely piece together a full sentence or thought, and would brag about saying things just to anger other people is disgraceful. You should probably think things through more carefully in the future. Do your best not to run Tyrone completely into the ground during your tenure... Or, better yet, do everyone a favor and resign.

Fayette County, and Tyrone, need people they can depend on at this time, and I don't think you will do anyone any good.

**Become a Card-Carrying Member!**


Submitted by I Watch on Wed, 12/26/2007 - 7:01pm.

Dear Ms. Winton,

Thank you for revealing what many already know, i.e. that you are a member of the Tyrone Planning Commission. Now, the honorable thing for you to do is resign. When you were appointed, you agreed to represent all citizens and property owners in a fair, knowledgeable and impartial way. This you have not done. You have used this website to criticize, and belittle your fellow citizens for speaking out about our government as though property rights and other laws were not important and that we were just trying to cause trouble. This website was the only voice we had. Tyrone officials had already time after time ignored us. The Fayette News refused to allow their reporters to write about anything unlawful or negative about Tyrone. No one wants to pay $500 or more to go before a Planning Commission only to be put down with laws not properly followed. It has been obvious to us that Planning Members and Council are unknowledgeable about Tyrone regulations and could care less. Therefore, in violation of the public trust you should resign. However, in view of your apology, you would be justified in remaining on Planning if you can demonstrate your knowledge of the law as it applies to your duties by answering the following questions on this website.

1. Cite Georgia and Tyrone law/regulations regarding what the Planning Commission shall do when presented a proposal for rezoning and amendments. Include procedure, standards of evaluation, and any other requirements.

If you ignore this citizens’ request, then turn in your resignation. If you don’t know your lawful duties, you should be asking why and where?

Submitted by fay79isus on Wed, 12/26/2007 - 10:27am.

The new crowd will come in and install their own cronies. Probably no interviews just here come their pals. Whoever. We will see a new Town manager and a new Lawyer and maybe a bunch of other musical chairs. It won’t matter much though. Just more big bills and a chance to blame any of these lawsuits on the old Lawyer and Barney, etc. Get a check, it ain’t my fault. Maybe this group will slow down the high density and the traffic. I won't hold my breathe. I wish somebody would slow things down.

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Submitted by suggarfoot on Sun, 12/23/2007 - 9:22pm.

I do not doubt that for a minute. The last bunch was gonna get it in for the developer but were too stupid. I think the people on the planning committe are the towns weak spot now. Ginger Blackstone and that little fat round girl, need to go. Both might give the developers the niche to sue if they could, they are part of the old developer suck ups. The citizens showed up in droves and told everyone they didn't want that developement. It was a far cry from 2005 when the ex planning committe member/developer showed up and got every varience he wanted. Things got really strange toward the end with the old group and the voting. They seem to ...want...to pass the 4 houses to 1 acre even though we have no sewer.

Peachtree City...you need to try to help Tyrone. If this developer gets his way....74 will be a parking lot! This is only for the benifit of the developers, not Tyone citizens and not Peachtree citizens either. The developers don't live here and have to face 74, they could care less.


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Submitted by smartypants on Mon, 12/24/2007 - 1:42pm.

I am lowering myself by blogging a response to you but I have had enough of you crap. I grew up in Tyrone and my father was a large part of it's council and built the fire station, as well as what was once a strong group of volunteer firefighters. When I moved home and bought my parents house I promised myself that I would become more involved in the town. There are many people in this town that influenced my growth as an adult like: Roger Spencer, The Deatons, The Wiggins, Carolyn and Tommy Joe Chatain, Cheryl Lee, Bill McLemore and many more. Tyrone is a growing and family oriented town that has that "small Town" appeal. That is what I envision for this town and hope that it develops that way.
I need to apologize to anyone I insulted in the short time that I blogged during the elections. Sadly, I found myself responding and saying thing to people just to pull their chains and make them mad. I got angry because some of the bloggers brought personal things from peoples lives that they had no business bringing up. Things that those people could not have controled if they had wanted too. When I realized that I had fallen into the trap that did not make me any better than those people that were saying horrible things I quickly stopped blogging.
To those people that showed for the November comission meeting I was proud to see you all there. It is important to have a say in what you want you community to become or not become. Your voice is what your commision and your council members need to hear. If you do not state your concerns or ask your questions than no one knows what you, as a community, want to see happen.
Lastly dear Sugarfoot I just want to say "I may be round and/or fat". I can loose weight but, I do not see you changing that hateful and attacking personality.
As for everyone else, this Thursday is another planning commision meeting. Come to the meeting and put some interest in your community because "YOU" are the Tyrone of tomorrow.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone.
Kathy Winton


Submitted by oldbeachbear on Tue, 12/25/2007 - 10:38am.

should take a strong look at who is on the planning committe and reinterview these people. It looks like some may not share the same views for the town as our new leaders or the people that elected them. If these people are for sewer downtown and higher density they will pass things the rest of us do not want. No on wants to see an even greater burden on the schools. How do people get on the planning committe?

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Submitted by suggarfoot on Mon, 12/24/2007 - 8:07pm.

"I grew up in Tyrone and my father was a large part of it's council and built the fire station, as well as what was once a strong group of volunteer firefighters. When I moved home and bought my parents house I promised myself that I would become more involved in the town. There are many people in this town that influenced my growth as an adult like: etc.. Tyrone is a growing and family oriented town that has that "small Town" appeal. That is what I ENVISION FOR THIS TOWN and hope that it develops that way."

Wow! Your daddy was a large part of Tyrone's council? How did he do that? or did he just hold one position at a time like everyone else?

He built the fire station? Wow again! All by himself...no one else just him out there brick by brick...and all that money, no taxpayer's money...you guys must be rich!

You are not lowering your self...just outing yourself as to what a smug self centered person you are. Never said anything bad about anyone? If it was Bary and Valerie...that is correct..you took a jab or two at Gloria and Grace...and informed us all we need sewer downtown...as I said earlier...you need to come off the planning committe one way or the other..below are a few quotes from this paper..PS...no one could figure out where the '''I really look good ..." came from..it was very inappropriate...to say the least! and left everyone stunned.

Submitted by smartypants on Sun, 10/21/2007 - 3:38pm.
She was pretty dumpy, but hey are you a prize? If she reads this drivel I am sure she is wondering why you are picking on her. She was loud. But that is her problems I reckon. As for myself, bring it on cause I look GOOOOOOOOD.
I really did ont think you NAGs were low enough to make it the Barry/ Valerie show. You were.
The end.
I support the church of the painful tru

Submitted by smartypants on Thu, 10/18/2007 - 9:00pm.
Sorry shugah I am about 20 pounds skinnier than the loud mouth in the back. You guys just get mad when someone does not support your cause. Could it be I just enjoy saying the complete opposite of what ever you stand for because I enjoy your responses to my comments. But if the mouth in the back is reading this I bet she is pissed off too. 8)

Submitted by smartypants on Sun, 10/21/2007 - 10:03am.
If Ms Smola wieghs more than 130 pounds I am saying that I am smaller than her....wait...is that who the loud mouth in the back was?
I support the church of the painful truth

smartypants on Wed, 10/17/2007 - 10:48am.
I was remiss in submitting a question. You are correct in that statement. I though that there would be more question asked other than the Valerie and Barry show. Listening to the answer to the questions that were asked gave a clear indication of hw I intend to vote. After the gentleman stood from the floor and made his statement I had planned to stand and ask a question but the forum ws closed. My bad because I wanted to ask the candidates the following " what woul you say is the most pressing concern that the town is now experiencing and how would you correct it. I am concerned about the lack of sewer in the city and how it will effect any business that wants to establish in this town. Without our business area and an increase in residential will cause the town to raise taxes. There were many great questions asked at the forum. Some of them, including the religious question were inappropriate.
splain something to me

Submitted by smartypants on Wed, 10/17/2007 - 2:27pm.
It is my understanding is there is very limited sewage downtown and that there needs to be better sewage lines. What is the truth?
At the town council meeting I get frustrated with Grace and Gloria asking the same question 7 different ways. An example: new lawnmower. How hard is it to understand that the lawnmower in question had been repaired so many times that the money spent on repairs could buy another mower. The girls just did not get it. I wished that the employee sitting in the rear of the building would have stood up and brought the broken parts in so they could understand. I also question some things that were said about the cemetary roadway. The councilwoman kept calling one of the roads an un-named road. I went there to find out what the fuss was about and found that the road had a name. Going to a council meeting I like sitting at a tennis match. The ball gets lobbed back and forth and off the court much like many of the meetings there.

Submitted by suggarfoot on Thu, 10/18/2007 - 5:00pm.
could you be the idiot woman yelling out behind everyone at the forum Monday night? If so, you ain't that bright of a woman...don't fool yourself, you are on the way out, not in.
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Submitted by smartypants on Thu, 10/18/2007 - 4:11pm.
oh yeah you are new to blogging? You white tee shirt "vote Rehwaldt" wearing people just kill me. There is not a perfect person. Just does not happen. Sorry. You write the same blog but change your names.

Dear small minded people

Submitted by smartypants on Wed, 10/24/2007 - 5:18pm.
I justed wanted to say "Thank You" for my education on small towns and small minded people. I am done responding and wasting my time and/or energy on your silly and spiteful pettiness. I have spent far too much reading what a small group of people write. You write nasty and evil things about people. I have read far too many things about people that you do no like. s that you have spread about the people you do not like. I am sad to see that a political event have turned out a group of haters that make this town look really bad. I am shamed to have been a contributing part of this blogging site because all I did was stir you up and give you more opportunity to critize me and the the town. I wonder what people from other parts of the county and surrounding counties think of Tyrone after reading these blogs? I would not to move here after reading all the crap on here. I wish you all the best. I hope that one day you grow up and pray that you live confortably with yourselves and sleep well at night.
Good Bye. (See you won and you have one less person that will argue with you- feel better?)
I support the church of the painful

anyway/ part of/some of//we get the picture.

and ...YOU... are on the planning committe representing...US? and we don't want sewer downtown or developers making iddity bitty lots downtown?

You need to go help Daddy build another fire station or find yourself a firehydrant to lift you leg over instead of ..us the tasxpayers!


Submitted by head_ragg on Tue, 12/25/2007 - 8:47am.

member supports sewer for downtown! I want her gone. Too developer friendly in my eyes. 8 or even 4 houses to an acre downtown would displace the kids going to Tyrone Elementary. Birch has trailers and I think Tyrone Elementary does too. Does she realize there are vacant storefronts in Publix's shopping center on 74? Why was such an unknowlegable and unprofessional person put on the planning committee?

Submitted by PreciousStahr on Tue, 12/25/2007 - 11:37am.

The Tyrone Planning Commission met Thursday night and handled several matters.
Mon, 09/03/2007 - 8:47am
By: The Citizen
The meeting began with the commission swearing in new commissioner Kathy Winton and was followed by the approval of a conceptual site plan for Lots 9 and 10, Phase VII of the Shamrock Industrial Park. The lots will share a driveway and previous concerns about lighting were addressed. The lighting on the site will now being shielded and directed downwards.
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Submitted by "smartypants" on Fri, 10/12/2007 - 6:06pm.
Jondough- WTH? Let me see if this helps you because I am far from dumb. (I may not spell well or have proper grammer- dang government education!) Where are the candidates?? First, I do not hang out at the town hall. I went to the first day of Founder's Day but did not stay because the pet costume contest was canceled. I am sorry that I am not sure where my vote is going. Gimme a break because I am sure that there are more people that live in this town that are in the same position. Sheesh!!I do read the newspapers. The only piece of information regarding the candidates was a taped note on my mail box. That is one candidate out of how many??? No one has been in my neighborhood and introduces themselves. No one has mailed a darn thing about where they stand. There are signs up with people's names but it does not tell me what they want for this town. I am not Valerie, and I do not work in the city. My day consist of getting up at 4:30 AM driving 45 miles to work, doing my job, driving 45 miles home and arriving on my door step at 6:00 PM. The candidates have not done a great job of getting out and meeting the people other than attending town council meetings. I have been to the last several council meetings to find out what is going on where I live. Not one of those candidates introduces themselves. So I am sorry you are not thrilled about what I have had to say Mr. McNasty but atleast I will be attending a forum to listen to the candidates since they have not gotten out to shake hands and kiss babies.
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So, Smartypants Kathy Winton, you don’t hang out at the Town Hall and do not work in the City huh? You’re a lousy liar. Shame on you .

Submitted by lemmondrop87 on Tue, 12/25/2007 - 12:25pm.

someone of this caliber is on the planning board for my town. How are these people chosen?

Submitted by lemmondrop87 on Tue, 12/25/2007 - 12:27pm.

she keeps talking about?

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Submitted by smartypants on Tue, 12/25/2007 - 4:55am.

I am not going to go down to your spiteful level. You are right I did take shots at Gloria and Grace and talk about sewers just to make you mad. I got reactions out of you every time so I guess it worked. I apologized for any and all comments I made about people. I was wrong.
That was the reason I decided to not blog again. I would love to go help Daddy build another fire station unfortunatly he died while at that firestation station sometime ago. My father's reputation speaks for it's self. You can attack me all you want if that is makes you feel better. I said what I had to say to you and put my name to it which is more than you are willing to do. Thanks again for proving my point and Merry Christmas.


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Submitted by suggarfoot on Tue, 12/25/2007 - 3:07pm.

maybe you should have decided that earlier BEFORE your 'outing' of your own self. Can we hope you will now resign from the planning committee before you embarrass the Town of Tyrone further?


Submitted by oldbeachbear on Tue, 12/25/2007 - 10:14am.

Are we to understand you slammed Gloria and Grace and then touted sewer as what downtown Tyrone needed just to get people upset? It seems you also took a swipe at people about the cemetery off Trickem Creek road that I, for one, feel is a travesity. You said you went there to the torn up grave yard and couldn't see what the fuss was all about and that the street does have a name? What is it? Winton Way? Do you understand that those people have half million dollar houses sitting on a so called 'access' road. Because the developer was 'let' term it an access road, those people now live on a road that is not curbed, guttered, or paved and is only wide enough for one car at a time to go down? They will have no mail on their so called access road, nor garbage pickup. They will have to go all the way down to Trickem Creek for both despite the fact they will have to pay taxes as though they did have these services? And you don't see what all the fuss is over?

Then you turn around and say you did all this in the Citizen just to get people going and further state THEY ARE THE ONES WHO BITTER ARE AND SPITEFULL?

Then the real punch in the stomach, you are on the planning committe for Tyrone?

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Submitted by Main Stream on Tue, 12/25/2007 - 12:24pm.

Would you folks, that live in Tyrone, please get some decent restaurants! Why in the world did you all agree to put a Waffle House in that strip mall area? Why not something a little more upscale?

(it's nice to hear some dissension from Tyrone-ites.... that's the only way change will occur)


Submitted by lemmondrop87 on Tue, 12/25/2007 - 12:30pm.

ask Kathy Winton from the planning board. From her on accounts she blogs on here frequently though not truthfully it appears.

Submitted by PreciousStahr on Wed, 12/26/2007 - 12:07am.

"SMARTY PANTS"
Submitted by "oldbeachbear" on Sun, 10/21/2007 - 3:07pm.
you could have asked a question, just as I could. If your are so upset over the questions asked, why didn't you ask them at the forum? Or, why don't you ask them now in the election section of this newspaper? PS, the only hyena was that short dumpy little girl with dark brown hair in the back of the room!

"DUMPY TYRONESE"
Submitted by "Tyrone90210" on Sun, 10/21/2007 - 4:50pm.
Who was the short dumpy little girl with dark brown hair in the back of the room at the forum?

"THE NEW PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBER"
Submitted by "oldbeachbear" on Sun, 10/21/2007 - 5:04pm.
that's the truth!

[Great job oldbeachbear].

"DANG"
Submitted by "smartypants" on Sun, 10/21/2007 - 6:01pm.
poor ole thing, she is doomed. Planning comissioner? I hate to see what you are going to call her when she makes the NAG mad.
I support the church of the painful truth

[aren’t you talking about yourself Kathy?]

"DANG WHAT?"
Submitted by "Tyrone90210" on Sun, 10/21/2007 - 6:03pm.
What or who are you talking about?

[she’s talking about herself!]

"YOU GOT THAT RIGHT BIG BAD BEAR"
Submitted by "smartypants" on Sun, 10/21/2007 - 3:38pm.
She was pretty dumpy, but hey are you a prize? If she reads this drivel I am sure she is wondering why you are picking on her. She was loud. But that is her problems I reckon. As for myself, BBB or OBB bring it on cause I look GOOOOOOOOD.
I really did ont think you NAGs were low enough to make it the Barry/ Valerie show. You were.
The end.

[again talking about yourself how goooooood you lookoooooo sicko! ] Maybe Tyrone need to build a Cuckoo’s Nest.

"SMARTY PANTS YOU WERE THE ONE WHO ASKED WHO WAS THE HYENA"
Submitted by "oldbeachbear" on Sun, 10/21/2007 - 4:12pm.
'which of you is the hyena?' Remember asking that? You might need to sleep it off

"OBB"
Submitted by "smartypants" on Sun, 10/21/2007 - 4:30pm.
Not sure whatcha mean. I slept well though.
I support the church of the painful truth

[Duh!]

"SMARTYPANTS"
Submitted by "Tyrone90210" on Sun, 10/21/2007 - 4:52pm.
What OBB meant was that you must have been drunk or on drugs and needed to sleep it off....not whether you slept well...duh!

[Lol.....]

"Smarty pants
Submitted by "suggarfoot" on Thu, 10/18/2007 - 5:00pm.
could you be the idiot woman yelling out behind everyone at the forum Monday night? If so, you ain't that bright of a woman...don't fool yourself, you are on the way out, not in.

[That was her alright]

"20 POUND SKINNIER"
Submitted by "smartypants" on Thu, 10/18/2007 - 9:00pm.
Sorry shugah I am about 20 pounds skinnier than the loud mouth in the back. You guys just get mad when someone does not support your cause. Could it be I just enjoy saying the complete opposite of what ever you stand for because I enjoy your responses to my comments. But if the mouth in the back is reading this I bet she is pissed off too. 8)

[Liar...Liar...Liar!] You are 20 lbs heavier!

"IDK"
Submitted by "smartypants" on Sun, 10/21/2007 - 10:03am.
If Ms Smola wieghs more than 130 pounds I am saying that I am smaller than her....wait...is that who the loud mouth in the back was?
I support the church of the painful truth

[Let‘s not pretend now kathy - you are the loud mouth and also fattier than Janet! Oh, you’re in big trouble now, if Janet is reading this I bet you she is pissed off too].

"HOT"
Submitted by "Tnag" on Sun, 10/21/2007 - 12:05am.
Is the word

No, [“HOG”] is the word

Submitted by Bonkers on Tue, 12/25/2007 - 8:18am.

What type of southern talk is "I apologized for any and all comments I made about people, I was wrong?"
And then: "I said what I had to say to you and put my name to it."

I apologize, but I said what I had to say! I don' think you were, or are, remorseful for saying "what you had to say." If you meant it, why apologize? Looks Christian does it?

This is like many of our current Christians: Go to church, sing and shout and ask for forgiveness; then head out on Monday being very non-Christian-- gossiping, criticizing, drinking, gambling, preying on others, etc., then on Wednesday, back to Church.

You people slay me! You are just like all of us!

Submitted by lemmondrop87 on Tue, 12/25/2007 - 11:25am.

God works in many ways so maybe this was his present to Tyrone. Hopefully it can be rectified before any damage is done. Merry Christmas Tyrone. We have a lot to be thankfull for.

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