Of all the politicians in Fayette county, Cyndi Plunkett might be the most dysfunctional. I suspect a psychoanalyst would have a field day attempting to discern her motivations.

She's between a rock (Logsdon and his stooge Boone) and a hard place (Haddix and Sturbaum). It seems that she is continually trying to please everyone, and in the end pleases no one (except developers).

Her schtick is rather simple: she always begins by wringing her hands and bemoaning what a tough decision she has to make. She always initially pays lip service to the greater good of Peachtree City, and makes a big show out of needing more time to consider her options. Yet in followup or subsequent meetings, when the tough decision has to be made, she inevitably sides with the Logsdon/developers faction.

Perhaps she thinks her public caterwauling and lip service will insulate her from criticism...and to an extent, it does. Logsdon and Boone seem to have no problem whatsoever about thumbing their collective noses at the public. I suspect Plunkett would like to do that as well, but lacks a tough political hide when it comes to criticism.

In any event, she is an exceptionally poor public servant, in my opinion.

Cyndi

I am one of your “people.” I’ve seen you in action and heard you speak and my impression was generally that you seemed to have the best interest of “the little people” at heart. Conversely, I’ve been continually confused by your voting record. Time after time after time, you are the “swing” vote that allows the developers to run rampant over PTC in ways that make absolutely no sense. Time after time after time, I hear and read comments from “the little people” about all of the atrocities. Complaints are everywhere, but honest, positive recommendations and suggestions have also been forwarded time after time after time. All of the “little people” input just seems to fall on deaf ears.

This is the first time that I have seen you respond to citizen comment, but just where do you stand?

You mentioned that commercial ventures are also owned by “people,” and that is true. But, the people who own commercial property have chosen to buy it for personal gain and should not be given carte blanche, plus ridiculous concessions in order to use their property. The “little people” homeowners chose to buy also, and it used to be worth it, but we don’t seem to get concessions because there are rules. We are restricted as to what and where we can build on our properties, and are restricted also as to what we can do. We “little people” can’t even get away slightly overgrown grass or certain kinds of fencing without hearing from the yard police. This may be the way it should be, but why can a commercial developer get exemptions from the rules?

I am totally amazed at what has happened near the 54/74 intersection. I am totally amazed that you have continued to support the incredibly ludicrous commercial development in that area and have voted time after time after time to perpetuate the shopping centers that can only add to the vacancies, the gridlock and the influx of those who don’t live here to come here for whatever reason. The Wieland annexation and build up is also very questionable. Who’s going to live in those homes? Is there really enough demand? And what happens to our already suffering infrastructure? Someone else recently called Highway 74 the “downtown connector.” Isn’t that the truth? And where oh where are all of those people constantly driving up and down Highway 54 coming and going to?

I have lived in PTC for over 20 years. Two of my current council members want to protect the quality of life in the place that I call home. They defend the privileges of coming and going without traffic hassles and poor service and they promote controlled and intelligent growth along with the safety and security that most people want in their hometown. Two other council members definitely seem to be in the pocket of the developers who want to destroy the intitial plans of PTC by overrunning everything. One council member straddles the fence, but time after time after time falls over to what I consider “the dark side.” So, where do you really stand?

Yeah, and AIG and Freddy and Fannie purchases aren't Socialism!!!!!

Better to have bought out the Oil Companies, our Infrastructure needs, and our Health Systems, Isn't it amazing that Wall Street problems are "unique" but the small guy is not! None of them!

One form of Socialism is a good as another!

And if you think Council is always acting in my best interest only, you are certainly deficient at something!

That sounds like something Bush would say---before he bought 100,000 acres in Paraguay, with all the country's water under it!

We ran out of Mayors, Councils, and such long ago who ONLY had my benefit in mind.

You sold city property to the big box developer so he could build a retail garbage pile on highway 54/34. Where was the "people" in that decision?

It sounds like you approve of the mayor's pay-off trip to China too.