None here. I challenged this on the prelim presentation.

4,000 sq' 2 story homes at $700,000 are not down sizing homes. They are most assuredly family, as similar ones are being advertised as on the north side of Atlanta.

Even if the airport was not there this does not belong next in an industrial area with access through industry and being next door to industry.

The turf company is planning on adding warehouses and there is other adjoining land that will be sold for more industry.

This has multiple acceptable applications that can go there. Use it for that instead of trying to max out the profit margins with housing.

Don Haddix
PTC Councilman
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Mr. Hadix
Maybe you should resign from city council now since you are campaigning already and making comments outside of council chambers that shouldn't be.
Why are you making comments on a project that has not been brought before council yet....?

I am so glad to see another voice calling Haddix out. I was beginning to think that I was the only "thorn" in his side. He will call you out in a minute if he thinks that you have said something wrong, but he doesn’t take it too well when he is called out. Well done! Well thought out, and well put! Keep it up!

I have read your email to Council, which, by the way, have no name, address or reason for your coming forward at this time on this issue. We do not even know if you reside in PTC.

I can find no record of you contacting me before.

By the way. One does not have to be declared to campaign. I do get information from multiple sources of what is going on, at least in part.

A reminder here. Mayor Logsdon stepped out and endorsed the Levitt Brothers proposal before it was even filed with the City Planner. He endorsed the development by Wilshire as well before it came to Council. Just two examples.

Was he out of line as well?

There is nothing inappropriate, illegal or unusual about elected official speaking about proposals to their constituents. They talk about such during formulation, discussion, prior to vote and after the vote. Nor unique to this Council in PTC.

I am not making any comments on this issue as a candidate, but as a Councilman representing his constituents. I have done so on all high impact issues for 16 months on Council, thus keeping my constituents informed and allowing for their comments. I will continue to do so since I work for the citizens of PTC.

I will keep to my schedule of resigning at a time the allows for the appropriate inclusion of my seat on the November 3rd ballot.

My resigning is due to State Law, not personal choice.

Hope that clarifies the issue.

Don Haddix
PTC Councilman
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Thank you so much for your response....you are so very preditable, I was sure you would answer....you are clearly one that always must have the last word.

I liked your response, spoken like a real politician.

First, you try to somehow discredit me by implying that I may not be a resident of Peachtree City (very political and predictable) and then, you try to justify your inappropriateness on speaking out on a topic you should not be discussing by pointing to the mayor behavior regarding Levitt Brothers Unfortunately, 2 wrongs do not make a right (again, your response is so political and preditable).

There are a growing number of Peachtree City citizens who are beginning to see you in a clear light. PTC does not need another grand standing politician...Peachtree City needs true leadership and part of leadership is being a team player which clearly you are not!

Our group will continue to inform the city council of your comments and we hope that a real candidate will rise to the occasion and run for mayor. Unfortunately, you (Mr. Haddix) and a few others have created a polarized environment in city government which may scare others from getting involved.

We hope that you will settle down, and do your job and stop polarizing the community with your political grand standing. We do not more, we already have The Citizen and others for that.....

I hope that you take the time to respond to this note, because it will allow others to see you for who you really are. You may have fooled some of the people in town, but not all.

Thank you.

GAltant
A concerned PTC resident

GAltant, are you by any chance the infamous Steve Black, late of PCDC fame? For those of you that don't know, Pathways is now the name of the former PCDC (Peachtree City Development Corp). The name was changed to protect the guilty (some of PTC darkest days).

Obama's weapon of Choice!

Black still doesn't know how to use a computer. 61 years old and retired from ......???? What did he retire from anyway? PCDC? Mitchell's dog robber? Bank?

Anyway Black could care less if Mitchell gets his little project done. No love lost there.

By the way Dondol, whats up with the vaseline?

You’re retort of "First, you try to somehow discredit me by implying that I may not be a resident of Peachtree City", seems just a little too paranoid. Mr. Haddix must have hit close to home with that one. How about stating, for the record, that you do or don’t live in PTC? One of the many mysteries of the universe will be answered.

I fail to understand why you think that openly blogging about a controversial topic, that obviously has citizen interest, is inappropriate. That Mr. Haddix has and will continue to reach out to his constituents via these blogs is more than any previous or current council member has done. I for one am grateful that a council member openly discusses their likes and dislikes here.

I particularly liked your comment of, “Peachtree City needs true leadership and part of leadership is being a team player”. A “team player” around here is usually the gal or guy that asks "how high" after they jump. If you’re suggesting that we only elect those that will continue to obfuscate their sworn duties to the citizens of PTC then by all means tell is which developer you represent.

Your reference to “our group” implies that you have a following of some kind, great. Now how about you and “your group” come out of the closet and stand proud. Don’t hide behind some unnamed, veiled, hiding in the dark, waiting in the tall weeds mentality. If you have an opinion share it with the rest of us.

I feel your reference via “fool” is a direct comment about yourself.

I see you that you clearly identified yourself as well, we all know Bad_PTC..
Mr. Haddix should know better than to speak out on this case. All rezoning issues brought before the governing body is identified as a semi-judicial matter that requires providing a land owner "due process". Making pre-mature statements about a re-zoning request, prior to allow due process to occur creates a situation where the land owner can sue. Mr Haddix now needs to check with the city attorney and he may have to dis-qualify himself from any vote because of his rash public statements.
I am a resident of Peachtree City and I am growing concerned by the amature behavior of most on city council.
You should also be as concerned and you should hope that others step up and run for office because we need to vote all of them out.
Thank you.

Really now! GAItant wants Mr. Haddix to be on the Mayor Logsdon, Cindy Plunkett and Steve Boone "team" and be a team player. No thanks!

Anybody who defends the common people, whether it's Don Haddix or Steve Brown or Dennis Chase, always gets a good trash talking from the developer boys. Those boys sure don't want anyone running their mouths against one of their rezoning requests.

Keep it up Mr. Haddix!

I suggest you buy a good book on local civil government...because the idoits on city council do not practice good goverance.

City councils need to work together, even when they do not agree...they can agree to disagree but still move forward an good agenda for the city. Instead, they spend more time cleaning up the crap they leave for each other - our city budget is one good example.

Nothing appears to change...because they spend all of their time trashing each other, even when one decides to run for office..Why not run on the merits of your own abilities, not attacking your opponent.

As for this development project (by the airport) - I am against it and I would like to see city council handle this issue in a professional manner which is to allow due process to work, and at the proper time vote on it. Mr Haddix is politicking when he opens his mouth out of turn and disrupts the due process...and he knows it because his only defense is to point fingers at the current mayor and the stupidity he used when he vocalized support for Levitt before the vote.

I am glad Mr. Haddix voices his opinion on any and all issues, but he knows better on this one, or should know better that a re-zoning request by a land owner needs to be handled differently...if he does not know better he has no business sitting on city council or running for mayor.

I have lived in Peachtree City for 15 years and I am continually horrified by the people we elect into public office. I am horrified by the games they play at the expense of us, the people who elect them.

This has nothing to do with the developers - it has everything to do with good government.

GROW UP! EDUCATE YOURSELF ON WHAT GOOD GOVERNMENT CAN BE!

I have the books. Plus classes from GMA, including ones on municipal law, zoning, meetings, etc., (gmanet.com, if curious) on the issues. And direct conversations with leading instructors in these areas.

Don Haddix
PTC Councilman
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than you should know better....I hope you check with the city attorney to see if you need to dis-qualify yourself!

Hope not since this project should be voted down.

....and many of us were really hoping you were the right guy for the mayor's job!

You missed the point.

The books and classes said you are wrong on all issues.

Already know the answer on the disqualifying. Some tried to legally silence me last year. Been asked and answered. I am fine.

It is time to move away from the old style governance from silence that has dominated PTC and still can be found elsewhere in the County.

You want better and more open government where those elected represent the citizens, not the special interest groups? Those that actually listen? Then I am your man for Mayor.

Just elect some others that are on board with that thinking to join Sturbaum and me.

You want team work? Then vote in a full Council that are actually on the same page, not 180 degrees apart.

Reality on this proposal is the key to this vote is the 3 of the 3-2. Does not matter if 3-2 or 3-1-1 or 3-1 if during the time I am off of Council, it still would pass.

Why all your concern with me when the yes votes reside elsewhere?

There is where your focus should be.

The developer cannot legally force this rezoning. It is at the discretion of Council in the final decision.

Don Haddix
PTC Councilman
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that if everyone agrees all the time, then someone is not needed. I'm against this project, but I don't see the benefit in having the City Council vote in lock step together on every vote.

In my humble opinion, the two vote block you speak of is just as bad as the 3 vote block. It seems we have only two thoughts on the Council, not 5.

Spyglass there are always THREE separate and distinct positions when it comes to PTC council delibertations: Longsdon and his henchman Boone on the developers side, Haddix and Sturmbaum on the citizens side, and Plunkett on the fence.

Inevitably we are treated to the agony of Ms. Plunketts' "difficult" decision making process, which is always worthy of a Greek tragedy in itself. Ms. Plunkett ultimately sides with development interests, but it is quite entertaining to watch her jump through logical hoops needed to support her tortured rationales....

Personally, I think they ought to play Slade's "Run Run Away" everytime Ms. Plunkett votes...."See the chameleon, lying there in the sun, all things to everyone, Run! Run away!"

Plunkett does seem to love the fence.

I see you that you clearly identified yourself as well, we all know Bad_PTC..
Mr. Haddix should know better than to speak out on this case. All rezoning issues brought before the governing body is identified as a semi-judicial matter that requires providing a land owner "due process". Making pre-mature statements about a re-zoning request, prior to allow due process to occur creates a situation where the land owner can sue. Mr Haddix now needs to check with the city attorney and he may have to dis-qualify himself from any vote because of his rash public statements.
I am a resident of Peachtree City and I am growing concerned by the amature beahavior of most on city council.
You should also be as concerned and you should hope that others step up and run for office because we need to vote all of them out.
Thank you.