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FreeSpeech for 06-17-09Tue, 06/16/2009 - 3:45pm
By: The Citizen
Poor Horgan, being branded unethical by Eric Maxwell. The only thing I can think of more incredible would be if Monica Lewinsky went on a teen abstinence lecture tour. - - - - - - - - - - - - With the departure of Robert Horgan apparently likely (despite the silence of stoic Chairman Jack), one wonders who would be the best replacement. In order to continue the dynamic developer synergy (complete with building their roads) that this commission has, the likely choices are either Sprayberry or Burrell. Flip a coin. The Chamber of Commerce cheers. - - - - - - - - - - - - For the last 17 years I and many other residents of Fayette County have trudged up to the Fayette tag office on our birthdays (what a gift) to diligently pay for our car tags to keep the letter of the law. Here now we have an elected commissioner who by his bio on the Fayette webpage was in avionics for years who cannot or will not abide by the same standards. He was caught being in possession of marijuana — instant termination in the airline business, as many of us know. Robert Horgan is a person we trust to make decisions for us. If that trust is broken, then who is left to look up to? Does it even matter any more? It would seem public institutions and their keepers have lost all moral authority. There seems to be a lack of accountability in the political arena anymore, so Robert Horgan should step up to the plate and be counted like the rest of us who move through life doing the right things. He has brought shame to himself, the public and most of all his family. - - - - - - - - - - - - I just would like to give this city a few tips on not being an extremely irritating, rude, customer and how to most likely get better service at a fast food drive-through: 1. When you get to the speaker, order! You have people behind you waiting, and if you want to sit and look at a menu for five minutes, come inside and order. 2. Turn off the phone. When you pull up to the window and I get to hear five minutes of your conversation before you order, it is not only rude, but chances are you will be the customer trying to rush me at the window. Trust me: I will go extra slow just for you. 3. Don’t ask the price on 10 items, then only order a drink. The prices are on the menu for a reason and I don’t memorize prices on every single item. 4. If your truck is a diesel, shut it off to order (thank you to those who already do this). I can’t hear you over your truck’s rumbling turbo-V8. 5. Not being rude, but if you don’t speak English, come inside. Not everyone in the window is multilingual and it slows us down, plus it is extremely frustrating (tu no hablas ingles, no debes usar el drive-through! Usas front counter). And to the customers who are courteous, intelligent, or just know how the system works, thank you. Most people are not a problem. This is to the few who chose to ignore logic and inconvenience others. - - - - - - - - - - - - Americans’ favorite pastime is dining out. Well, FYI, this is 2009, not 1970. The going rate for tipping is 20 percent, not 10 percent. Servers still make $2.20 per hour. People are still eating out with the slow economy but tipping 10 percent. Do us a favor: if you can’t afford an appropriate tip, dine at home. - - - - - - - - - - - - Okay, Fayetteville City Council, how much longer do we have to put up with the mess and eyesore of the jewelry store’s renovation on our “historical square”? What is that container out front now in front of all of the concrete rubble? Oh, yeah, it clearly states it is a “trashcan.” How much longer are you going to allow this to go on? By this way, is this not the same business that had a “going out of business sale” about two years ago? I was under the impression that if you had a going out of business sale that you in fact had to go out of business. Get this mess cleaned up. It does not say much for our city to the many visitors who come to the square to see such a thing. Looks great in the picture background. - - - - - - - - - - - - Our neighbor, a widow who lives alone, had a huge limb from a Peachtree City greenspace tree fall in her garden. It was almost the size of a tree. A neighbor told her to call the utility department and she did. They said they had had some layoffs and it would be a few days and they would try and drag the limb back in the woods and that was the best they could do. A rep came that day and verified it was a big limb and they would drag it back in the green space area. Faster than a cable appointment, two men turned up two days later and cut up the limb, put the pieces in the woods, cleaned the debris from her garden and said they would be back to haul it away since they didn’t have the big truck with them. We watched them work swiftly in the 88-degree heat and they were smiling as I cheered them on. I asked what department they were with, and they replied, cart path. Nice to see a good job done for a nice neighbor by caring guys. - - - - - - - - - - - - Citizen headline of the future: “Callula Hills HOA Demands Closure of Falcon Field Due to Noise and Safety Concerns; Planning Commission Supports HOA Recommendation.” ... - - - - - - - - - - - - I just had to write about the spectacular Chick-fil-A movie night we had at the amphitheater last Saturday. If this community only knew the generosity of Doug Mickey, owner of Chick-fil-A Dwarf House, we would all be amazed. And this is only a part of Mr. Mickey’s servant heart to reach out to his community. The theater was filled with people, to the point that I started checking their hands to see if the red 500 free meal tickets had run out. They kept going ... for the rest of the evening. Come to find out later that when Doug saw the number of people “choosing to spend their evening at his Chick-fil-A event,” he was “not going to have them do without food” and fed over 1,200 people. While there were quite a few that abused his generosity by eating the food and leaving, many families were very appreciative and enjoyed a most delightful evening filled with food, dancing and a movie under the stars on a surprisingly brisk June evening. I just think the community needs to know what a silently giving business man he is, and that this is just one of many ways that he expresses his appreciation to the community at large. Make sure to frequent the Dwarf House to let him know even in these hard times, we appreciate that he has not cut back on his generosity. MOOOOOOOOOOOOORAH, Mickey! - - - - - - - - - - - - I would just like to express my gratitude to the kind people that stopped to help my teenage daughter when her car overheated near Haverty’s in Fayetteville. I didn’t get the name of the first kind gentleman and his wife that stopped to make sure she was OK. They waited with her until she had contacted AAA and they said they were on their way. This couple then called me at work to tell me that she was all right, and AAA was coming. A while later, after noticing my daughter stuck with her hood up, a man named Wally stopped to see if she needed help. Wally was a mechanic on his lunch break. He evaluated the problem with my daughter’s car, and even though she had no money on her, he drove to an auto parts store and bought a hose and some antifreeze, and proceeded to drive back and took care of the needed repairs. My daughter called me and I was able to transfer money to repay Wally. We didn’t need AAA to tow our car, and my daughter was able to drive away in a safe car. Thank you again to these caring people who took time out of their day to stop and help a young girl in trouble on the road. If everybody would live their lives this way, what a much better world we would have. So, I promise, in their honor, I will pay it forward, starting with lunch. I assume you missed lunch that day, Wally, so check your mail for a lunch card on me. Thanks again. God bless you. login to post comments
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