To quote former President Ronald W. Reagan during the 1980 presidential debates against former President Jimmy Carter, “Well, there you go again.”
It seems former Peachtree City Mayor Steve Brown has decided to “there you go again” with his comments concerning the Farr family, Mr. Floy Farr in particular.
Several years ago, Brown had the impudence to take on the Farr family with a diatribe against the late Tom Farr. It seemed then Brown was irked about the dealings of the Peachtree City Development Authority and its handling of funds from the city, the development authority, the amphitheater and the tennis complex.
Brown decided to cast an accusatory criticism of the late Tom Farr and his role as a member of that development authority.
At that time, I wrote a letter in defense of Tom, although no defense was necessary. In that letter it was pointed out the words used by former vice presidential candidate Lloyd Bentsen in a debate with then vice presidential candidate Dan Quayle. Senator Bentsen, in response to the contention by Quayle that he (Quayle) had as much experience in Congress as the late president John F. Kennedy did when he (Kennedy) sought the office of president, Bentsen responded: “Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy, I knew Jack Kennedy, Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you’re no Jack Kennedy.”
I used that quote to inform Brown I knew Tom Farr, Tom Farr was a friend of mine and Mayor Brown was no Tom Farr.
Comes now again Brown vilifying the Farr name, this time against the late Mr. Floy Farr. Peachtree City would not be the community it is today without the guidance and resolve Mr. Farr gave in the early days and throughout his lifetime. I guess Brown doesn’t have a sense of history and he decides he wants to look at history his way, not the way it occurred.
Mr. Farr, Mr. Cowan, Sr., neither should ever be thought of nor written about as a “ ... mere footnote when it comes to the creation of Peachtree City.” I knew Mr. Farr and I know Mr. Cowan, Sr. Each is but one of several who teamed together with a vision for Peachtree City, a vision for Fayette County and a vision for Georgia.
I hate to think where we would be without that vision and without those personalities. I do think Brown’s future writings shall be used as the liner for the cat litter box.
Since Brown likes to think of himself as a student of history, maybe he should be reminded of a couple of comments made by the late Will Rogers – “Never miss a good chance to shut up”; “If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.”
Bob Simmons
Fayetteville, Ga.
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