why would you even think that Maxwell has any reason to be pro growth?
Absolutely nothing but Dunn/Wells lies to even suggest such a thing.

Maxwell said he has never even done a real estate closing, has no ties to any developer and will honor the county land use plan. Do you have any reason to doubt his word.

I would stop worrying about abuse of the land use plan, it will take 3 of them to make it happen.

I'm not sure how all these bloggers are just so SURE that things will be SO MUCH better now that Dunn is out of office. I'll say this, you knew what had in Dunn. Not so sure on Maxwell. The only thing I had to show me how Maxwell may vote was his comments regarding the DelWeb Community that our BOC voted down.

I've never really seen so many sore winners.

I wish Maxwwell well...

is certainly the best choice. She is professional and can always be counted on to do what she says she will. She has ALWAYS upheld the land use plan.

MD & Vox, you've been drinking the Kool Aid too, or must be under some hypnosis. What facts do you have that make you believe the new leadership plans to deviate from the Land Use Plan ? This County deserves better leadership than we've had under the Wells/Dunn/Pfeifer gestapo.

On the other hand, I almost wish in some ways that Wells does go back on, such that she has to endure 4 years of being treated like Dunn/Wells/Pfeifer have treated Frady and VanLandingham/Horgan. That would be poetic justice.

After Wells, on to Pfeifer, then the sixth commissioner, finally the Watts'.

Don't like the stuff.

There are zero indicators Maxwell will vote for any of the things you fear.

If you have facts, then stop keeping them secret, Dawg and VOX.

There is more to a well run, stable and productive County than the land use plan. There is law enforcement, which suffers from frivolous lawswuits, there is fiscal responsibility, that does not include sever hundred thousand dollars of wasted money, and so on.

And are real biggie is accountablility and honesty. Dunn and Wells are totally absent in that department.

Wells is not a good choice to be back on. She has stirred the pot and created way to much internal friction.
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I knew Dunn's voting record. I saw how the county had been run under his leadership. I thought this to be good enough for my vote. I do not know Maxwell's intent. I know what he said his intent was, but I have no voting record to go on.

I've wished him well more than once on here. I mean it.

I will still be voting for Linda.

Linda Wells does have a proven record to stand on. Hers is a good record. She does what she says she will do. I don't know anything about the other guy, but I believe Linda has done a good job and has my vote. Maybe she has faults, but she has a proven record. What they say when they are running and what they do after getting elected is often two different things. I have watched Linda for years and am voting for her because I like what I have observed.

Linda is a Dunn echo. Now that he is gone, we need to think about who she will echo next. Horgan? Peter? Frady? - no way - get rid of her.

We don't need a follower, we need a leader.
meow

Are you saying Wells is dishonest? That is a pretty strong charge without any facts to back it up. Please, give real facts. What has she done to stir the pot? Is it because she is an intelligent woman? My observsation of her has been positive. I would like facts not feelings.

She spent 4 years telling Community Groups like Kiwanis and Rotary that the drug money was totally unaccounted for. Failing to mention the audits they were doing every year. Audits which for those past four years she and Dunn had signed off on. She never publicly admitted she had been doing that.

In the last weeks before the election she told civic groups that items such as golf carts were missing from the Sheriff's Office. They were at the High Schools being used by the School Resource Officers, she failed to ever come back and correct that mistatement. She also told groups that in the forensic audit the numbers weren't adding up. When it came to court they did add up.

She told members of the Fayette County Drug Task Force that she would give them two more agents and then voted them out after they left the room.

You call that honesty and integrity. I call it lies to her constituency.

Not sure if you'll accomplish your goal to get Well's out of office in a few weeks - but just a heads up you'll have another chance in November when she runs against Mack.

Good Luck with your campaign

Where have you been?

She plastered lies all over the forum and paper accusing Maxwell of being what he was not.

When I, just speaking for myself, posted from the Sec. of State offices, showing she was inventing non-facts, she posted them AGAIN!

Maxwell is NOT on any board of directors except for his own business. He NOT part owner in any development company.

She ticked one she accused off so badly he came on and confirmed what I stated. He is a DOCTOR, with a Health Club. Not a developer.

His incorporation deals with the building he owns and operates out of.

Same with another she accused of being a developer. He owns 2/3 of the building his office is in. Maxwell owns the other 1/3, and his office is there was well.

And the third one, where Maxwell owns 50% of the 37 acres, that they hunt on. Which is in Coweta County.

You really need to go back and read before you come on and start demanding those of us that have been on these issues for week defend ourselves, all over again, from scratch.

You saying I have given no facts proves you have not been paying attention to other than what Wells has said.

Yeeesh!

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Sir, i did not demand anything of you. I merely asked of you to give the facts which you still fail to supply. I have followed the blogs and sometimes participate myself. I have never read or heard any of the things you say are coming from Linda herself. I have never read a blog on here from Linda. Maybe someone blogged that you incorrectly surmised to be Linda, but that is not a FACT. I do not believe anything you say. I believe proven facts only. I have a right to my opinion and so do you. So don't blast me so rudely because I happen to have a different opinion than yours. By the way, Dr. Mathew Autera is a chiropractor with a chiropractic office on Highway 54, not a health club. I pass it every day. Check your facts before you blog in consideration of others.

Dunn could not bring the frivilous lawsuits against the Sheriff alone.

Who voted with him?

Who paraded over to Tyrone to Grandstand?

Why cannot people think of Dunn without thinking of Wells?

Who said this? Which is a lie.

I don’t know who told him there have been no improprieties noted in the county audits, but the sheriff’s accounting procedures are regularly noted as a matter of concern. With such knowledge should one “assume the sheriff’s procedures are reasonably adequate” or should one ensure that they are more than adequate?

I’m not a CPA but as the guardian of your tax dollars, I would prefer to deal with real data not assumptions.

Linda Wells did.

By the way, Dr. Mathew Autera is a chiropractor with a chiropractic office on Highway 54, not a health club. I pass it every day. Check your facts before you blog in consideration of others.

I strong suggest you do what you say.

The sign out front says 'Autera Health Club or Center.' Just read it Tuesday.
The listing in the 2006 Fayette Directory is 'Autera Chiropratic'
The listing in the 2005-2006 Fayette County Telephone Book is 'Autera Health Center.'

And the Secretaty of State listing is.
Name Name Type
AUTERA PROPERTIES, INC. Current Name

Title: CEO
Name: DR MATHEW T AUTERA
Address: 1952 HIGHWAY 54 W
FAYETTEVILLE GA 30214

He is a chiropracter who has a Health Club as well.

The only thing I will stand corrected on is that Janet, not Linda did the plastering all over the Forum.

She and Dunn are knee deep together. Along with Peter.

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Like I said earlier - your campaign will have 2 shots to beat Ms Wells - good luck on Aug 8th.

If you fail - you can muster up the troops with the anti Well's - "time for a change" slogan for the November race and support Mr. Mack ?

I know your leaning towards an all GUY commission, sorry your in the wrong era - the Fayette county voters, especially the woman, are way ahead of your anti - Wells garbage and attack campaign.

looks like the blogs are fairly equal right now - you might consider calling the big boys out with the heavy intimidation tactics to scare a few of these Well supporter off the blog.

Dunn is out - move on

Good luck in November

Casey, you ain't nothin but a woman anyhows. Gee! Give you a little credit though. You finally figured it out. Linda has to go because she's a woman. Well now that it's out we can deal with the real issue here. US MEN DUDES WANT LINDA OUT BECAUSE SHE IS A WOMAN. Come August the 2nd "snicker" we will have the opportunity to purge the commission of the woman commissioner and put her back in the kitchen where she belongs. Then us guy dudes can hang the sign back up that says "No Gurls Allowed" on the commission chamber doors. Then we're gonna go liberate Linda's man.

Heck, I'm gonna drag my woman into the polls and make her vote for Jack and then tell her to pull that Burka back over her head and git her fat A$$ back in the car and wait until I'm through.

Casey...between the two of us you are the one that sounds like a Neanderthal. I was kidding. You were serious.

KEEP THE BURKAS.......Vote Jack Smith.

Git Real

Do you know how many women or minorities have been on the Fayette County commission? I ask because I do not know, and could not find the information via search.

That was a cute message - like that sense of humor

Grace Caldwell (now on the Tyrone city council) served as county commissioner. I believe she was elected in 1986 and served until the end of 1990, and I understand she had a rough time with the good old boys. Except for Linda Wells (now serving in her 12th year), no other woman, and no member of groups considered "minority," is known to have ever served on the Fayette County commission.

Thanks for the info

Hey it only 2006

2 women have served on the commission (which one is still in office) and zero members of a group considered a "minority".

WOW - talk about a diverse community. Yeap, I know I can move - or go play in "MY SPACE"

I would hate to disappoint my mentor - George Armstrong Custer. Hey it's only a few Indians out there.

After all Fayette County was formed from parts of the Indian nations.

three women that I know of have been on the FC Board of Commissioners. Rose Marie Harper, Grace Caldwell, and Linda Wells.

Hey to all you backward good ole gurls and your victim mindsets. Grow the (((Edited))) up. Men really don't give a rip what the sex of the candiate is. Nor their color for that matter. It's the content of their platform and their effectiveness that we are interested in. Linda is a leader and has had 12 years of ineffective leadership. Stop playing the Race / Gender card here. Your exposing your true political leanings. Honestly the only way I can tell Peter and Linda apart is that Linda's hair is longer, she's shorter, and she always wears a scowl on her face.

I never gave a second thought to Linda being, gasp, a female.

It is her politics I don't like. I don't like anyone lying about another for self gain. Here, in example, being Linda on the Sheriff.

More than one has commented on her permanent frown and bad manners with others. Another telling issue.

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I AM finding myself a bit politcally incorrect here. I do wish Linda was not a woman.

I don't believe a man would stand toe to toe with another and say the things Linda thinks she can get away with saying because she is a woman.

There are accepted things one man won't say to the other for fear he'll get the crap knocked out of him.

I understand completely. Guess I had to be there.

Like I said earlier - your campaign will have 2 shots to beat Ms Wells - good luck on Aug 8th.

I will look at Mack for November.

Remember, I am not a Republican. One election at a time.

If you fail - you can muster up the troops with the anti Well's - "time for a change" slogan for the November race and support Mr. Mack ?

Do I detect sour grapes here?

I know your leaning towards an all GUY commission, sorry your in the wrong era - the Fayette county voters, especially the woman, are way ahead of your anti - Wells garbage and attack campaign.

Speaking for myself, you know nothing if you think my agenda is all male. Absurd statement, casey.

Never even gave a hint of that.

My Agenda is Wells.

Remember, 52% voted against Wells. Don't get all cocky and think she will gain from the Chapman supporters.

looks like the blogs are fairly equal right now - you might consider calling the big boys out with the heavy intimidation tactics to scare a few of these Well supporter off the blog.

Semantical game play, to attempt to scare people, that those who are against Wells are trying to intimidate them.

Kinda sounds like the rhetoric Wells used about the Sheriff and the audits.

Dunn is out - move on

Job not done. Wells is still there. Then it is time to move on.

Good luck in November

Same to you.

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or is Linda running against Jack Smith? Her mentor Dunn is done and gone. Eric gets his chance now let's move onto the next race.

Vox and Dawg. Focus on the relevant issue here. Jack Smith or Linda Wells.

Like I said earlier, it's the Kool Aid.

disassociate, deny and reinvent. Make Linda not Dunn.

Too late. The Trio fought this election together, telling the same lies and using the same tactics.

Linda, I believe, saw herself either as invincible, or, that her strenghth increased by being with Dunn.

Sbe needs to dump that Linda and be a new Linda, now.

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