I have to also congratulate you on not getting into the mud during the campaign, though I know you have plenty of it you could sling at Brown.
Nice endorsement of Logsdon too.
NUK

Steve - please concede. The people spoke on Tuesday - they want you gone.

There's a reason the silent majority may be silent...they are probably just flat ashamed. A wise man once said, "if you don't vote, you don't count". So, if you really care, vote on December 6. Take the half an hour. Call in sick to work. And when you come to vote, consider what has taken place in the past four years...the acrimony. Understand the statement made when FIVE people decided to run against the incumbent this election, from various facets of the City....a retail manager, a mortgage broker, a small business success story, a financial planner and a sales manager - all from different backgrounds, all with different variations on the same platform - the current mayor wasn't doing right for the CITIZENS of this town.

The mayor's position is a large influence to nearly $30 million of the money that comes in to the City per year. The mayor's position, with that of the council, through the hard work of the professional staff hired, has tremendous potential to HELP provide a solid vision of what this town should do - continue to develop solid business base while improving the "quality of life" of the residents by maintaining all the fantastic things we love about PTC. What happened this four years? Excuses about why roads weren't built, failed attempts at bringing businesses into town, failed attempts at bringing new development into town, increased bureaucracy in the name of "openness" (and sometimes that's good, but sometimes there is overkill), failed attempts at ELIMINATING a large amount of money to build roads (yes, the mayor campaigned AGAINST the SPLOST, deciding it's better it have nothing at all instead of several million dollars).

Large corporations have left PTC, and continued political gesturing by the Mayor to make "poor" Peachtree City seem like a victim in a larger consipracy with the County have further alienated the town on the larger stage.

The mayor should NOT be running to the TV stations and newspapers to say "look what I did now" or try to "save the world" for his own edification. Remember - Jim Jones loved his flock, and they all got some really bad Kool-Aid. It became about personalities instead of issues, and that, in my opinion, is just not worth rewarding with another term.

So, blogger, while your ability to express your opinion is appreciated, your pleas appear to me to be rather short sighted. Steve Brown is NOT the "common man"; please don't succumb to this perceived Svengali of the Southside.

Steve - please concede. The people spoke on Tuesday - they want you gone.

If Brown has truly been making decisions he feels are in the best interests of the RESIDENTS, then he has had no idea what the residents want as evidenced by the VOTING. I see more decisions that were made based on pure ego and arrogance than anything else.

It's always the same tired asanine argument that it's a *vocal minority* that's unhappy. Uh, did you see the votes yesterday? Minority? Opinions are grand and all but votes are what counts and the majority who voted did NOT vote for Brown.

The more accurate desctiption of the PTC political landscape is that the SILENT MAJORITY has had enough of the current BS and antics of Brown. This same silent majority took a nap 4 years ago and weren't going to make the same mistake.
NUK

Gee "mac," seemed I already read this post under the title "Why." You seem to be repeating yourself. Better get your mentor Brown to give you another letter to write. As for your 25 years on active duty, don't feel you are alone. This city is full of military; active, reserve, and retired. That's why we don't intimidate. That's why we don't accept poor leadership like we got from Brown. That's why we speak out loudly about someone so unethical and lacking in integrity as Brown. That's why we bounced Rapson and we will bounce Brown. As for your assessment of Brown, you apparently are drinking too much kool-aid. He does what he perceives as "best for Brown," not best for the RESIDENTS. As for his unhealthy obsession with Lenox, well... Lenox is gone. If Brown would tend to city business unstead of always trying to find "something" to get Lenox on, we would never hear from Lenox again. As for Brown's dislike for business, that is too obvious. Problem is that as business leaves here, our taxes go up to cover the lost revenue. Our citizens lose jobs. Our property values will start going down. Don't see the plus side there. Your "25 years of active duty" may deserve our respect, and give you "tenacity," but they don't give you "intelligence." My 20 years of military duty (12 active) give me the same tenacity. My research of issues and attendence at council meetings give me intelligence.