Whenever a governmental entity is given large amounts of cash through bonds, SPLOST or any other means, it is vitally important that public scrutiny be encouraged as a method of insuring financial accountability. Financial accountability and sound decision-making have been deficient at times at the Fayette County Board of Education.

This is part one on identifying how the Fayette County Board of Education (FCBOE) bonds went wrong, key decisions went awry and those who are benefiting from it all.

As I write this column, I cannot help but think of Irene Dunne’s famous quote, “If we don’t stand for something, we will fall for anything.”

A select group of inhabitants are putting the school SPLOST in the spin cycle. Like when you dare to find fault with the shady TDK Extension road project, they say you do not care about relieving traffic, so too goes the SPLOST.

First of all, I applaud the citizens in north Fayette and south Fulton counties who refused to listen to state officials telling them the fumes emitted from the PSC facility were not serious. When the government failed them, the local citizens (mistakenly labeled “complainers” or “alarmists”) took over and triumphed.

We have been led to believe that ethics laws can tame and civilize the sometimes brutal and inattentive power of government. However, I would charge that ethics laws are nothing but black ink on white paper unless we have public officials who actually commit themselves to ethical decision-making.

Many people in the metro Atlanta area recognize the place that we call home as something very special. Nevertheless, our moral task is keep it special for the next generations. Figure out what sets Peachtree City and Fayette County apart and make sure you include those things in your Thanksgiving prayers.

In utter disbelief, I read Mayor Harold Logsdon’s revisionist history column in Peachtree City’s Update newsletter. (Attention Councilman Harman: In your last candidate essay you said you chose “to oppose the Kohl’s plan.”)

To the victors go the problems — I am writing this prior to the election, so congratulations to whomever won. In Peachtree City the warm-’n’-fuzzy feeling should wear off swiftly since there are some hot topics to be addressed.

November has finally arrived and many in Fayette County are scratching their heads wondering who to vote for in the upcoming election.

Some people are cheering about the recent outcome regarding a big box developer withdrawing his proposal to purchase city-owned property to make his big box dream possible.