Letters to the Editor

Elderly car tag buyer shown kindness in line

On Monday, Feb. 4, 3 p.m. I entered the tag office on my walker. There were 11 people ahead of me in line.

Shortly after, a gentleman behind me told me to sit down and he will be sure I get my turn. I thanked him but declined.

Next thing I knew the 10 people in front of the line told me to go to the front ahead of all of them.

I am writing to tell how compassionate and kind all those people waiting patiently were. I’m sure all had important things to do but they graciously told me to go in front. I did get in the front line and thanked all those kind people. Read More»

Clarification: Hwy. 54 gym will not close

This is a clarification to last week’s article in The Citizen concerning World Gym and its location on Ga. Highway 54.

The newspaper quoted an information packet from the city of Peachtree City that owner “(Dar) Thompson said he plans to close the current World Gym location ...”

That statement is premature, and subject to mis-interpretation.

First of all, Mr. Thompson and I are still in negotiation to renew his lease that expires at the end of this year. If that negotiation is unsuccessful, he will possibly construct a new gym in Lexington Circle. Read More»

Prayer didn’t seem to help previous BoE

In regards to Bonnie Willis’ column about needing more than a moment of silence to fix the school issues, well, quite simply, until recently the school board has had a prayer at the beginning of their meetings, and it hasn’t done much to help them resolve the serious issues that seem to perennially plague them. Read More»

Brown: Fayette’s future is brighter

Fayette County is in the midst of a significant shift change. Although the process can be bumpy at times, I see a great deal of positive movement.

Sometime ago, I had met with some of our economic development people and determined that residential and retail shopping was not what we needed in the southern end of the West Fayetteville Bypass area. Read More»

Haddix: Despite council majority’s assertions, PTC taxes keep going up

Let me take this opportunity to expound upon recent [Peachtree City] Council actions.

On WASA, I am not going to dig into the particulars of every comment made or responses after the meeting. But a few comments are worth mentioning. Read More»

Fayette schools need less advice and more money due from the state

Recently Mr. Scott Austensen from the state Department of Education came to talk with our board regarding Fayette County Board of Education finances. In that discussion, Mr. Austensen advised our board that 10 percent of budget or $14-16 million would be a good fund balance.

I agree with Mr. Austensen that it is necessary to build a better fund balance, but I do not believe it is achievable in one year without drastic and unnecessary reductions in our excellent Fayette County public schools. Read More»

Board of Education member Bacallao’s plan will not close budget gap

The Fayette County Board of Education has made it clear that they need to close a $15 million deficit in next year’s budget. In order to reduce some of this deficit, three elementary schools and one middle school are slated to be closed.

[Board member] Dr. Mary Kay Bacallao stated to the crowd of about 900 at the Jan. 28 board meeting in Sam’s Auditorium that she will not vote to close schools. Read More»

Somebody is still stealing ‘Vote for Romney’ signs

While I was out of town the first weekend in February, a thief trespassed on my property and stole my Mitt Romney sign and replaced it with their candidate’s sign.

The replacement sign was promptly thrown in the garbage where it belonged.

This incident simply illustrates why I voted for a decent, honorable, family-loving, America-loving, hard-working man of integrity.

The thief apparently was offended that someone would vote for a man of integrity as opposed to his candidate and exercised his true character by trespassing and stealing my sign. Read More»

Stormwater rates don’t match the explanation

Something doesn’t “add up” regarding the stormwater rate quoted in Betsy Tyler’s Feb. 6 article.

The existing rate is given as $0.86 per 1,000 square feet.

My 85x140 lot is 11,900 square feet (about a quarter acre).

Maybe as much as half of that is impervious — 5,950 square feet.

I should be charged 5,950/1,000 x 0.86 = $5.12.

(Even if ALL of my property were impervious, that works out to be $10.23.)

How is the actual bill of $32.28 arrived at?

Bob Morris

Peachtree City, Ga.

Learnard: PTC debt is prudent and low

Thank you for the opportunity to expand on several points made in a recent Citizen article about debt, “Local public debts that you may not know you owe (The Citizen, January 30, 2013).

The article states that more than three-quarters of Peachtree City’s debt was authorized without taxpayer approval. That is correct. Taxpayer approval isn’t necessary, nor is it called for, for certain kinds of debt. Read More»

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