Haddix: I’ve been vindicated
The purpose of this letter is to comment on what City Council members Eric Imker and Kim Learnard had to say on the employee pay increase. It is not to […]
The purpose of this letter is to comment on what City Council members Eric Imker and Kim Learnard had to say on the employee pay increase. It is not to […]
I met David Barlow in the spring of this year, after he made some disparaging remarks on Facebook about female Democrats. His comments left me mad enough to spit nails,
On Nov. 13, 2014, Commissioner David Barlow made some inflammatory and inappropriate remarks at the County Commission meeting. While Mr. Barlow was elected as a Republican candidate, it should be
I was very disappointed to read [City Manager James] Pennington’s Nov. 5, 2014 front page article entitled, “Pennington fires back at pay raise critics.” To me, it confirmed how seemingly
[Editor’s note: the following is an exchange of emails about a pay raise study item on the Nov. 13 agenda of the Fayette County Commission between Peachtree City Councilman Eric
I received numerous negative comments about our Nov. 13 County Board of Commissioners meeting. I wanted to express some thoughts about what happened. First, let me say that Commissioner Allen
This month we celebrated Veterans Day, a day set aside to acknowledge the price some have paid for all of us, and to say thank you for the sacrifices they
The Citizen headline on Nov. 5, 2014, was, “Pennington fires back at pay raise critics.” My opinion is the headline should have read, “Pennington fired for misleading City Council and
I am very concerned about a situation at a Fayette County elementary school. Drivers picking up children after school are instructed to not get out of cars to buckle small
For the last four years we have been told by now-Mayor Vanessa Fleisch and council members Kim Learnard and Eric Imker that we have a great budget, all is under
I’m waking up and looking at the morning news this morning, and what it headlines is the results of yesterday’s mid-term election. The Republicans have won almost every position that
Congratulations and thanks to the Fayette County Bar Association. On behalf of the State Bar of Georgia, I would like to offer congratulations and thanks to the Fayette County Bar
In the Oct. 8 edition of The Citizen, Peachtree City Councilman [Mike] King was quoted saying “Being in the 35th percentile is an embarrassment. We’ve got a chance to do
I read the recent article giving the response from each of the candidates for Post 4 on the Fayette Board of Education concerning the recent vote to not apply for
[A few] days ago a reporter from a television station knocked at the door wanting to interview the owner of the house about the 60-foot-in-diameter-by-12-foot-high stack of trees in the
Here are some comments about Wednesday’s article with the new test scores: Georgia Student Growth Model (GSGM) — What does it really measure? The Georgia Student Growth Model (GSGM) does
The Open Records requests to Peachtree City concerning the recent salary and compensation study and the vote to implement it are now on the www.PTCPride.org web site. The city’s response
I’m reminded of the movie “An American President” with Michael Douglas and the scene where his advisor played by Michael J. Fox and he get into a heated discussion and
I’m very happy to hear that the West African children did not have Ebola as stated in The Citizen Saturday, Oct. 18. However, I think we are very fortunate that
It’s hard to believe that even 10 years ago, the notion of gay marriage was still unthinkable for most Americans and that now, after such a short time, it’s on
In this third letter of the series, the budget and those responsible will be examined. In 2010, when Councilman Eric Imker proposed the 1.25 millage increase, he said in five
Dear Peachtree City Council members, I am disappointed in the recent vote to approve a second pay raise in a year to city employees which was not planned into the
The Peachtree City Council recently voted a second increase in salary for city employees for the coming fiscal year that will increase spending by over $900,000. Why I am concerned:
To: All Elected Representatives (state and local) CC: The ARC Board, Media Subject: Atlanta Regional Commission Proposed Bylaws Change This letter is to inform you of the proposed governing bylaws
As promised, this is a continuation of my letter of last week concerning the road trip to Franklin, Tenn., which included then-Council members Kim Learnard, Vanessa Fleisch, the Chamber and
After over a decade at the helm of the Fayette Chamber of Commerce, I have let our board and staff know that it is my plan to retire from the
I saw the article in The Citizen where the Fayette County Water System has joined the 21st Century with online bill pay. Well, not really. Turns out you cannot automatically
Thank you for this outstanding article. I am from California, my husband is from Nevada. We were in Nevada this summer discussing this very topic. Two of Jim’s small-business-owning brothers
As I look around I see a political tornado in action. Believing now is a good time for a historical review, looking to the future and truth testing a lot
In 1965 I was graduating from high school. We were a poor family with five children and college was never an option for either my brothers or I but since
If you think that the VA is the bad organization or agency, dig deeper. They are the end to a flawed process at the Wounded Warriors Transition Battalions (WTB) or
Last Thursday’s actions and vote by the Peachtree City Council reflect yield to the pressure of the self-serving and money-grabbing interest of the city’s employees. During that meeting, the behavior
Recently, I twice had the opportunity to spend time with local citizens to discuss how they could get involved in local government and make a difference. Both times, I brought
Words do not flow as in prose at such times as these. Rather, my thoughts fall from my mind in random shapes and sizes that must combine as a picture