Letters to the Editor

When I asked the cost of the park at the foot of Lake McIntosh, I was told, “One hundred and fifty thousand dollars.” That sounded low, so I read minutes […]

I was very disappointed to read the article that headlined your Jan. 1, 2014 edition of The Citizen, the article which uses snide personal attacks from Mr. Barlow, a fellow

After so many accomplishments by the 2013 County Commission, I was appalled at Commissioner Barlow’s irresponsible comments about the commission chairman in last week’s paper. Citing a lack of leadership

If you read the newspaper last week, you will know there was a unique expression of dissatisfaction with my performance as county commission chairman in 2013. A few people who

We would like to take this opportunity to thank Corporal Hughes of the Peachtree City Police Department for coming to the aid of our son after he recently had a

Mr. Walter Williams’s column, “Our fragile planet?” in the December 14 & 15 edition of The Citizen was mostly factual — with one glaring inaccuracy. It was, as usual, well

An open letter to the mayors and councils of Peachtree City, Fayetteville, Tyrone, Brooks, and Woolsey, and to the Fayette County Board of Commissioners: You have been or will be

I am responding in regards to John Whitehead’s article on “Why do local cops need battle tanks?” The article was written on a pure liberal-pacifist level. As a retired law

I read Dr. Awachie’s recent opinion letter titled, “The ACA flop and filibuster,” with interest, and wish to offer a different perspective on a few of the points raised in

As I read last week’s Citizen, I was immediately drawn to the report on the front page, “2014 Question: District Voting Implementation.” Here we were reminded that a politically appointed

Isn’t there anyone with in government with a little common sense when it comes to cutting spending? Run-off elections are necessary when no candidate receives more than 50 percent of

Not since the end of the Cold War has there been so much use of the term “nuclear” than this past week. In the U.S. Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid,

“There’s something rotten in the Fayette County water system … and it stinks.” That’s how I began an open letter in early September. In the letter, I was critical of

I had to read the long letter from Mr. Alaimo a couple of times to really grasp his message. There is one constant thread having to do with this country’s

So, now that we’ve witnessed a near complete failure of the launch of Obamacare, what should we conclude about the man himself? Not to mince words, but to quote one

There was a cute, accurate cartoon in The Citizen (2-3 Nov. 2013) which got some people’s noses out of joint. In frame #1, A man is watching a TV screen

As are most Americans, I am saddened when we listen to our political leaders argue to the point of brinkmanship. Our country was founded upon strong Judeo-Christian values such as

Dear citizens of Fayette County, “The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they

I have two words for the 4,763 people who voted in the Nov. 5 municipal election in Peachtree City: Thank you. I have one word for the 17,622 registered voters

We would like to take this opportunity to thank Corporal Hughes of the Peachtree City Police Department for coming to the aid of our son after he recently had a

I was on a flight back home from Boston a few weeks ago, and as I and my fellow travelers were preparing to extricate ourselves from our oh so comfortable

The editorial cartoon (“What’s the long-term forecast?” versus what will be the weekend weather) in the Nov. 2-3 weekend edition of The Citizen is neither funny nor satirical. It is