I am responding to The Citizen vol. 21, No. 1,008 from Wednesday, Oct 30. I love Halloween. Autumn has always been my favorite season, and Halloween was always the grand […]
A public letter of praise from me to the staff of the Peachtree City Public Library is long overdue. Since our daughter was about 3, our family has taken her
I’m a conservative and have voted and contributed to GOP candidates since the mid-1970s; heck, I even voted for Hal Suit for governor in 1970. That said, I’m extremely disappointed
Remember when they said of Richard Nixon, “Would you buy a used car from this man?” “You don’t have to change your current doctor.” “If you like your plan, you
I have attended every open city meeting about the proposed development on Grady Avenue since early last year. The meeting Oct. 17 was especially frustrating. The developer has, once again,
Nice to finally know what’s going on. It has been fascinating to watch the difference ten months can make. A majority of the Fayette County Board of Commissioners in 2012
Southern Conservation Trust (SCT) urges voters to carefully consider the core stormwater infrastructure SPLOST on the November election ballot. The SPLOST referendum would authorize funding for key projects to help
For months, I have attempted to learn just what Fayette County intends to do on each of the 181 projects on their SPLOST list. But no matter what I have
There is some speculation in Peachtree City lately that passage of the Core Infrastructure SPLOST means that Peachtree City taxpayers would be double-taxed for stormwater since they pay a utility
Recently I sent a letter to Fayette County Schools Superintendent Barrow and the Fayette County Board of Education. In the letter I asked to have the local supplement for health
Five years ago, August 2008, the Fayette County Board of Education was threatening their employees with abandoning the employer supplement paid on medical and dental insurance. I decided to attend
Dear Mrs. Key, Dr. Todd, Mr. Presberg, Dr. Bacallao, Dr. Marchman, and Dr. Barrow: First, I want to tell you about myself. I recently had the opportunity to meet and
Recent letters and articles have been encouraging folks to vote “No” on the SPLOST. Please consider the other side of the story. We’re going to pay for the work whether
At this point, the County Board of Commissioners has done everything possible to be as open and transparent in relation to the Core Infrastructure SPLOST referendum. There have been two
A discussion of questions and answers doesn’t sound like an editorial topic. However, recent exchanges with the Fayette County Commissioners have changed my mind. Perhaps it will be easier to
In reference to an article written about a young lady by the name of Amy Hill, who was hit by a golf cart driven by a juvenile, I would like
While reading the story of the triathlete, Ms. Hill, who crashed with a young golf cart driver in PTC, a few thoughts come to mind. First off, I agree with
(This is the second of a three-part series on the discoveries made after a visit to Charlie Tinker’s grave.) Upon discovering Charles Almerin Tinker’s leaf-strewn grave in Green-Wood cemetery in
With regard to the subject story published in your paper on 10/11/13, you list only two people in Fayette County who have been impacted by the ongoing government shutdown: one
My name is Matthew Hyle. As part of my Communications Merit Badge, I have to write to the editor. I was having trouble deciding what to write to you about.
In an average elementary school there are likely five children suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). In a medium to large high school, there are typically 20 students battling OCD.
The Fayette County SPLOST proposal is simply wrong. Vote NO. And here is why you should vote no. Fayette County is taking the wrong approach to stormwater management and especially
We live in the historic Victorian on the roundabout at Grady Avenue and Beauregard Boulevard and strongly oppose the proposed “Stella Place” on Grady and its apartments. We have visited
This is a heads up that the Fayette City Council will be holding a hearing on the 376 units on 38 acres this Thursday night at 7 p.m. If you
Many of Fayette County’s challenges are addressed in letters to the editor. I would like to mention an issue that is unknown to many residents and not discussed much publicly,
As expected, The Citizen of Wednesday Oct. 9, 2013 had articles attempting to show the correctness of the government shutdown orchestrated by our politicians in the Congress. The submissions by
I do enjoy the commentaries of Mr. Sowell and Mr. Williams that are regularly printed in this paper. They both break so many stereotypes and continue to speak truth to
Fayette County drifted into a state of dormancy prior to the recession. There was no vision. Once the recession hit, we began a slow decline with property values sinking and
Now is the time for every citizen in Fayette County to make their feelings known to the Fayetteville City Council that high density development should not be allowed in this
It is not Obama’s shutdown; it is not the Tea Party’s shutdown. It is neither the Republicans’ shutdown nor the Democrats’ shutdown. It is our shutdown. Ours, as in “we
Anarchists: That’s the label used by the leader of the U.S. Senate to describe a movement of peaceful citizens whose goal is to force the federal government leadership to review
I am not sure what Article I, Section 8, Clause 12 of the Constitution has to do with my argument. Defense is definitely a constitutionally mandated function of the federal
I have asked the Peachtree City Council to determine if the Core Infrastructure SPLOST is even legal and, if not, to take whatever action may be required, including a lawsuit,
Mr. Paul Lentz has written a series of letters to the editor related to the Core Infrastructure SPLOST, slated for the November ballot. Many have had a difficult time following
