Letters to the Editor

Water problems have a history

[Editor’s note: This letter was addressed to the Fayette County Commission.]

I suppose you are not so interested in hearing more from me, but the recent issues with the bad taste in county water needs more information/history.

It should not be a surprise to any of you that I am, and have been, very involved in water quality issues in the south metropolitan area for a very long time. Once I retired in 1994, I was free to make public comments openly and immediately set about doing so. Read More»

Officials defend Sandy Creek H.S.

We are writing in response to an anonymous letter that was unfortunately written, submitted, and published in The Citizen labeling Sandy Creek High School as “Fayette’s Inner City School.”

Our response is intended to clarify the facts surrounding Sandy Creek and to stand up for those who have worked hard in the past and continue work hard to make this great school what it is today. Read More»

With Common Core, kids’ educational freedom is at stake

Have you heard of Common Core? In a nutshell, Obama’s plan to takeover all education, just like Obamacare has taken over healthcare.

Your child will not be taught critical thinking, history rewritten. Teachers will be teaching to the test. It is the dumbing down of your child’s education. You will have no say in the matter. You do have a say with the state of Georgia. Gov. Deal can get rid of Common Core with a stroke of a pen. Senator Ligon will be introducing legislation to rescind Common Core. Read More»

Black conservatives face extra pressures

Concerning “Issues that challenge a black conservative,” by Bonnie Willis (5/29/2013):

I have appreciated your columns for a long time, but this is the first time that I have felt compelled to write about one.

You say that as a black conservative you have to deal with special challenges, and I’m sure that you do. Just to publicly identify yourself as conservative is to incur tremendous tribal wrath from most blacks who would want you to toe the Democratic Party line. Read More»

Try out new 308-acre multi-use public park

We often say that one of the best things about Fayette County is the quality of life. Well, it’s about to get even better.

The Southern Conservation Trust is developing The Ridge, a new 308-acre multi-use public park right in the heart of Fayette County.

Centrally located at the end of Burch Road off Ga. Highway 54, The Ridge will include a dock for fishing and launching small watercraft on Whitewater Creek, an educational pavilion, hiking and biking trails, restrooms and three parking lots. Read More»

One more great thing about PTC: little libraries

Since moving to Peachtree City, I can name the obvious reasons why my family and I chose to move here. For example, the 90 miles of multi-use trails, the top-notch recreation, great schools, awesome weekend activities for both adults and kids and, of course, the 4th of July activities that all take place here in Peachtree City. Read More»

Happily wrong about food trucks

Well, hush my mouth. I owe an apology to a couple of people. (Probably more than two, but let’s take things slowly, okay?)

Toward the end of summer of last year (2012), I wrote The Citizen criticizing mobile food trucks, using the term, “roach coach,” that was popular from the 1960s through the 1990s.

In the meanwhile, Peachtree City has passed an ordinance regulating mobile food vendors, and it seems as if the best of these vendors have bubbled to the top. Read More»

Time to support district voting

As you know, Judge Batten, a federal judge, issued a decision on district voting for Fayette County. This was a historic decision that ended 191 years of the system of at-large voting in the county.

You have been a staunch supporter of at-large voting in the past. It is now time for you and other advocates of at-large voting to get behind Judge Batten’s decision and bring Fayette County into today’s world. Read More»

Black candidate can win county-wide

District voting — the Fayette County chapter of the NAACP argued for it, and last week a federal judge supported their request.Lawsuit supporters felt it was the only way a black preferred candidate could be elected to a countywide position on the Board of Education (BOE) or Board of Commissioners (BOC).

 Supporters frequently point to district voting of U.S. Congress members as justification for their cause, but given the ineffectiveness and reputation of that institution, I question whether that argument is for or against their position. Read More»

What Mr. Presberg suggests is government OK for opinions

I would like to point out some things that Leonard Presberg seems to have missed.

The anonymous letter that so offended Mr. Presberg was an opinion. In big, bold print, on top of the page where the “letters, faxes, email” section begins, it clearly says, “Opinion.”

At one point in his letter he refers to the offending comments as an editorial. Does Mr. Presberg not know the difference between a letter to the editor and an editorial?

He wanted there to be “reporting or fact finding,” and worse, he suggested that someone check with “administrators” before publishing such a letter. Read More»

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