Letters to the Editor

District voting = pork by district

Mr. Lowry, you are entitled to your opinion, but it one with which I strongly disagree.

You are correct that at-large voting has been in Fayette County for 191 years; I am of the opinion that it has worked well and afforded every registered county voter the right to influence every countywide election.

Presently, each representative on the County Commission and on the Board of Education is my personal employee. Their collective decisions are accountable to all of the registered county voters. Read More»

So, let’s get down to core of Common Core: ‘Rigor’

I was fortunate to attend a forum at Sam’s Auditorium recently in which a panel of educators and organizers brought the discussion of the pros and cons of the Common Core National Standards. Common Core is here in Georgia, sanctioned by Governor Nathan Deal, which is now mandated to all public schools in this state.

What was interesting for me were the highly degreed individuals who are currently working in school administration today and of course who represented the pro Common Core side of the panel. Read More»

PTC Council and traffic on Hwy. 54W.: Trail of red herrings

Roadblocks erected by Mayor Haddix and Mr. Dienhart in the Peachtree City Council threaten to perpetuate and expand the traffic jam on Ga. Highway 54 West.

The commercial development at Line Creek Drive south of Hwy. 54 continues to languish but remains the focus of political diatribe.

The roadblocks are caused, in my humble opinion, by the mayor’s misunderstandings regarding traffic, traffic control, and traffic studies, and by Mr. Dienhart’s contentions that promises have been made, and are being broken. Read More»

Dienhart: Change way developers do traffic studies

Most of the political conversation around town these days is centered on the traffic situation near the intersection of Ga. highways 74 and 54. The situation is bad and about to get worse.

I am sponsoring a vote to stop the connection road of the large new shopping center into the Planterra Ridge subdivision and stop another proposed stop light on the agenda for our next council meeting.

We need to focus on protecting our neighborhoods. Read More»

Socialized medicine works in many places, just not in U.K.

I wish to comment on the article by Cal Thomas in today’s Citizen. Firstly, I agree that Obamacare will likely be a disaster, also that the British NHS has drastically deteriorated. But ‘twas not always thus!

I am 83 and am familiar with the NHS since its inception. For many years it was a wonderful service, absolutely first-class: hospitals, doctors and medicines free (all the GP’s even made house calls), all paid for by everyone’s contributions up to, I believe, 60 or 65 years of age. Read More»

Lost: one purse. Found: one hero

Recently, my newly graduated FCHS daughter was out with friends, stopped at the Raceway gas station for a slushy, and left her purse on the roof of the car and drove off.

The purse did not make it home with her that night.

After discovering her purse was missing, she and her friends immediately started retracing their tracks to find it – no luck.

The next day was a flurry of calls, stress and concern that keys, money, cards and ID were compromised. Read More»

:-) PTC charity to collect 4th tarps :-)

[Editor’s note: The letter writer labels this as “humorous.”]

Peachtree City has one the best Fourth of July parades in Georgia. This year’s parade was a great celebration with over 200 civic, school, religious, governmental, political, and commercial organizations participating.

The biggest challenge facing spectators is finding standing room along the parade route. Although Peachtree City Hall “discouraged” the placement of tarps and blankets this year, over 3,000 tarps and blankets lined the parade route by dusk Thursday night along the entire parade route. Read More»

Column ignores South’s racist past

I was interested to read the article by David Richardson in the Opinion section of your June 5 edition. It was interesting that you chose to publish Mr. Richardson’s thoughts that show an astonishing ignorance of the Jim Crow South.

Of course, Mr. Richardson is entitled to his opinion, but he is not entitled to manufacturing his own facts.
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Some questions about ‘fuzzy’ history

As usual Mr. Garlock’s column was well-written and interesting. However I’m still trying to figure out the point of the whole exercise.

Was his point that Lincoln wasn’t such a good guy? Is he indignant at the treatment of the Confederate dead? Is the Gettysburg address fatally flawed because it does not honor the worthy enemy? Should we seek to embarrass the guides at the Gettysburg battlefield? Should Lincoln have recognized the “right to secede ... right to be left alone.” Read More»

Fayette Commission has made progress in transparency

Your new 2013 Fayette Board of Commissioners has made some significant improvements to the way your county government conducts business.

First of all, we have delivered a balanced budget, ending years of deficit spending. The Board of Commissioners and our constitutional officers have collaborated to shape our budgets to reflect our current economic environment.

We have also made some significant changes in government transparency since January. Read More»

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