The headline on Sandy Coley’s letter to the editor (Aug. 24) asks, “Are F’ville officials responsible for yellow restaurant?”
Are the officials in her hometown of Brooks, Ga., responsible for the color of the car she drives? Or the color of the outfit she wears in public? Does she submit herself to government inspection and approval before she goes out in public each day?
She seems to think the government should be “responsible” for color scheme decisions made by private businesses, so why not private individuals?
Exactly how did someone in Brooks, a 20-minute drive south of La Hacienda, come to care about the color they painted their building?
For that matter, how did she come to care — or even know — about the request for a third sign at Longhorn restaurant, which is even further away from Brooks and not yet open.
Is she perhaps trying to promote “her” restaurant by bashing other area restaurants? Inquiring minds want to know the details of her connection to Longhorn. Maybe some “government investigator” could clue us in.
I guess, in Ms. Coley’s perfect world, the “color police” would allow only earth tones, shades of grey, and perhaps some pastel colors — as long as they’re not “disturbing” or “disgusting” (her words).
I’m sure she would prefer to frequent the business across the street from La Hacienda — the one painted a nice, drab battleship gray. Oh, wait, that business went down the tubes.
Or maybe she prefers the beautiful sandstone colors of Johnny Carino’s, the building her beloved Longhorn tore down.
I have two non-governmental solutions to your problem, Ms Coley: 1. Stay in Brooks. 2. If you cannot do that, use Jeff Davis Drive to travel from your house to Longhorn.
Either way, you will not have to put up with the “disturbing” and “disgusting” color of the best Mexican restaurant in town (my personal opinion), and we won’t have to “grow the government” to satisfy people like you whining for the government to “do something” about things you don’t like.
Randy Drake
Peachtree City, Ga.
