Recently, I submitted my paperwork to seek reelection for Post 3 on the Peachtree City Council. Yes, I have stepped up again and will be honored and look forward to continue serving the citizens of Peachtree City.

It has been a challenging three (3) years on the city council(fulfilling the unexpired term), but I did what was right for  Peachtree City residents and taxpayers by continuing to be the strong, sensible conservative representative you elected in 2022. I eagerly dug in learning the city council governmental ways, and went to work with a conservative approach to government. That approach is simply spending taxpayer’s money wisely and lowering our city taxes.

Back in 2022 I handed out a “platform” of where I stood on issues at that time. I have included a copy of that platform today to allow the citizens to see my “report card” of what I said I would do, what I said I would accomplish, and also what yet needs to be done. I’mnot afraid to let you see my record on city council as I’m proud Iworked for the citizens and lived up to my printed words, all the while being fully accountable to our citizens:

✓ Completed from my 2022 Platform

✓ No Urbanization, No High-Rise Apartments, and No Mixed-use Developments in PTC

✓ Fully fund our PTC Police and First Responders with new equipment and state-of-the-art safety devices 

✓ Support develop/redevelop/repurpose and expansion of recreation areas in PTC

✓ Support ADA Accessibility for all venues, both public and business, for our citizen who are wheelchair bound

✓ Institute Short Term Rental Controls and Regulations​

✓ Support a PTC citizen’s referendum on improvements to both tennis center and aquatic center

✓ Further encourage the Fayette County SPLOST initiatives for the March 2023 voting

✓ Allow Voting on the PTC Planning Commission 

✓ I support Planterra area traffic fixes to protect our PTC children.

✓ Get more aggressive PTC representation on the Fayette County Business Development Authority

✓ Allow expanded time limits (or no time limits) for PTC citizens to speak at city council meetings

✓ Review and approve new road signs for all PTC Village entrance

✓ Work with Fayette County Board of Education to remedy the traffic at our new middle school

✓ Protect our existing PTC greenspace and protect the peaceful nature & security of our village concept

✓ Update our old 2014 PTC Annexation Plan for Traffic Control and Future Business Plans

✓ Rollback millage property tax rate (0.06 points in 2024) to offset raising valuations & give PTC homeowners money back in your pocket

❖ Pending Completion in Next Term

❖ Develop an ordinance on restricting Urbanization and Mixed-use zoning in PTC

❖ Reducing the PTC cash reserve from 50% to 30% (over time) to fund PTC projects citywide

❖ Redo our 2022 Comprehensive Plan and have a new “Citizen Survey” professionally done

❖ Support 54/74 Traffic Congestion Improvement Plans with GDOT

I’ll be finishing some of these platform issues in the coming year,although I’ve brought them up often in meetings and discussions over the past three (3) years. I have repeatedly pressed for council votes to make progress on ordinances and decisions for restricting urbanization, updating the comprehensive plan, lowering our reserve fund, and furthering the 54/74 intersection update. 

As current Mayor Pro Tem and an outspoken leader on the council, I accomplished what I said I would work on during my term as a city council member, but other issues were passed during my scant three (3) years on council.

I worked to complete a new short term rental ordinance. The new ordinance was discussed, debated, and passed by council to regulate this type of business in Peachtree City and still allow the local residents to operate their home rental business without the overreach of large real estate investment groups dominating our local market.

I spearheaded the updated administrative variance ordinance tosignificantly modify the removal of the “backroom variance process”, to fully comply with Georgia state law, and to be completely transparent to all our citizens when variances were requested for small residential changes. 

Having served our country in the Army, I pushed the project tohonor those who have served our country in the military. I have gotten the memorial garden for veterans added to the recreation agenda in the top six (6) projects for next year. At this time, it is planned to be built in the old community garden on Kelly Dr across from Lake Peachtree.

For transportation during my 1^st term on council, I attended classes, courses, county and state meetings, and learning about transportation issues, especially in Peachtree City. I have talkedwith surrounding cities and counties about a serious engineering look at SR54 along with how to fund a large road separated intersection project. I learned that a separated road intersection was a seriously considered project within GDOT.

In my 1^st month on city council in late 2022, I started by opposing the displaced left turn (DLT) project and wanted the council to start looking at a “real solution” of a more permanent fix to the 54/74 intersection. I had written in 2022 that a separated road was needed at that intersection to keep the 54 and 74 traffic moving smoothly through the intersection. As I’m sure you all know, I was quickly quieted by the council members that I couldn’t make anychanges to the DLT project. It was a very uncivil introduction to the council which I learned was to be repeated throughout the next few years. 

Now, with a second term on council, I will move forward the “real fix” for the 54/74 intersection. GDOT has been very cooperative and easy to work with, but we need to accomplish a few things to secure the funds and local cooperation to fix the intersection and SR54: 

1. Assemble a consortium of surrounding local municipalitiesand counties.

2. Secure assistance from our GA state representative and senators to push for the project funding on transportation from a variety of local, state, and federal sources.

Recreation projects will be included in the upcoming council term. I am pleased to announce that the council is prioritizing what we need to do first and how we will fund those recreation projects. The Recreation Master Plan will take about 10-20 years to complete, but we now have a master plan to guide our city’s future recreation endeavors. I support working responsibly on recreation projects that benefits all the citizens and where our city can afford it.

With over 45 years of executive business and engineering background, I am a big supporter of our city businesses. I am pushing the council to expand the lands around PTC for growth of industrial and commercial businesses through economic development projects. This type of growth will help broaden the tax base so that residential home owners will not carry the tax burden as our city changes and grows.

As a plain speaker that gets to the main issues on city council, the next four (4) years will be to reduce our property taxes and to continue to fully support our 1^st responders: Police, Fire, EMS, and Public Works. I’ll support 1^st responders to protect our city from harm along with building multi-use path bridges/tunnels to keep children and residents off the main highways allowing them to safely cross from side to side on 54 and 74. 

This year while I am out campaigning, door knocking, shopping at our local stores, visiting our multitude of fine restaurants, and visiting the farmer’s market, I am readily available and easily approached by citizens to discuss city topics, and especially I want to listen to citizen’s concerns.

Peachtree City is the forever home for me and my wife Ann. I am personally committed to serve our community and people, maintain our unique “quality of life”, ensure government transparency, protect greenspace by keeping our founder’s longstanding land plan alive, deliver on my campaign promises, and be fully accountable to the citizens of our great city in my words and deeds. With this personal commitment I hope to capture your vote.

For my upcoming 2025 re-election campaign look for my new platform to be published early this summer.

Election Day is November 4, 2025. I hope I can count on your vote for a prosperous and peaceful Peachtree City.