Now, this SPLOST is

proposing $1.2 million to fund what should have been

included in the first place for $600,000!

If we are to take into

account this board's history lessons, we will get 30

percent less money than what is needed to complete the

project or be forced to build less than what is needed to

meet the needs of the South Complex. That will bring us

all back here again before my seventh grader becomes a

tenth grader to figure out how to meet our needs again at

a much larger cost.

The second issue is the

inequitable proposal for distribution of the funds.

Almost as much money is proposed ($11.2 million, AJC

7/8/99) for McIntosh High School to build a physical

education facility, field house, stadium repairs, other

renovations and modifications as is proposed for

technology items ($11.98 million) for the entire county.

Excuse me, but I am having

a difficult time understanding how a school with a

population decreased enough for them to be downgraded to

a state AAA classification in sports justifies mostly

athletic expenditures almost equal to the combined

technology budget of the entire county school system!

A current best-selling

author sold millions of books on a fairly simple precept

on effective habits... "begin with the end in

mind."

As our elected officials,

we should expect the same from you or we will reflect

otherwise at the polls. That would include support for

this much needed SPLOST and in the future general

elections for school board membership.

Mitch Coleman

Peachtree City

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