Despite growth-happy city

Despite

growth-happy city officials,

no choice but to vote `Yes'

I saw a letter to the editor giving

the board of education a rash of grief for SPLOST. I am

certain the BOE can and should cut expenses in many

areas, especially in athletics. These people need to find

out that an education is more important than athletics.

The main problem is school

overpopulation. Who caused it? The self-serving

politicians on the city councils of Peachtree City and

Fayetteville as well as certain members of the county

commission are the main culprits. These puppets of

developers and real estate people allowed the

over-development of the county, which resulted in school

trailer parks.

The city council of

Fayetteville was not satisfied with growing at a rate of

58 percent in eight years. This bunch hired a developer

(with taxpayer money) to create a plan for the

development of a piece of property. They wanted to put

300 homes on less than 150 acres right beside Fayette

County High. I ask why?

I saw in the paper where

Peachtree City has reached build-out. That is supposed to

be the maximum population - no more. In the same

article one council member said that 5,000 or 6,000 more

people could be added. I ask where?

There was one county

commissioner who was such a "yes man" to

developers that he was successfully voted out of office.

The city of Fayetteville hired him as a consultant. These

developers and real estate people are a close-knit group

and they work together for their own good without thought

of our children or the quality of life in this county. It

is primarily the fault of the city councils of Peachtree

City and Fayetteville that we are in this predicament

with the schools being overpopulated. There is a great

need for some new faces on the city councils in this

county.

I would rather kiss Bill

Clinton, or the backside of a mule (same thing), than

vote for any tax increase. It seems that I have little

choice. From all the research that I have done I have

resigned myself to the extremely unpleasant possibility

that we will have to suffer with SPLOST for five years.

During this time I hope that the people of this county

will wake up and remove the special interest

representatives on our city councils and county

commission. People need to stay informed and vote at

every election.

Chris Burdette

[email protected]

Fayetteville

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