How many

times do the citizens have to tell them that we are not

going to pass a new sales tax (SPLOST) before they learn

the lesson? They have now spent between $45,000 and

$50,000 of the county's money to have special elections.

Had they waited six weeks they could have been on the

November ballot. But they wanted the chance to

indoctrinate captive audiences at back-to-school night

with unopposed SPLOST propaganda just before the vote.

Didn't work.

They have

failed to understand the voters. It is as my next door

neighbor said, "Voting on whether to raise taxes is

a no-brainer." This is a very conservative county

and no self-respecting conservative ever voted for a tax

increase.

Before the

vote Debbie Condon was quoted as saying that if SPLOST

does not pass they will need to tighten their belts. If

we are in such straits, why have belts not been tightened

long ago? I think what did in the "new board"

was their "stadium blunder." Borrowing $2

million to build a stadium that was in no way, shape or

form a need probably doomed the vote. People who cannot

distinguish needs from wants are not going to be given

extra money to mismanage.

Connie Hale

has been quoted as saying that the board will just have

to come back with SPLOST again next year. That would be a

stunning example of ridiculously slow learning.

Hopefully, the Fayette County school system paid

attention to what we taught them for the second time, on

Sept. 21. But if they were still looking out the window

in the "classroom" daydreaming, they need to

wait until November's voting or front the money for a

special election themselves.

Bill

Webster

Peachtree City

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