Reading through the

article, I find that what the SPLOST will really pay for

is not excellence in education, instead it is more

classroom space "for additional students,"

property for four new schools (for the "additional

students," I presume), playground improvements, a

new auditorium, stadium improvements, a concession stand,

lockers and bleachers.

Now correct me if I am

wrong here, how can we even see any remote link between

these items and "continued excellence in

education?" Ninety million dollars of taxpayer's

money - at least we will have a nice concession

stand and bleachers. A better name might be Fayette

Citizens for Continued Unchecked Spending and Runaway

Development.

I have to admit their

tactics may work. By promising nice little bonuses to

various schools they figure that parents at those schools

may give in and vote for the SPLOST. They have printed

material "outlining the facts" to distribute

(one question, who paid for the printing costs?) and

speakers ready to sell SPLOST. Get ready for the hard

sell.

If SPLOST was going to be

used to help make our schools better for our students'

education, I would support it. Instead it is going to be

used for two purposes only; to help the developers and

the Realtors (two groups who have put their support

behind SPLOST) increase their profits and to pay for pet

projects for a select few. What a waste.

Ask yourself, if we pass

SPLOST and allow the developers to have more schools to

fill, how will we end up paying for all of the other

improvements needed to support the increased population?

More taxes. It is a

never-ending cycle, unless we go to the polls and vote no

on SPLOST. This will be a turning point in our county's

development, and a yes vote will merely open the

floodgates even further.

Steve Fodor

Peachtree City

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