OK,

SPLOST, DOT, ARC: Bypass this

I read with interest

and great concern about a Fayetteville Bypass (from here

on known as FB). There are all kind of letters and names

passed around in the story.

The DOT. Well, there's a

doozy for you. They're the only state agency I've ever

known to brag on how many people they wipe out. Just

watch next time you pass a few guys holding up shovels.

There will be a sign saying, "51 people have died at

DOT work sites." I don't think that's a fact to

advertise.

Here's another one: ARC.

All that does for me is create an image of Big Brother

telling me that I don't know what I really need in the

way of transportation.

I think we've needed an FB

for a while. At least line up the intersection of McElroy

and County Line roads so my neighbors and I won't get

clobbered by cars topping that hill doing 60 or so.

SPLOST. Hmmmmmmm. Special

People Leech On Senseless Taxes. `Nuff said.

So here's how I see it. The

DOT and the ARC plan to spend the SPLOST with Harold,

Crandle and Mutt. I would greatly appreciate it if

someone who thought they were important would come to

Bailey Oaks and talk to us. You know, give the classic

lie, oops, I mean, line of "Ohhhhh, you won't have

to worry about too much commercial development! We saved

that for Fayetteville and Peachtree City." I'm sure

the fine people of Ridgemont, Shore Line and other

neighborhoods would like to see you while you're out

here.

If I am going to have to

cough up sales tax money, I would rather it go to build a

jail to keep more criminals off the streets. To all you

kind folks bellyaching about the new jail, think of it

this way. You won't be overrun by commercial development.

So, for the FB, we will

have to deal with the DOT, the ARC and maybe a SPLOST,

but above all, please don't forget about little ol' ME.

Robert J. Duncan

Fayetteville