Mr. Webb accuses The

Citizen newspaper of printing "virtually nothing but

negative articles" about our city. Why is it that

when you question elected and appointed officials you are

automatically judged as being negative?

Was questioning why we

needed big boxes built near our city's busiest

intersection being "negative"? Was showing

concern over the multi-million-dollar taxpayer purchase

of a sewer system being "negative"? Is asking

whether annexing more land into our city makes sense

being "negative"?

We are all very positive

about our city, but we are concerned about the decisions

our elected officials are making that will affect its

future.

I cannot speak for Mr.

Brown, but I can bet he is like many of the rest of us

who have stood up and asked, "Why?" He is a

citizen of our community who wants to see our quality of

life remain high.

Letters are not being

written to tear anything down, they are being written to

make our city even stronger. Just like each of us, public

officials aren't always right. It surely isn't wrong to

ask questions about important issues.

One quote gave me a chuckle

and made me shudder at the same time. Mr. Webb is quoted

as saying that he doesn't believe in "arousing the

public all the time." Surely, many of the letters to

the editor are meant to do just that: arouse public

interest, arouse public concern, encourage all citizens

to take part in the government of their city. Maybe some

would just like an apathetic citizenry, one content to

sit on their hands and shake their heads and just allow

things to happen? If that is what they are looking for, I

think they will discover that they won't find it in

Peachtree City.

As Mr. Webb says,

"It's one thing to have an opinion, and it's another

to say something as fact that's untrue." I say,

let's clear the air about this issue, once and for all.

Let's get all the facts on the table. We all want the

truth.

Who are the investors in

the Bank of Georgia? Are any of those investors either

elected or appointed officials of our city? Are any city

employees investors? How much of a financial stake do

each of them have in the bank? What led Mr. Webb to

become part of this bank along with principals from two

large developers?

No one is accusing anyone

of anything, but having all the facts will put an end to

the threat of anything "untrue" being said.

Speaking for myself, I

would never want to spread any untruths, and if any of my

letters to the editor have contained anything other than

the facts I would be glad to hear about it. Tell me if I

was wrong, as I would like to know. The right to free

speech and a free press are too important to lose.

Steve Fodor

Peachtree City